Public Vote Selects Winner of Sycamore Gap Tree Wood Artwork Competition
A competition to create an artwork from wood of the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree concluded with a public vote. The winner was announced after the voting process.
thehindu.comA competition to turn wood from the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree into an artwork concluded with the announcement of a winner selected by public vote. The contest invited participants to propose designs using timber recovered after the tree was cut down. Organizers collected entries and opened the final selection to public voting.
The public vote determined the winning design from the submitted proposals. No individual names or specific vote totals were released in the announcement. The winning artwork will be created from the recovered wood. Details on the timeline for completion or public display were not provided.
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The winning artwork will be produced from the recovered wood.
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Public display of the completed piece may occur at a later date.
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