Boots Alive: Miners Hounds by DonDavisUK
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Tinner’s Hounds Statue / Monument Redruth Cornwall.
Tinner’s Hounds
Half way down the main street in Redruth stands this wonderful little monument to Tinning in Cornwall, along with other new pieces popping up everywhere in the town celebrating thousands of years of tin mining in Cornwall. Redruth was the Mining Capital of the World for hundreds of year, if not thousands. People even came here from the ancient Empired to purchase tin; Greeks, Romans, etc…

This little group of Tinners Hounds is made of bronze and completely formed from the boots miners would wear down the old mines.

Nikon D700 with 24-120mm Lense.

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statue, tin, uk, dogs, monument, bronze, cornwall, redruth, tin mining, wellie boots, welingtons

Comments

  • Tainia Finlay
    Tainia Finlayalmost 3 years ago

    Beautiful bit of Cornwall wonderfully captured Don!

  • Hi Tainia, thank you for that my friend.

    – DonDavisUK

  • Colin J Williams Photography
    Colin J Willia...almost 3 years ago

    A brilliant find Don !!

  • Hi Colin, cheers m8, they are wonderful new statues and things all over Redruth and Camborne now.

    – DonDavisUK

  • jean-louis bouzou
    jean-louis bouzoualmost 3 years ago

    Such a creative sculpture !!!… Beautiful capture !

  • Hey there Macro, thanks for that my friend.

    – DonDavisUK

  • Diana-Lee Saville
    Diana-Lee Savillealmost 3 years ago

    HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE!!!! Just my type of artwork…old gumboots :)) ha ha…I’m going to make one for my junk garden…

  • Hi Diana, you could write a new story about these guys, foot stompin and all that:-) Thanks for the lovely comments.

    – DonDavisUK

  • P.S. Thanks for the FAV. Have a wonderful day.

    – DonDavisUK

  • Tom Gomez
    Tom Gomezalmost 3 years ago

    That is a great find Don …

  • Hi Tom, thanks very much M8, much appreciated.

    – DonDavisUK

  • Shaun Whiteman
    Shaun Whitemanalmost 3 years ago

    Wow what an amazing image Don, amazing sculpture…a fave for me!!

  • Hi Shaun, thanks for that, I thought it would bring a smile to some faces:-) Don.

    – DonDavisUK

  • emmy2
    emmy2almost 3 years ago

    Now thisis truely a work of art. great find Don!!!

  • Hi Victoria, thanks very much for that my friend.

    – DonDavisUK

  • rodsfotos
    rodsfotosalmost 3 years ago

    What a great find, I wondered what happened to my old wellies, just love it Don,
    Regards, Rod.

  • Hi Rod, did you manage to see the new statues in Redruth and Camborne whilst you were down? Truro is also a fantastic City to visit, the lovely old and new.

    – DonDavisUK

  • judygal
    judygalalmost 3 years ago

    This is excellent..What a great capture and very funny

  • Hey there Judy, thank you sooo much for that. These little boots dogs were so wonderful, and an amazing surprise in the middle of the town. Thanks again my friend. Regards, Don.

    – DonDavisUK

  • PhotoAvenue
    PhotoAvenuealmost 3 years ago

    Such a creative sculpture !!!.
    Very creative…nicely spotted:-)

  • Hi PhotoAvenue, thank you very much for that. I just couldn’t resist when I saw these happy little hounds in the middle of the town.

    – DonDavisUK