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Wind Rose. I walk past this sculpture near the ocean at least twice a week and for the first time yesterday I actually 'looked' at it and wondered a) what it was called and b) who created it! The words read: 'THIS WIND ROSE REPRESENTS AVERAGE WIND VELOCITY RECORDED DAILY AT 3PM' and around the base are the compass points N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, N, NW. I'm guessing that the positioning and the curve and size of the centre opening of the sculpture is vitally important, but even reading the working description in the above link it's as clear as 'mud' to me (come on, it's nothing at all to do with being blonde haha!). I was wondering if anyone has seen a Wind Rose (not necessarily in this particular design) and can perhaps in 'non technical' terms make it all a little clearer! I hope you have a less puzzling day than mine was trying to figure this out.....!
Awesome shots Grace!
ReplyDeleteI know all about it, but I don't want to show off, especially as no one else has had time to comment ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'll come back to read what Andrew has to say!! And, Grace, I've never seen anything like this, but how interesting!! I can't wait to find out more about it! Great captures!! Hope your week is off to a great start!
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Well, I can't help you there. Had I found this first, my reaction would have been the same as yours ;-) Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
ReplyDeletegreat shots and what an interesting sculpture...love the shape and view from the opening! super shots!
ReplyDeleteI love the look of this sculpture.
ReplyDeletevery cool. Brancusi would be pleased
ReplyDeleteAloha from Honolulu
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I love the piece visually but will wait for someone to explain its function!
ReplyDeletewhen you find out how it works, it will be interesting to know! beautiful form, complicated function!
ReplyDeletevery special!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty easy, Grace. You just take the fourth derivative of the wind 's cosign, expressed in nautical knots per hour, and take that to the nth power, in which n is a number between one and four, with n representing the direction of the wind, using Gregorian notation.
ReplyDelete(Very funny Jack!)It looks to me like it might SING!!!
ReplyDeleteI never heard of the term so I googled it. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_rose. Thank you - I learned something today.
ReplyDeleteBonza sculpture that reminds me of a teardrop :-).
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the term "Wind Rose" but I do know that it is a beautiful piece of art! Very nice.
ReplyDeleteune belle sculpture qui fait penser a un voilier
ReplyDeletenice shots, and I haven't heard this term before either, so am off to Google.
ReplyDeleteSuch things are a device to make sculptors rich.
ReplyDeleteMud you said? Lol... It looks like a sail, very nice. And I love your top shot. Did you receive my email?
ReplyDeleteThe sculpture is beautiful, but your image at the top is just SUPERB!
ReplyDeleteA real "wow-effect"!!
A wind rose is a graphic tool used by meteorologists to give a succinct view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location. Compiling a wind rose is one of the preliminary steps taken in constructing airport runways, as aircraft perform their best take-offs and landings pointing into the wind.
ReplyDeleteDoes that make it clearer or simply more mysterious?
Does it hum when the wind blows? It reminds me of the "wind organ" near the South pier at Blackpool.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a very educational day today! After some googling, the term is known in the UK but it's not used much. It's been a generally very windy last 6 mths - I guess folks are more concerned with the amount rather than the direction (strong winds tend to come from the west though).
ReplyDeleteWE use the same name for that. Vindros.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a peice of sculpture based on a sail to me- not heard of a wind rose before. Wonderful photos anyway Grace.
ReplyDeleteChrissy from Manchester: a photo a day at Mancunian Wave
Well, you have certainly made us all curious, and scurry about looking for an answer! Great job...maybe this is how education should happen! Love the photographs, and the comments are clever and amusing!
ReplyDeleteI would say exactly the same than Jack! :o))
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I like the sculpture, I find it very beautiful!
I have no clue, but I like the sculpture.
ReplyDeleteHaving read everyone's comments I am none the wiser Grace. However, I love the sculpture, and the blue of the tiles. Wonderful shot.
ReplyDeleteI Googled it for you ... click here
ReplyDeleteanyways, it's an interesting piece.
ReplyDeletefor me, it kind of looks like a petal. ^0^
nice find Grace!
I have not heard of a wind rose, but love the top shot Grace.
ReplyDeleteVery good shots, especially the first! Arianna
ReplyDeleteHave never seen it or heard about it, where is it Grace? It does look beautiful though!
ReplyDeleteI deeply distrust art in need of an explanation, but this is very cute!
ReplyDeleteWhatever it means, it is a gorgeous sculpture, and your first shot is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI've not seen one of these before but I like it a lot. I'm not gonna worry how it all works, though. I'm too old.
ReplyDeleteRe golf carts: More of the parade coming in the coming days!
Nice to see through this sculpture.. haha...
ReplyDelete(read: your first shot is fantastic)
OK, the sculpture itself is also very beautiful.
Great shots, Grace. No idea what a wind rose is, but as abstract sculpture, the piece is lovely.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this helps:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/wind/wind_rose.shtml
A 3D representation of such a graph?
Wonderful to something practical with an artistic touch.
ReplyDeleteLove you shots.
Very nice shot. "Ciao" from Italy!
ReplyDeleteThe sculpture is very cool and the composition on top very clever.
ReplyDeleteExcellent perspective.
ReplyDeleteRegards from Thessaloniki.
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That top pic is simply awesome, Grace. Lovely job.
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