THE MIGHTY CLYDESDALES

Doors Open Day allows the public to access many parts of the city of Glasgow that are not normally open. One such place is the studio workshop of sculptor Andy Scott. He is the man who has created some wonderful works of public art now dotted around the country.

It was the Garden Festival of 1988 that made people aware of how nice a place can look with a bit of colour, or works of art situated out in the areas people live, work and travel.

This man has done a lot to contribute to the Feel-Good Factor that such works instill. His website is here.

His big warehouse of a studio was full of work-in-progress. Outside were these 2 magnificent horse heads awaiting their journey to their final destination. Originally it was supposed to be on the Forth and Clyde Canal near the Falkirk Wheel where they were to be placed on platforms which rocked back and forth in water so that when you viewed them from afar they would look like water sprites moving in the canal.

However it seems there has been a change of plan due to the fact that the canal folk found they did not require so much water to be displaced as they had originally estimated ... the Kelpies, as they are known, are to go elsewhere.

Inside the shed were finished sculptures (in poor lighting for photos) which are heading for destinations out in the countryside or highway areas.

Meanwhile this huge Clydesdale Horse sculpture is also by Andy Scott. It is on the edge of the Glasgow to Edinburgh motorway at the Glasgow Business Park, Easterhouse and is mighty impressive. I like it because it means one has arrived in the west after driving from Edinburgh (which is about a 45 minute drive from city centre to city centre.)
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Bottom Photo: © Copyright Chris Upson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (I found it on this website here; there are more photos - all in the public domain- here.)