Giraffes? - In Sheffield?

Katharine and I are quite amazed by the amount of public art in Sheffield, and this is one of the items we recently discovered.

These giraffes are to be found in the Winter Gardens, in the heart of the city, and are one of several pieces of art in there.

The Winter Gardens themselves are one of the largest temperate glasshouses to be built in the UK during the last hundred years, and the largest urban glasshouse anywhere in Europe. It is home to more than 2,000 plants from all around the world. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 22 May 2003.

It also seems to be a centre for various group activities - there was a group learning the hoola hoop while we were there!

Ian

[Margaret Obey]

Love these especially the eyes.

[CINDY JOHNSON]

very cute shot

[Graham Thresher]

A fantastic find and capture. FAV

[*lynn]

cute shot

[Molly]

They look lovely - such fun art to have around.

[Kate]

Great comp. Way to go Ian!

[Pyrrhula]

They look very nice and beautiful. A great find and capture.

[Lynne Hart]

Nice composition and beautifully carved statues.

[Tony]

Lovely capture and interesting discovery.

[Dianne]

Very nice - I love giraffes and these ones look gorgeous.

[Julia]

Delightful art. So whimsical.

[Fisher Family]

@ceilidh

Thank you Margaret - I thought these were great fun!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pittcj17

Thank you Cindy - I need to go back and get shots of some more of the sculptures there.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@thresheg

Thank you Graham, and thank you for the fav!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lynnz

Thank you Lynn, I thought these were great fun.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dolphin

Thank you Molly - there were several fun sculptures like this in there.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@kt8ird

Thank you Kate - I thought these were great fun.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pyrrhula

Thank you Ferry - there were several other fun sculptures there, so I need to go back sometime.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lhart

Thank you Lynne - there are quite a few good photo opportunities in the Winter Gardens.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@tonydebont

Thank you Tony - another visit needed for some of the other sculptures.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dide

Thank you Dianne - there were several sculptures of animals that you would't normally associate with Sheffield.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@juliac

Thank you Julia - I thought these were great fun.

Ian

[Ivan]

Great fun!