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"Good dogs and good sheep": Sheep art explained again, this time by the shepherds

Posted on: March 27, 2009 2:02 PM, by David Dobbs

The shepherds responsible for the sheep art I featured earlier (i.e., Sheep + LEDs - Mona Lisa, Fireworks, etc.") explain how it was done. Via the BBC:

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Thank you for posting this! A marvelous, marvelous group that did this for us. My husband didn't think this was possible (and maybe still doesn't) but I did point out that the WORLD sheepdog trials are in Wales...

Posted by: Laura Miller | March 30, 2009 1:27 AM