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Concrete shapes in water. A sort of 'break-water' I suppose. We are in the Saint Martin Gardens on le rocher looking down on a tiny corner of Fontvieille harbour.They remind me of a bunch of 'jacks' - although jacks are made of metal and not quite the same shape. Remember the game of jacks?
I suppose this was done for environmental rather than artistic purposes. It reminds me of a water feature in the gardens at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. They created a stream that flows down a hill with a path that zig zags across the stream, and at each little bridge across the stream they have used different types of rocks and a different stream bed to change the sound of the stream.
ReplyDeleteI was never sure how to play Jacks. I'm still not. Are they still around?
ReplyDeleteIt DOES look as if some giant had been playing a game of jacks...
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's necessary put that cruzy things to protect. In Mmy city, Funchal, in Madeira island, we some of that.
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They do look like jacks.
ReplyDeleteYes, I do remember the game of jacks. Many hours were spent at this game as a child. Do they reuse these I wonder?
ReplyDeleteI remember the game of jacks well. I stepped on a few bare foot as a child. Quite an orderly and tidy looking break-water.
ReplyDeleteLooks a bit like the Giants Causeway in Ireland. I wonder who designed the molds for these?
ReplyDeletei love the first shot. and yes, I played jacks as a kid.
ReplyDeleteThe French name for jacks is "osselets", which means little bones.
ReplyDeleteOf course I played those at school...