When walking through Oxford it is always quite clear that you are being watched. Faces peer down from buildings and walls…
I find these faces fascinating. Who sculpted them and why?
Aren’t these faces intriguing! I’ve never been to Oxford but I have just posted a series of photos of manikins and dolls in Surry Hills, Sydney, which you might fined intriguing. The doll seems so life-like and yet there’s that impenetrable, faraway look. Great fun! xx Rowena
By: roweeee on August 22, 2015
at 1:40 pm
I love finding faces wherever I go. Oxford was a treasure trove. I love your dolls.
By: Debra Kolkka on August 22, 2015
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Thank you very much, Debra. There seemed to be a common thread there xx Rowena
By: roweeee on August 23, 2015
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The Oxford gargoyles are fabulous and you could spend days admiring them in detail. The stonemasons had plenty of imagination. Here is a map that shows where to find the majority of them http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/guide/cartoonist/gargoyles.html
Great photos, Deb!
By: Mulino Dominillo on August 22, 2015
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This is great. I clearly missed lots. I will have to go back.
By: Debra Kolkka on August 22, 2015
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Such a wide variety … and I imagine only a snippet of the faces present in Oxford.
By: aFrankAngle on August 22, 2015
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Yes, I only scratched to surface.
By: Debra Kolkka on August 22, 2015
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Love this collection!
By: Sue on August 22, 2015
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Thanks, there were some great faces watching us.
By: Debra Kolkka on August 22, 2015
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😀😀
By: Sue on August 22, 2015
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Don’t think I’d want to meet up with some of those faces
By: Mallee Stanley on August 22, 2015
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Me either. I think they were designed to terrify students into studying.
By: Debra Kolkka on August 22, 2015
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Maybe
By: Mallee Stanley on August 23, 2015
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You certainly have the gift for finding interesting subjects
By: Lyn on August 22, 2015
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Travelling provides a never ending supply of interesting things.
By: Debra Kolkka on August 22, 2015
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I have always wanted to go to Oxford and for our next trip to UK next year I think I will add it to the itinerary thanks for the reminder.
By: rozmacallan on August 22, 2015
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Oxford is beautiful, don’t miss it.
By: Debra Kolkka on August 22, 2015
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What an excellent collection you’ve shared.
They don’t make ’em like that anymore. 🙂
By: Yvonne on August 23, 2015
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They can be quite sinister can’t they, although one of them looks quite contemporary. I like the little fellow with the book, he makes me think of Quasi Modo.
By: Jan on August 23, 2015
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What a rogues gallery, Debra! Great captures. 🙂
By: anotherday2paradise on August 23, 2015
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What a managerie of faces! I find them each so intriguing
By: timelessitaly on August 24, 2015
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The expressions on the faces are all a bit alarmed! As if they saw something shocking! 🙂
By: Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella on August 24, 2015
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