Mystical horses kelpies in Falkirk Bashny.Net

Kelpie — two tall horse sculptures, constructed from channels the helix Park in Falkirk, Scotland. Sculpture visually form a gate at the Eastern entrance to the forth and Clyde. Sculptures of horses it was decided to build in the course of extensive reconstruction of the channels and the Park.



List of attractions in Scotland have added another interesting point — the kelpies in Falkirk.

300 tonne, 10-metre-long sculptures were created by Glasgow artist Andy Scott. It was inspired by changing the form of the mythological creature is the Kelpie that lives in the rivers and streams of Scotland and is known strength and endurance of 10 horses. According to folklore, the Kelpie can become both in horses and in people, and often attacked ships. In the case of sculpture, it symbolizes the full power of Scottish industry and economy, dragging wagons, ploughs, barges and ships coal, a key strength of the Falkirk area.



According to sculptor Andy Scott:

"The original origin of mythical water horses was a real starting point for the artistic development of the structures. The sculptor has developed this concept and moved it to a more modern form of the horse, shifting from any mythological references towards a socio historical monument. Thus he intended to elevate the role of horses in industry and agriculture, by obvious Association with the canals as hauling freight animals.”





Source: lifeglobe.net/