Public Art: The Kelpies
I only stumbled upon this wonderful installation today by accident while reading up on folklore and just had to share!
These are The Kelpies, 30 metre high stainless steel sculptures guarding a new extension to the Forth & Clyde Canal. You can find them in The Helix, a new park located between Grangemouth and Falkirk in Scotland. They were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project.
Aren't they just magnificent?
I don't recall this being reported over here, but apparently it was by at least one newspaper but I must have missed it. No doubt most of my UK friends will be familiar with them, but I was just so blown away by them I had to share them here.
There's more information on them on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kelpies plus a full resolution of this picture. Art rarely pleases everyone so I'm sure they have their critics, but I love them!
These are The Kelpies, 30 metre high stainless steel sculptures guarding a new extension to the Forth & Clyde Canal. You can find them in The Helix, a new park located between Grangemouth and Falkirk in Scotland. They were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project.
Aren't they just magnificent?
I don't recall this being reported over here, but apparently it was by at least one newspaper but I must have missed it. No doubt most of my UK friends will be familiar with them, but I was just so blown away by them I had to share them here.
There's more information on them on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kelpies plus a full resolution of this picture. Art rarely pleases everyone so I'm sure they have their critics, but I love them!