http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-37277809 Electric car etched into Suffolk wind turbine field 5 September 2016
[images http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/10E67/production/_91032296_land_art_2_credit_maurice_hammond-2.jpg Image of electric car in field Image copyright MAURICE HAMMOND The giant design is in a field in Eye, Suffolk http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/590/cpsprodpb/18397/production/_91032299_land_art_4_credit_andrew_turner-2.jpg The giant electric car was etched and ploughed into wheat stubble Image of electric car in fieldImage copyrightMAURICE HAMMOND http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/590/cpsprodpb/4AEE/production/_91028191_land_art_1_credit_maurice_hammond-2.jpg Designer Carlos Roberts admitted he was "obsessed with aerial views" ] Artists have created an image of a giant electric car in a field of wind turbines. The car, which appears to be connected to one of the turbines, was designed by Carlo Roberts and Stefan Fulcher in a field in Eye, Suffolk. Mr Roberts admitted to being "obsessed with aerial views" and said "the idea of a turbine powering a car seemed very interesting". It was created with the landowner's permission, using a tractor. More news from Suffolk as it airs The geography teacher, who has an art degree and a background in community art, said: "After a trip to London, I was amazed at the amount of electric cars there. "It got me thinking about electric cars and how few there seem to be in the countryside." The 200m (656ft) etching took him and farm worker Mr Fulcher five hours to mark out and a further 90 minutes to plough. A member of a local radio-controlled model aircraft club monitored the design from the air using a drone to ensure its accuracy ... Mr Roberts and Mr Fulcher have created a number of large-scale artworks in Suffolk fields over the past few years The electric car is the latest in a line of collaborative "land art" projects completed by the pair, which included a B-17 bomber, Olympic rings to celebrate London 2012 and a giant poppy to commemorate US servicemen who lost their lives while based at the nearby eye airfield. "The thing we are always up against is fitting it in with the agricultural calendar and when the tractors are free," Mr Roberts said. [© 2016 BBC] http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/news/latest-news/video-eye-field-art-illustrates-future-of-renewable-energy-1-7561153 VIDEO: Eye ‘field art’ illustrates future of renewable energy 05 September 2016 [image http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_620,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.dissexpress.co.uk/webimage/1.7561152.1473084637!/image/image.jpg Electric car 'field art' in Eye. Photo by Andrew Turner video https://youtu.be/hq3uOQeIX8U ] Over the years, Eye residents Carlo Roberts and Stefan Fulcher have ploughed fields with everything from Olympic rings to a remembrance poppy and a B-17 bomber. But this year, the pair of ‘field artists’ have broached the environmental issues of today, by etching an eletric car outline, covering more than 200 metres, into the town’s landscape. With the permission of land owner Tom Baldwin, the duo carved out their design so that it connected with nearby wind turbines, in order to illustrate the role renewable energy has to play in our future. Mr Roberts, 49, a geography teacher, said: “I’m interested in art that relates to the locality and views from above. Ever since I did an art degree as a mature student, I’ve been obsessed with aerial views. “What I was really interested in was combining a real object with a drawn object. “After a trip to London, I was amazed at the amount of electric cars there, it got me thinking about electric cars and how few there seem to be in the countryside. “The idea of having a turbine powering a car seemed very interesting.” Having first collaborated back in 2012, the duo drew up a sketch using satellite maps, before marking out the design and setting reference points in the wheat stubble over five hours, with the assistance of 16-year-old student Samuel Seymour. Mr Fulcher then utilised discs meant for cultivating top soil to plough the outline, which took around 90 minutes. Their artwork was subsequently checked by Andrew Turner, from the Mid Suffolk Radio Control Modellers club, who piloted a hexacopter over the field. “All I tried to do was get something that said car very simply, the design is half practical and half sporty looking,” Mr Roberts added. “Stefan is the skill behind it, he’s got a very good eye. It wouldn’t have happened without Stefan and Tom. “I’m just amazed and feel very privileged that I can do it.” To watch an aerial video of this latest piece of ‘field art’ in Eye by Mr Roberts and Mr Fulcher, please go to https://youtu.be/hq3uOQeIX8U [© 2016 Johnston Publishing] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.0catch.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Crop-circle-style-land-art-charging-an-EV-from-a-real-wind-turbine-v-tp4683708.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
