The silk road

[Pentaro]

Some of you will already know Valencian fallas, built in every square of the city to be burnt at the end of the local festival (that's tomorrow). I spotted this one with a very exotic theme. Not a miniature, pretty much the opposite:







http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuevadun/6988549397/in/photostream/

[sepoy1857]

Yeah I saw this on the news last night - VERY cool stuff. Then after spending so much time, money, and energy on these works of art in the end they burn it all

[Mason]

They burn them !?!???
 

Bonkers!

[joroas]

Nooooooooooooooo! 

[Plynkes]

Something deep within me revels in the idea of building something beautiful simply to destroy it. How much more precious it is, that it only exists for a brief moment. Something primal, pagan and forgotten in throwing away or destroying precious things.

And the pyromaniac in me absolutely adores the idea of sending it to its doom by burning it.

[Bugsda]

Something deep within me revels in the idea of building something beautiful simply to destroy it. How much more precious it is, that it only exists for a brief moment. Something primal, pagan and forgotten in throwing away or destroying precious things.

And the pyromaniac in me absolutely adores the idea of sending it to its doom by burning it.

That way of thinking ends in human sacrifice, you ain't a druid are you Plynkes? 

I'm completely opposite, in fact I'm going to punch my spanish brother-in-law next time I see him 

[Plynkes]

Yeah, let's build a wicker man, and put whoever wins the LPL, and all their figures in it as an offering to the gods!




Edit: The civilised, conditioned outward shell of Plynkes is, like you guys, horrified by this idea of burning beautiful things. But somewhere, deep down in the stygian depths of my being, is a little wild Plynkes with horns and hooves, who probably isn't wearing any trousers or pants, and he's going...  "Fuck yeah!"

[voltan]

Yeah, let's build a wicker man,

what scale?

[Dr Mathias]

Yeah, let's build a wicker man, and put whoever wins the LPL, and all their figures in it as an offering to the gods!

Fine with me, if I can come out on top of the LPL

Such a cool sculpture... I think it is so hard to pull off 'cartoon' in 3D. I hadn't heard of this custom- I kind of feel like I did when I was a kid watching Ripley's and seeing some weird thing from far away So, thanks for that!

[Pentaro]

They burn them !?!???

They have to make room for next year's...

[Bugsda]

The civilised, conditioned outward shell of Plynkes is, like you guys, horrified by this idea of burning beautiful things. But somewhere, deep down in the stygian depths of my being, is a little wild Plynkes with horns and hooves, who probably isn't wearing any trousers or pants, and he's going...  "Fuck yeah!"

Paging Mr Freud! Paging Mr Freud! We have an emergency! 

[The Baggagetrain]

That way of thinking ends in human sacrifice, you ain't a druid are you Plynkes? 

I'm completely opposite, in fact I'm going to punch my spanish brother-in-law next time I see him 

The Druid were not into Human Sacrifice, the Romans said they were! good reson for them to go and kill them all or most of them.

[Hammers]

Yeah, let's build a wicker man, and put whoever wins the LPL, and all their figures in it as an offering to the gods!




Edit: The civilised, conditioned outward shell of Plynkes is, like you guys, horrified by this idea of burning beautiful things. But somewhere, deep down in the stygian depths of my being, is a little wild Plynkes with horns and hooves, who probably isn't wearing any trousers or pants, and he's going...  "Fuck yeah!"

The outward shell can go fuck itself, I am all for it!

As well as these arts...

Sand scuplting on the beach:



Ice sculptures



Somewhat advanced snow fort:


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nLFpeIOfNN8/TzjnBLDiZbI/AAAAAAAABVg/CX5uRNgAk9o/s1600/sand+creation+global+warming.jpg

[Steve F]

The Druid were not into Human Sacrifice, the Romans said they were! good reson for them to go and kill them all or most of them.

IIRC, there's archaeological evidence that is consistent with human sacrifice in Iron Age Britain - but, ironically, only as a panic response to the Roman invasion.

[Bugsda]

I'll shut up now, lest people realize I don't know what I'm talking about