Ent statue plans get a mixed reception
IcBirmingham report that plans to put up a 25ft statue of an Ent on the village green in Moseley, UK have resulted in a split in the local community. Local business and resident groups have backed the proposal but heritage campaigners object to the statue’s size.
The proposal for the statue was designed by Tim Tolkien, JRR Tolkien’s great nephew. It is proposed that the cost of the statue (£30,000) will be raised via internet sales of metallic leaves which will be engraved with the name of the purchaser and placed at the feet of the Ent.
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Personally, I think it’s a great idea! I would love for a lifesize Ent statue to be built in my town.
Yeah, it’s really a great idea to have a statue Ent. That would be cool!
Brilliant. Please can I have one for my front lawn. Fancy having Fangorn looking down on your garden.
It’s nice idea… but 25ft is rather big!
i think its a pretty good idea… i would do it… put one right in my front yard. yea, that would be sweet.
i think its a pretty good idea… i would do it… put one right in my front yard. yea, that would be sweet.
It would be brilliant! i’d go see it!
Anyone know how to buy one of the leaves? I Googled it but didn’t see anything. I’d help fund, if I could!
Personally, I think that it is a great idea.
For my birthday party, my grandma made a pretty big Ent. and then seeral smaller Ents all from wood and other materals. I walked in to my party and I was like ” wow.”
I think that there should be an ent in my town.
I’ll definitely buy a leaf, even though I don’t even live in Europe. This just sounds too cool!
I think that would be so cool having an ent statue. I wish they would make on in Vancouver.
Oh, so beautiful!!!!! Great idea!
An ent statue??? That is SO COOL! Considering all the environmental damage that’s being done to the Earth…it’s a nice way to show a community cares about the planet.
I love Ents! : )
Hi,
I’m Dave, the guy behind the proposed statue of treebeard to be built in Moseley, where JRR grew up as a child and said he got much of his inspiration from.
Don’t believe everything you read in the papers. There is a huge wow factor going on about this proposal. The opposition is a tiny but vocal minority – about 15 people. In 2 surveys just done, 95% of people and all the local businesses except one are in favour of this 20-25 ft ent. It’ll be made of metal, with two hobbits on it – not merry and pippin but JRR and his brother Hilary, climbing it and getting their imaginations going!!
Look at http://www.moseleystatue.org and you’ll see more – including how to be linked forever with a Tolkien Statue by having your name engraved on a leaf. Cheers.