This evening a crowd of hundreds of people of all ages turned out at Kirkcudbright to welcome the Kelpie Maquettes Sculptures, that have come to visit the town for the Kirkcudbright Arts and Crafts Trail this summer.
An evening of entertainment was put on for the crowds, who were invited to bring along a picnic and enjoy the Kelpies. Kirkcudbright Summer Festivities take huge pride in putting on a fantastic summer of entertainment for locals and visitors to the region, and tonight has to be one of the highlights.
Speaking on behalf of the organising team who have secured the loan of the Kelpies Pauline Saul commented “We are thrilled to have been given this amazing opportunity to exhibit the iconic Kelpie Maquettes in our Artists’ town of Kirkcudbright. Here not only for our award winning Art and Crafts trail, but for four weeks this summer the maquettes will give visitors and locals alike, a rare chance to see the beauty of the wonderful metal sculptures created by Andy Scott.
Organisers of the towns Arts Trail put an endless amount of work into organising this event, and this year the 2016 trail will be more special than ever with the Kelpies standing proud at the Fishermans Green in Kirkcudbright Harbour.
The 12 ft high iconic Kelpies will be on loan to Kirkcudbright Art and Crafts Trail from the 25th July until the 29th August and on view to the public for that time . Created by renowned Scottish Sculptor Andy Scott, the Maquettes are exact replicas of the Kelpies and were in fact created first as one tenth size models to base the full sized 300 tonne Kelpies on.
For people who want to find out more about Kirkcudbright Art and Crafts Trail and the Maquettes visit, they can log on to www.artandcraftstrail.co.uk
And dont forget folks if you do visit the Kirkcudbright Kelpies over the next month please do post your Kirkcudbright Kelpe Selfies onto our Facebbook page or Twitter page for us to share, or and add the hashtag #DGkelfie. and help us try to get the region trending. ”
