AS a child, Brooklyn-based metal sculptor Adrian Landon played with Lego a lot. He also learned about horses from his polo-playing dad, who in turn learned about them from his father, who was an equine veterinarian.
That background set the stage for Landon’s latest work of art, a stainless steel life-size Mechanical Horse that gallops in slow motion at the press of a button.
Adrian began work on the project in 2013. The Mechanical Horse features more than 100 bearings, custom laser-cut sprockets, 30 feet of chain, and 23 articulating joints. It’s all driven by one small electric motor.
