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Bridge Road, Richmond. Melbourne . I have walked past these fire hydrants for years. This morning (with bags of groceries) I stopped to sketch it at last. There is a tram stop seat facing it, and it was in the shade on a hot sunny morning. They are in a space the size of a doorway. Watercolour pencil 13cm x 10cm Moleskine watercolour pencils.
"Eighteen hand-carved marble sculptures are installed at intervals along Wellington West Street. The Wellington Marbles, a sculptural series by local artists Marcus Kucey-Jones and Ryan Lotecki was commissioned by the City of Ottawa’s Public Art Program for Wellington Street West as part of the Wellington Street West reconstruction project.
Each sculpture playfully captures the form of a fire hydrant fused with everyday objects such as local foods, artistic tools and musical instruments. By sculpting forms and objects connected to the surrounding neighbourhood, The Wellington Marbles pay tribute to the local history and modern renewal of the community. Kucey-Jones and Lotecki chose the fire hydrant as a sculptural form for this street “as it is rooted in its familiarity in the urban landscape. It is an object found in every community connecting people in an uncelebrated yet vital manner.” The hydrants and their coupled forms present the viewer with a sense of humour, playfulness, and culturally reference the area.
Quarried in Carrara, Italy, the marble used for this installation was selected for its fine quality and for its association with classical art. In the same vein, the artists offer a series of sculptures representing contemporary imagery as a monument to the urban streetscape. The artistic practices of Kucey-Jones and Lotecki span many media and have brought innovative and imaginative artwork to communities across Canada and around the globe. "
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"Triangles"
Here in New Zealand our fire hydrants are below the surface.
When needed the fire crew will twist on an upstand, and then their hoses onto that.
福徳工業 (Fukutoku Industry), 岐阜市 Gifu, 日本 Japan.
HT-RSCW UFO-VI, 2007.
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embossed "消火栓" on the front of the body,
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This is one of the odd fire hydrants in Tampa that doesn't have the yellow/mint green paint scheme that the majority of fire hydrants in Tampa, FL have. I have yet to learn who decides what ccolor which hydrants are painted.
Shot taken with a Beacon II (Circa 1949) 127 roll film camera on Rera Pan 100 black & white film - processing & scan by The Darkroom