Wall of Flowers — Fan Of… #197 & #PPAC

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This week’s Fan Of… is a wall of flowers under one of the escalators in Buchannan Galleries, Glasgow. This is also my entry for PPAC, hosted by Natalie the Explorer.

These flowers are fake, but you need to get up really close to realise this.

Wall of flowers
Wall of flowers, Buchannan Galleries
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Album Pathway — Fan Of… #195

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This week’s Fan Of… is the Album Pathway in Glasgow. This is also my entry for PPAC, hosted by Natalie the Explorer.

This piece of artwork that you can walk on can be found just east of Merchant City, in Glasgow, off Gallowgate. It represents all the musicians that played at the nearby Barrowlands Ballroom. The names of the bands are laid out as if viewed on a shelf of albums.

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Telling The Time — #PPAC

Hi all 😃 My entry for the Photographing Public Art Challenge, hosted by Natalie the Explorer.

This piece of public art can be found in the coastal town of Kirkcaldy, on the northern shores of the Firth of Forth. It is a working sundial in the shape of an octopus.

Octopus sundial
Octopus sundial
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Sunrises — Fan Of… #189

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This week’s Fan Of… is sunrises, an apt subject for the New Year.

Sea Beams — Fan Of… #188 & PPAC

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This week’s Fan Of… is Sea Beams. This is also my post for Photographing Public Art Challenge, hosted by Natalie the Explorer.

Sea Beams
Sea Beams
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A Boat as a Planter — #PPAC #39

Hi all 😃 My entry for the Marsha & Cee’s Photographing Public Art Challenge, hosted this week by Marsha. This old boat was re-used as a planetr for Arbroath in Bloom.

Boat planter at Arbroath Harbour
Boat planter at Arbroath Harbour

Working Horse Sculpture — PPAC #26

Hi all 😃 My entry for the Marsha & Cee’s Photographing Public Art Challenge, hosted this week by Marsha.

This sculpture of a working horse & handler can be found at the Falkirk Wheel. Working horses were key to industry back in the day & towed the barges along the canal, before they became motorised.

Big Whisky Bottles — PPAC 25 and Cellpic Sunday

Hi all 😃 My entry for the Marsha & Cee’s Photographing Public Art Challenge, hosted this week by Cee. This is also my entry for John’s Cellpic Sunday.

Rosebank Distillery
Rosebank Distillery
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