Hull will see its buildings lit up with art installations for city of culture 2017. “Made in Hull”will kick off the year with open air illuminations by local and international artists which will aim to tell the city’s story. Italian arist Silvio Palladino will design a large scale light installation on the buildings of Thorton […]
5. Start by cheating with a double entry: great to see elephant’s featuring Sheffield landmarks: Our City our Home and In It Together.
4. The Elephant in the Hive for it’s vivid colour.
3. Inside out. The full impact did not immediately hit me as I saw her during a session running round the city zapping elephants on the app. It was the second time that I noticed and admired the baby elephant inside the Mother to be that my appreciation grew for Inside Out.
2. Inconelly I could see this one from a distance as I approached Fargste, shining in the sun. Given his conienent location, he has receive do several oats from me, when I have been passing. I have also had some fun trying to take pictures in the reflection.
It was interesting to learn about the material he is made from; inconel which, is made by Sheffield company Pressure Technologies. Apparently this super alloy of chromium and iron is very hard wearing so I would be happy to have him in my garden sparking for years to come. Where is he now?
I saw all the big and mini Sheffield elephants; but where are they now????
1. Another one that was in a convient place for me to visit often over summer was Interst Elephant. As soon I saw him, I was drawn to him because of his bright colours. Up close there was features to see all over; from the different rockets blasting off, either side of the trunk to the stars, space ships all over his body and legs. The earth was centeral on his body with a rocket 🚀 above and an astronaught space walking out of the rocket.
What is / are your favourites?
The Herd have come to Sheffield! — We Are Sheffield Students
Razzle Dazzle ’em Lizzie — Postcard Cafe
Herd of Sheffield 🐘 — bohemiart.co.uk
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“They’re really nice but…why elephants?!!” A typical reaction to ‘The Herd of Sheffield’: the latest creative spectacle to hit Yorkshire. Between July 11th – 5th October, you will find 58 fibreglass elephants (and 72 mini-elephant calves) dotted around the city centre. In fact, it’s pretty hard to miss them: each one is a bespoke creation […]
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Starting with what still makes me smile most.
1. Seeing Scunthorpe score 6 on Easter Monday and concede none which was more than the rest of league 1, put together scored that afternoon. So grateful to see that after not expecting to, having started the day in Berlin. But thanks to a shortcut by EasyJet piolet and speeding through passport control, I was there!
2. Rosberg winning championship.
3. Supporting Belgium 🇧🇪 in Euros.
4. Leicester winning premier league – after so few teams have achieved that.
5. Beating Sheffield United on the last day of a season, due to other results, not going our way it was not enough to go into play offs but at least we did our part and had a exciting rollercoaster afternoon. It was a match had been looking forward to, for a longtime as it wa my nephew’s first away match. But it was only a week before we suddenly had chance of a play off position after taking the whole season to crawl that far up the table from the relegation zone at the beginning of the season. The potintial of a trip to Wembley meant we were joined by 3000 Scunthorpe fans at Bramall lane, creating a fantastic atmosphere. The first cheering was for Wigan’s goal in the first 5 minutes that put us in 6th place (final playoff position). Barnsley equalizer sending us back to 7th. Then cheering our first goal, which put us back in 6th. Then Barnsley scoring twice more. Then our second goal meaning we had another 3 to score or Wignan needed to score 2 to get us back to 6th.. Then Barnsley fourth goal which sealed us in 7th place.
I saw all in their original locations and went to the farewell weekend at Meadowhall where all large ones were present – had limited time so then only glimpsed some of them.
BUT WHERE ARE THEY NOW??
The mini ones all went back to the schools that designed them. The 58 large ones were sold at auction raising more than 400,000 for the Sheffield children’s hospital.
WHERE ARE THE REST???
Razzle Dazzle ’em Lizzie is designed by Robert Hurst. Inspired by Dazzle camouflage also known as Razzle Dazzle. Used extensively in World War I, Dazzle was a family of ship camouflage credited to British Marine artist Norman Wilkinson Razzle Dazzle ’em Lizzie is one 58 elephants which make up the Herd of Sheffield art trail located across […]
In the Summer of 2016 I was extremely proud to have been part of the Herd of Sheffield Elephant Trail. The trail saw 58 unique painted elephants scattered around the city making a trail for people to follow. What made this project so brilliant was that it not only got people visiting and discovering all […]
My rankings of theatre performances
2016 top 3 theatre performances:
In 3rd place: Relatively Speaking: hilarious!
In 2nd place: The Nap: Easily capturing the atmosphere of Sheffield theatre as performed at the Crucible.
In 1st place: Great Gatesby. Meaning the deli theatre moves up from honourable mention last year!
Top 3 theatrical performance of 2015 (in no particular order): Blasted (Sarah Kane), Curious Incident of Dog in nighttime and The Effect. Honourable mention to Woolworth’s pick of mix …spending evening in old Sheffield Woolworth’s reminiscing about all Woolworth’s of my youth, winning pass the parcel and reading an e-mail to the rest of the audience and going home with pick and mix 🙂
Born and bred steel city lad, Pete McKee is considered somewhat royalty of the Sheffield art scene. His vibrant portrayal of the gritty reality of life in Sheffield is easily recognisable and features characters that are a direct representation of the working-class area he grew up in. Pete’s gallery, a Month of Sundays on Sharrow Vale Road […]
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