Creating the wild horses of Colorado
I always start with a sketch. My idea for my next Mosebacke Horse Sculpture was to symbolize Colorado. I wanted to do this with two wild horses. I am not sure if they are really angry, it is more like … Read More
I always start with a sketch. My idea for my next Mosebacke Horse Sculpture was to symbolize Colorado. I wanted to do this with two wild horses. I am not sure if they are really angry, it is more like … Read More
Now I am home again after five wonderful and inspiring days at Elmia Scandinavian Horse Show with top class showjumping and dressage. Among many other exhibitors at the fair, we were four equine artists in an art gallery. In the … Read More
October 26-30 I am attending the Scandinavian Horse Show at Elmia in Jönköping, Sweden with my Mosebacke Horse Sculptures. It is a very big event that is arranged for the first time at this location, with high-class showjumping and dressage. Right … Read More
And here she is – Paisan as a finished Mosebacke Horse Sculpture! I think she looks like a very self-confident teenager, balancing on one leg with her arms (forelegs) crossed an looking calmly at you. In the video below you … Read More
As Paisan is a very special horse, I wanted to make a very special cane for her. As you can see, this cane is built up from the middle with a lot of details that together form the final cane. … Read More
These three colors of Fimo Professional is what I used for the color of Paisan’s body. I mixed them well together to form a light but warm brown color. For the legs and head I made a Skinner Blend from … Read More
Yes, Paisan is – or will be – a Mosebacke Horse Sculpture. As always I start with the ”skeleton” – the armature. What you see in the photo ito the left is her spine, made of a steel wire. The … Read More
Paisan is a very, very cool horse. She has a lot of self confidence and she is also very young in mind. I decided to suggest to create her as a cool teenager, standing upright with crosses arms (forelegs). After … Read More
The hollow horse is almost ready. There has been a lot of work because it is not easy to work with hollow forms in polymer clay. I used papier maché to stabilize the horse’s body during the curing, and I … Read More
As the Hollow Horse will be a quite strange horse, it is important that he head is quite natural. Here you can see it almost half finished – yet I haven’t made any ears and the mane is also still … Read More