The Dala Horse pattern
Today I will show you how I made the pattern ready to be transferred to the waiting Dala Horse. As I showed in the previous blog post I created the pattern on a thin sheet of clear plastic. When I … Read More
Today I will show you how I made the pattern ready to be transferred to the waiting Dala Horse. As I showed in the previous blog post I created the pattern on a thin sheet of clear plastic. When I … Read More
To create a kurbits-like pattern for ”The Depressed Dala Horse” I made some polymer clay canes that I could use for different parta of the pattern. I had made a skech of how I wanted the pattern to look like … Read More
Now on to the next idea. The Dala Horse is one of Sweden’s most well-known national symbols, and Dala Horses are always depicted in much the same way. They are usually red or blue and have special hand-painted patterns called kurbits. I … Read More
And here’s the Volcano Horse! It has a black, sleek and proud body. It exudes strength and confidence. At the same time, I think the neck and posture gives the impression of a cobra. This is simply a play with … Read More
My idea is to show the glow inside a horse. I want to create something that gives the impression of heat, like lava from a vulcano, but it should stay inside the horse. I also want to work with strong … Read More
As you saw in the previous blog post about this particular horse, I have some ideas about this horse. It will not look like any other Mosebacke Horse you have seen before. But first, I must create a horse’s body. … Read More
Today I have been holding a Polymer Clay Workshop here at Mosebacke Horse Sculptures in Östra Harg, Linköping. There were a total of seven participants aged from under ten to over fifty. We started with coffee and watched videos from … Read More
Ideas on how to create my horses can come from many directions. The idea for the horse that you are about to follow the creation of came while I was watching TV, waiting for the Swedish Song Contest on a … Read More
Skapa dina egna mönster i polymerlera! Lördagen den 27 februari 2016 har du chansen att komma ut hit till Mosebacke i Östra Harg (utanför Linköping) för att skapa smycken, pennor, skålar eller kanske till och med din egen häst fantastiska … Read More
It is totally fantastic to create works of art in the form of horse sculptures, but right now I have too many horses at home. To create more space for my creativity and my art, the prices in my webshop … Read More