Bill Foy created a metal horse sculpture made of leftover farm equipment, scraps from old projects, and antiques, and the Fort Lupton (Colo.) Art in Public Places committee urged the city to purchase it and erect it at the golf course on poured concrete.
A metal horse sculpture created by resident Bill Foy will have a home at the Coyote Creek Golf Course in Fort Lupton, Colo., the Greeley County, Colo., Tribune reported
Workers began pouring concrete for the structure on March 7. The welded sculpture—composed of leftover farm equipment, scraps from old projects and antiques—will go up March 8, according to General Manager Tyler Tarpley.
The Fort Lupton Art in Public Places committee recommended the city purchase the sculpture at the end of 2017. The sculpture will sit on concrete foundations, the Tribune reported.
“Then landscape will go in around him as we get closer into spring here,” Tarpley said.
As a welder, Foy specializes in repairs, but was inspired to create the horse structure after seeing an image on Pinterest. He spent four weeks on the project, using a mix of antiques and scrap metal, the Tribune reported.
“Art doesn’t have to be a certain way,” Foy said. “It kind of creates its own form.”
Those same folks he does repairs for donated pieces to Foy’s horse sculpture. They let him raid their junk piles to find things such as rooster weathervanes. He ran out of chain while working on the horse’s mane, and folks around town brought him extra, the Tribune reported.
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