The Newborn Foal is finished!
Today is a very special day. Today is the day when the newborn foal will come out and face the world. To create this foal has been among the most exciting thing I’ve done. As always, when I get an … Read More
Today is a very special day. Today is the day when the newborn foal will come out and face the world. To create this foal has been among the most exciting thing I’ve done. As always, when I get an … Read More
Now that the foal’s body has got its final shape, it is time to create the pattern that it will place on its body. For this little guy I want to do something called a caleidoscope cane, it is called … Read More
In the previous blog post, you could see how I created the basic shape and proportions of the little foal. To me it is the easy part, because I have been practising art for such a long time so shapes … Read More
And now he’s finally finished, the Blue Volcano! Like his sister, the Red Volcano, he stands firmly on four long, thin legs and looks with great confidence to the outside world. He is glossy black, and the back and neck … Read More
My inspiration for the volcano horses are is the name suggests volcanoes. I imagine that it can symbolize something powerful that is on the inside, something that possibly – or maybe – can come out, as an explosion or as … Read More
No horse without legs! And four of them of course, although I have done some horses with eight legs like Sleipner and The Vitruvian Sleipner. The legs are made of bamboo sticks that I covered with black clay. To fasten … Read More
The head is always a very important part of a horse. The look of the head determines much of the expression of the horse. Among the very first thing a viewer looks at is the horse’s head. Therefore, I must … Read More
First I mixed the exact color I wanted for the blue part of the horse’s neck and back. As I use FIMO Professionals True Colors, I used blue and magenta in the proportions showed in the photo. That made a … Read More
In March this year, I made a red Volcano Horse. Now I want to try out what a Blue Volcano Horse would look like. Would it give a cooler impression? Will the blue colors work out at all? Well, the … Read More
Today the local newspaper Corren had a full page article about me and my polymer clay horse sculptures. The result has been a wonderful start of the day with a lot of positive comments in social media. The article is … Read More