You never heard of the Brutalist Easter Bunny in Jyväskylä, Finland? Me too, so here you go.

Scary!

https://www3.jkl.fi/taidemuseo/veistokset/veistokset/042.html

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We better find that bunny's eggs.

Or else

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reminds me of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbot

Maybe they're cousins.

Rabbot - Wikipedia

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The Really Really Serious Easter Bunny 😂

I like it haha

@Natasha_Jay Oh, that's where the cubic eggs come from!
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Well, it's at least in a pretty good shape!
@Natasha_Jay Looks like the Trojan Bunny.

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ARTHUR: What happens now?

BEDEVERE: Well, now, uh, Lancelot, Galahad, and I, uh, wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the Finns, uh, by surprise. Not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!

@Natasha_Jay the eggs are not filled with candy, only turnip
@Natasha_Jay haha it seems to be placed at Pupuhuhta school yard - Pupupuhta means approx "Bunny meadow" and the sculpture is meant as something that kids can climb on. It's called "Bunny granny and her jolly bowed legs" (impossible to translate the pun)
@karhutar @Natasha_Jay hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson? Looked right through me. Looked right through me.
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Honestly, it looks like it will eat them and spit out the bones
@Natasha_Jay yes, it's hideous, never heard of it before
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But seeing it as scary is an adult view. As a child, I would have loved climbing on it. I remember wooden alternatives from my youth, when we were always afraid of wood splinters.
(Calling it a Monster would be a bonus, btw 😉)
Only the solid socket is stupid and should be sand for soft landings.

@karhutar @Natasha_Jay Do you know the artist's name? I'd love a giant scary bunny for my yard.

My neighbor has giant dinosaurs. It's tough to keep up with the Jones around here.

@astronot @Natasha_Jay the article says the artist is Helmer Selin, but note that the work was finished 1982.
@astronot @Natasha_Jay the owner of the statue seems to be the city of Jyväskylä, I think they wouldn't hesitate to sell it... it must be a public danger by now

@karhutar @Natasha_Jay i think shipping may be an issue.

Thank you for the information

@astronot @Natasha_Jay they are taking leaking toilets to the moon, so why not one concrete bunny to somewhere else
@Natasha_Jay Ah. Good old Finland. 💙🤍
@Natasha_Jay That’s even more hardcore than the Beckenham Place Park Squirrel!
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Oooo thanks! Have to look it up.
@Natasha_Jay I know nothing more about it other than that I walked past it yesterday and thought “what on earth!”😀
@Natasha_Jay It isn't exactly joyous as easter celebrations
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Brutalist Easter Bunny in Jyväskylä, Finland iz brutal, Natasha.
Thank YOU for sharing it with us at this Easter season.
@Natasha_Jay I lived few years next to Jyväskylä’s brutalistic bunny. Best part was that its interior was hollow and was playground to children. It is practically located at schoolyard. Some time after I moved away it was filled with concrete. :( Extra fun is that district where that is, is called Pupuhuhta (nearly literal translation is something like Bunny field. :)) I love that bunny and also I’m a brut fan.
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So cool! I want one! 😁
@Natasha_Jay ohhh it’s beautiful and i would like to build a studio inside of it 😅
@Natasha_Jay That's the Mecha Easter Bunny Boss controlled by the smoll Easter Bunnies. It throws Easter egg shaped grenades at you

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I mean. A good coat of paint. or two. in different colours. would help.

@Natasha_Jay we literally just drove past that brutalist bunny! Staying at the in-laws for Easter and they live beside it :)
@Natasha_Jay so many children broke their teeth trying to eat it. Thankfully they just grew new ones.
@Natasha_Jay big chungus is amungus.
@Natasha_Jay it looks like a cool little house
@Natasha_Jay The Committee for the State of The People will not be denied whatsoever it deems to claim provence over ... including the Easter Bunny. Eggs and baskets will be distributed with true industrial efficiency, so promises Lord Chairman's Five Year Plan. All will exult in an abundance of black jelly beans, the best jelly beans, as declared by Marx himself.
@Natasha_Jay Finland has a penchant for interesting sculptures. Some are like this bunny, some are like the little girl in Turku, some like blacksmiths in Helsinki.

@Natasha_Jay that looks familiar.

Ah, the Soviet Wabbit!

@Natasha_Jay that is where children get turned into baked goods for getting lost in the woods...
@Natasha_Jay No, that’s on Easter Island!

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This is fantastic!

I think I have my spring yard project planned. My Karen neighbour is going to hate it.

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No? Awesome! I am v scared and passed the playhouse Easter wish, w added vegan and Easteregg twist, on to my followers and some friends on other platforms.

Ty for sharing, have a great Easter wknd 🐣 🐇 🐰