Hello Reena,
I would not call this a badly designed public sundial. The gnomonic design
looks like a standard "Sunclocks" layout showing time corrected for
longitude and daylight savings. Note the two hour ellipses, the larger one
for standard time corresponding with the expanded date table and longer
shadows for the fall and winter months. Note the noon offset from the
meridian for the longitude correction.
Raised hour markers and date table are very common with analemmatic
sundials. They provide a third dimension to add sculpture presence. Flat two
dimensional markings are boring. The raised surfaces give the user something
to see and interact with. Observe people using the dial, especially
children, the more "free range" the better. They will hop along the hour
markers as stepping stones, inventing interactive games as they play on the
structure. Of course it is not vehicle or pedestrian friendly. Kids should
not play on the streets and other vehicle friendly areas. Kids should play
in areas like this public sundial that challenge their minds and bodies.
Hi Brian,
In response to your note on risk taking Canadians, yesterday we hiked
through the forest along the edge and cliffs of the Cowichan River on
Vancouver Island observing the Chinook salmon run, large 20 kg lusty fish
swimming upstream through the rapids and up the waterfalls to complete their
life cycle. We were well aware of bears attracted to the river to feed on
the salmon, as we observed many fresh remains of fish and steaming bear scat
along the trail. We actually saw no bears on this trip as we skipped along
like free range kids even though the average age of the group members was
72.
Regards,
Roger Bailey
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From: "Reena Gagneja" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:46 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Information wanted, on 'badly designed' public sundials
Dear List Members (especially in UK),
I am intending to compile a list of sundials, in public places - which
people do NOT like, either because it is inaccurate or badly designed.
Does anyone have further information on this 'Analemmatic' layout, at
Colne (see attached photograph) - in terms of the Client, or Designer?
I have managed to establish that the component-parts were supplied by
a company (in Yorkshire), named "Fosstone" - but I would like to know
who 'commissioned' it, or designed the layout of the stone pieces.
All I have been able to find on the internet are basically negative
comments about it - being "a waste of public money", an "obstruction",
"danger to pedestrians", etc. Why would anyone create such a feature
which is not 'vehicle-friendly', and potentially dangerous if people
were to trip on it? Why not simply set all its parts 'flush' with
the ground-level, instead of having that central section raised up?
Apart from anything else, the cost would have been much reduced.
With my thanks, in advance - for any further information, on this.
Sincerely,
Reena Gagneja.
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