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Jun 2023
12-foot horse sculpture to be installed at the Great Yorkshire Show
A large horse sculpture has been delivered to the Great Yorkshire Showground.
The art work is made out of more than 600 welded horseshoes, collected from across Yorkshire.
The 750-kilogram piece is named 'Os II' after the Yorkshire slang word for horse and was craned into position outside the Yorkshire Event Centre today.
Its creator, Ollie Holman is a thirty-one-year-old artist from North Yorkshire, who has been welding since he was a teenager.
'Os II' will be displayed next to the Yorkshire Show's art show from Tuesday, July 11 to Friday, July 14 along with some of Ollie's other sculptures.
The sculptor cannot wait to see his work displayed at the event and said:
Ollie has made many horse sculptures, including another 12-foot piece which was sold to Cheltenham Race Course, but he is especially proud of his latest creation, which took five years to make.
Charles Mills, Director of the Great Yorkshire Show added:
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