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ize is relative, as Andy Scott points out. For the creator of public art projects, 10ft tall is normal working size; anything above
that reaches into the realms of large. However, there are few who would question
the gargantuan scale of The Kelpies. When Scott was commissioned to create a piece of public art for the Helix Park, a site on the Forth and Clyde canal, he was given kelpies as a theme. ‘This whole mythological thing wasn’t the route to follow for me,’ explains Scott. ‘I opted for a much more socio-historic path that I felt more relevant to Falkirk and Central Scotland.