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The Sun as a Face

Monday, 9th June 2008 by James

This sparse forest in Denmark bares a uncanny resemblance to a face, could it be just a coincidence?

Unfortunately not, as it’s man-made. But the face is the work of famous 1800s Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, who originally created the design by cutting some holes in a bit of paper.

Titled “The Sun as a Face”, I doubt he ever expected to have the crude artwork recreated in the medium of forest. Neither would he have expected a “nature playground”, as seen in this smaller representation to the north.

The forest was planted in 2005 as part of Odense’s celebration of the bicentenary of Hans Christian Andersen’s birth.

However, the city officials went completely overboard, and plastered this design all over the city!

Further information is available in PDF leaflets for the wood and the celebrations.

Thanks to DJoe.

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3 Responses to 'The Sun as a Face'

  1. 1. Bigstomper says: June 16th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    The sun is not coincidence but a celebration to one of the honored danish author Hans Christian Andersen (aka H.C. Andersen) at his 100 years birthday.

    This celebration not just big but really really BIG!. All 6. grade students where given a free book with his most famous fairy tales and there where nearly nothing you couldn’t get with a H.C. Andersen theme

  2. 2. Bigstomper says: June 16th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    and Odense was his hometown therefore extra big in Odense.

    The third is the “The King’s Garden which is in Copenhagen (The capital city of Denmark)

  3. 3. SGrauslund says: September 5th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    I’ll have to correct the secund post by Bigstomper. It’s Kings Garden, but in Odense - not Copenhagen

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