Little more to add than sharing a few pictures here of my swimming mare. She's 8" long nose tip to tail tip.. about 5 top to bottom, but she'll be magically suspended via a foot attachment to some sea flora so she'll be taller. I want to get back in there but this is so folks may see finally what's literally been floating around in my head for some time now (ooph bad pun sorry!). ;) So anyhow, I got a chance to start on her yesterday afternoon and this afternoon she really started to finally look a bit horse-like. Here she is;
I could share more of my ideas for how she will "work" as a narrative when completed (or the various ways I am thinking of to offer her to customers) but I'd actually rather leave it as a surprise. Still & all, I loves her. I can nearly hear the gurgling underwater sound as I'm working away on her. Her name begins with an "O". It's probably not too hard to guess of course. ;)
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WOW! What a fresh, exciting idea Morgen!!!! GOOD for you! I can;t wait to see how she turns out!!!
~ Chris Flint
*********I SO WANT ONE!!!!**********
Tx guys - it's really a relief to hear I'm not the only one who really thinks a swimming horse is the bee's knees! :D
Very cool, Morgen. She could also be transformed into a pegasus very easily with that floating pose.
I really like the fact she is more "fine art" than "model horse", too ;)..
Tx! & That's funny Sonya -> b/c as I'm looking up ways & means to use lucite I feel like I'm squarely in craft land.
Although I DO have some exceptionally exciting ideas for bronze & the water "collar" patina & the general "feel" conveyance there too...
It's just fun to have something that's weird & new. :D
F A B U L O U S ! ! !
I loved her based on your vision and sketches, and I really REALLY love her from what I'm seeing here! It's exactly the kind of sculpture I love; it's all about flow. (Er, ba dum tish I guess? :'D )
You have have seen this before, but there are awesome things that can be done with clear resin:
http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2012/06/water-nymph.html
I particularly love the 'collar' that shows the water rippling out.. eeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Ramie, it's so funny how his experience with clear water splash was the same I had when I tried it with a jumping Flitwick pony into water.. I had to tint mine as well, it just looked very odd otherwise. Thanks for that! Inspiring ideas here... ;)
I don't think Ophelia really swam, she just lay (uh, floated) there...
I get excited when Shakespeare reading horses chime in! :D
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