100-foot-tall horse head sculptures unveiled in Scotland | Equitecture: Sculptor Andy Scott stands with Clydesdales Duke and Baron, which served as models for The Kelpies. (Credit: The Kelpies) If you thought Middle Earths enormous statues of Isildur and Anarion were cool, Scotland now has something thats nearly as badass. They may not be as imposing as the Argonath, but the 100-foot-tall horse heads known as The Kelpies are still out of this world. Created by a team led by Glasgow sculptor Andy Scott, the heads are fashioned from 600 metric tons of steel and stand as a monument to working horses in Scottish history. Related stories Industrial robots star in projection-mapping video Pegasus statue fashioned from 3,500 phones Hubble captures Horsehead nebula in stunning infrared The Kelpies are located along the Forth and Clyde canal, a nod to a time when horses pulled barges through Scotlands canals. They also draw insp... [Read more] | ift.tt/1brLzfU | From CNET
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:21:25 +0000
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