Bell Carrier Statue

The ‘Bell Carrier’ sculptor Sebastien Boysen recalls his meeting with a living White Park ox

'The original sculpture...what I had to do first of all was try to find out a bit more in terms of historical accuracy about what the ox would have been and I discovered that there was a certain type of breed of animal called a White Park Bull that would undoubtedly have been the type of animal that would have been there at the time, or that Gwynllw would have seen. I managed to track down some of the descendants of this breed, now known as the Diniver herd, and I found this fantastic bull that was called Torpedo. He was a magnificent creature. I went to see him in a field and I spent a day there taking photographs and with the help of the farmer we managed to get him into a shed where we put him in a cage and managed to measure him, which was very difficult as you can image. He did have horns like that.'

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