The figurehead horse will be white
As the scrap clay had all sorts of colors, I have to cover my figurehead horse with white clay as I want it to be white. Some of the figureheads from this time in the 18th century were painted in … Read More
As the scrap clay had all sorts of colors, I have to cover my figurehead horse with white clay as I want it to be white. Some of the figureheads from this time in the 18th century were painted in … Read More
As ususal, I use scrap clay to form the body. In the first photo, you can see a wooden ”stem” that is the front part of a ship where the figurehead will be placed. I had to start to make … Read More
For the part of the wave that is in front of the horse, I used the same technique by using transparent plastic to place the small strips om the thin waveheet. This made it possible for me to place all … Read More
The horse was ready and cured so now it was time to create the wave around the horse. I used plastic film to be able to easier move the wave parts to the oven for curing. I covered the horse … Read More
This is a jigsaw puzzle. Play it and you will see the Mosebacke Horse that you may be able to follow the creation of during the next days.
I started to think about a Mosebacke Horse in some kind of cloisonné-like technique. I did some research on the internet, and found some tutorials on faux cloisonné, but did not find any that used polymer clay for the colored … Read More
Finally everything is in the right place. Happy Horse has come to life, created in polymer clay. She has got her body, her skin, her tail, her mane and her beloved passenger – her little foal. Happy Horse put her … Read More
The tail for Happy Horse was made of the same thin sheet of clay that I used for the skin to Happy Horse and her passenger. With a knife I cut feather-shaped pieces that I comined together on a steel … Read More
The Happy Horse is almost finished, but as I told you, she will have a little passenger on her back. Maybe it is her baby, her foal. This is how he was created. As usual, I started with a skeleton … Read More
To make the second skin for Happy Horse, I used the left-over black and white canes from the mare with her foal. I pressed the canes together to form a ball. Then I made slices, about 5 mm thick, of … Read More