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Description Geren (black) and the Defender (white) are OOAK (one of a kind) Welsh Cob type D horse sculptures. They were each completely handmade using polymer clay over wire and tin foil.

These two took a really long time to do but I love how they turned out. They are pegged onto a base to balance, although the way the photo is it might be hard to tell which is base and which is ground. The base is a mix of tin foil, clay, fabric, moss, pebbles, and polymer glaze. Each horse has a rod embedded into one of their legs that allows them to attach to the base, and each of them are removable. The hardest part about making these was positioning the armature in the base so that the angles of the pegs corresponded to the right poses for the two horses.

Each horse is 5 inches from chest to bum, and the base itself is about 12 inches around. The horses are painted in acrylics. The Defender has blonde mohair and Geren has tibetan lamb fur for hair. Each has inset resin eyes; Geren's are deep blue and Defender's are grey.

They were a lot of fun to make. I enjoyed bringing them to the park to get photos as well. It seems even more that they're two boys out in the field frolicking

These were a commission so are not for sale

If you're interested in seeing work in progress photos and keeping up with new things I make, please check out my facebook page! It's here: [link]
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Comments: 75

Snofte In reply to ??? [2011-07-15 17:46:23 +0000 UTC]

hanks a lot! It's was very helpfull

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shannor [2011-07-13 18:31:26 +0000 UTC]

These are beautiful! How long have you been making horse sculptures?

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scenceable In reply to shannor [2011-07-13 19:37:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I made my first one in october 2008 or so, so almost 3 years I guess

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shannor In reply to scenceable [2011-07-13 21:19:00 +0000 UTC]

I would never have guessed that. Do you have a background in sculpture in general?

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scenceable In reply to shannor [2011-07-13 22:07:40 +0000 UTC]

Not really, I've never taken it much in school or anything. When I was like 12 years old I did a week of summer camp with pottery classes though, it was mostly using the wheel.

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Kotekigo In reply to ??? [2011-07-13 18:29:11 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work! On thumbnail I thought they are real horses.

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scenceable In reply to Kotekigo [2011-07-13 19:37:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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ShaleseSands In reply to ??? [2011-07-13 18:16:54 +0000 UTC]

Lovely work!

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scenceable In reply to ShaleseSands [2011-07-13 19:38:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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ShaleseSands In reply to scenceable [2011-07-13 21:21:33 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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meihua [2011-07-13 17:50:09 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work, and I love this photo too! Great setup!

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scenceable In reply to meihua [2011-07-13 19:38:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

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thatg33kgirl [2011-07-13 17:30:18 +0000 UTC]

LOVE

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scenceable In reply to thatg33kgirl [2011-07-13 19:36:55 +0000 UTC]

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tonixCynder123 [2011-07-13 17:28:21 +0000 UTC]

cool aaws <3

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scenceable In reply to tonixCynder123 [2011-07-13 19:38:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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ElkStarRanchArtwork In reply to ??? [2011-07-13 17:16:09 +0000 UTC]

the are very nice = love the poses and the pic is great

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scenceable In reply to ElkStarRanchArtwork [2011-07-13 19:37:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much melissa

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SilverFlameWanderer In reply to ??? [2011-07-13 17:11:53 +0000 UTC]

These guys are awesome! I love how you've posed them--great movement

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scenceable In reply to SilverFlameWanderer [2011-07-13 19:37:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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REMylius In reply to ??? [2011-07-13 16:53:18 +0000 UTC]

these are stunning.

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scenceable In reply to REMylius [2011-07-13 19:38:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Tiwyll [2011-07-13 16:41:31 +0000 UTC]

Wow, very impressive!

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scenceable In reply to Tiwyll [2011-07-13 19:38:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

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