Dream

During the month of August, Scottish Canals are running a series of events and art installations under the heading of 'Canal Encounters' along the Forth and Clyde Canal from the Falkirk Wheel to the Kelpies.

Today's Blip is of a creation by the artist David Powell that is situated at the Wheel. The 'blurb' on the accompanying app and website reads as follows:

"Inspired by an old photo of a horse and young bargee girl, past meets present in Canal Dreams, where tradition is set alongside the modern engineering of the Falkirk Wheel. Powell’s larger-than-life willow horse and girl link the modern visitor to the folk that once lived and worked canal side and the horse power that brought the coal to the steam engine and the steel to the smelter."