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By Kiaya Abernathy
Special to the Rappahannock News
Most of you have seen the sculpture in front of Rappahannock County Highschool on US 211, but it may mean even more to you if you know its creator.
It was fashioned by 17-yearold Katie Nelson, a student at the school, who was given the project and collaborated with her welding teacher John W. Norman to create it.
The idea was to give the school a piece of artwork which would be there for many years to come. Originally, the sculpture wasn’t intended to symbolize anything in particular but over time that changed. The welded silhouettes came to embody the process of growing up - a fitting interpretation to grace the outside of the high school.
This artwork represents life, starting with little children growing into adults with the world at their fingertips.
The sculpture is about being able to do anything and as Katie put it “ don’t think of yourself as too small a person, the world is waiting for you.”
It took Nelson about six weeks to finish the sculpture, working everyday for several hours.
In between that piece she worked on welding some panels onto her Bronco and creating functional art pieces, a table and a mirror, both with welded horseshoes on the sides. The horseshoes were added to the pieces because Katie Nelson has been around horses most of her life.
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