You’re Having A Giraffe

Located on the corner of Shettleston Road, and Old Shettleston Road. A junction known locally as The Gushet.

Completed in July 2014, the eye-catching artwork is the result of a collaboration between the Shettleston Housing Association, and third year pupils at Eastbank Academy, who worked with arts company Art Pistol to develop a theme for the mural.

The brief was to come up with an idea that would make the best use of the space available, with consideration given to its height - four storey Victorian tenement height - and its prominence at the 'entrance to Shettleston. To the pupils the answer was obvious and 'You're having a giraffe!' was completed over the Glasgow Fair Weekend.

The mural features a very tall giraffe grazing on vegetation growing out of the tenement brickwork.

The title is a nod to Glasgow humour, and they hoped that would be the reaction of most people who come across the mural for the first time!