Bog Roll Buildings

Structure Five: The Roll Pole

2007-06-18T11:29:00.000-07:00

In the 1930s, times were hard. It was rare that folk could afford food or shelter, let alone lavender-scented tissue with which to wipe their bum-bums. Ostentatious rich-folk, keen to show their financial superiority, would construct "Roll Poles" outside their homes, the idea being that if you could afford to have toilet paper standing idle you had indeed "made it". The taller the Roll Pole, the higher your standing on the social ladder.

Nowadays, of course, we have the stripes on shell-suits to distinguish the stonkingly-rich from the merely wealthy. The Roll Pole remains only as a fondly remembered relic of days gone by.

Structure Four: The St. Bartholemew

2006-01-31T13:19:00.000-08:00

The eponymous St. Bartholemew (1625-1654) is the Patron Saint of Skegness. Between prayers and fasting and that kind of stuff he used to build things out of bails of hay for some reason. His favouritest bail-formation consisted of four bails aligned in very much the way we see these bog rolls below. The St. Bartholemew is at the heart of the reason why many of the intelligentsia naturally associate spiritual, religious undertones with all toilet-roll based structures.

Structure Three: Sky Rocket Tonight

2006-01-31T13:04:00.000-08:00

There are few things in this world so beautiful that they make you fall to your knees and begin weeping. ..

Structure Two: The Orbital

2006-01-30T13:45:00.000-08:00

An intriguing top-down configuration we see here. It reminds me of rotation, star bursts and sunflowers. Beautiful.

Structure One: The Standard Pyramid

2006-01-30T13:41:00.000-08:00

One of the more basic structures but it serves well as an introduction to the fascinating world of Building with Bog Rolls. Notice particularly the strength and solidity of this structure.

Welcome

2006-01-30T13:33:00.000-08:00

Mankind has achieved much: dvd players, cheese & biscuits, the toothache. What goes undocumented, however, is the wealth of artistic merit to be found in the common-o'-garden toilet roll. Pictures and creativity follow. Enjoy them both.