A little nice trip to The Kelpies today. I did expected them to be grandiose, but I do need to say I was left speechless by the scale and the beauty of this art installation. The scale is enormous yet the softness and the flow of the shapes were astonishing. While I was very close to the them I could hear this really strong and changing whistling sound for the wind flowing though the gaps of the metal plates. Very clever, the way the sculputes were positioned. The view from every side was so very different and maked you go round to capture the next...
The Kelpies were designed by Andy Scott - Graduate of the Glasgow School of Art. Watch a video of the building process here.
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| The Kelpies. |
Kelpies appear in various Scottish myths and legends, and are variously described as black (occasionally white) with smooth skin like a seal, but deathly cold to the touch. Frequently they are said to be dripping wet, or they have sea weed in their manes. The name Kelpie is thought to derive from the Gaelic cailpeach or colpach which means colt or heifer.
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| The Kelpies. Thea Caldwell.com |
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| The Kelpies. Thea Caldwell.com |
The Kelpies by numbers:
- 300 tonnes each
- 30 metres high
- 1200 tonnes of steel-reinforced concrete foundations per head
- 990 unique stainless steel skin-plates
- Built on site in 90 days
The Kelpies Maquettes (tall 3 m, exact replica, scale 1:10) were a big tourist attraction during the Commonwealth Games. The Kelpies Maquettes were located in the University's East Quadrangle, at the heart of the iconic Gilbert Scott Building, directly facing the main delegate hub. The maquettes were on display in New York for the Scotland Week.They keep travel around the world.
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