the horse head

my friend Ann was drooling over an antique cast metal horse head and I suggested that she just make one.... so I set out to show her it was possible

here is the set http://www.flickr.com/photos/3036187...th/6931584094/

and this is what I'm up to now, still adjusting the rust patterns

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7246/6...f93aceea84.jpg
La Reina Ann's Gusto by NT Candy, on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5469/7...95e604419f.jpg
La Reina Ann's Gusto by NT Candy, on Flickr

its a concrete sculpture and when I asked Ann what she would name a horse she said Gus, so I named this La Reina Ann's Gusto

Very cool...I'm unclear on whether it's steel or concrete though...If it's concrete, what are you using for the rust color?...What does it weigh?...:cool:...Ben

I can still carry it so its probably around 50 lbs. Its concrete layered over a carved polystyrene armature so its not solid. The rust effects are SOOOO cool! I bought a paint that contains iron shavings and I have 2 different acid patinas that rust the iron. One gives the old deep red rust color and the other produces the bright new rust... then it will get a matt sealant sprayed over it. neat huh?

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Originally Posted by 2ndthyme

neat huh?

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Very...It reminds me of the gold leaf over tin horsey-head they found on "Storage Wars"...It was used in France at a cafe that sold horsemeat to humans...:yum:...Ben

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Originally Posted by Truckman

Very...It reminds me of the gold leaf over tin horsey-head they found on "Storage Wars"...It was used in France at a cafe that sold horsemeat to humans...:yum:...Ben

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those are the things that inspired this one! Ann was drooling over these http://primitiverughooking.typepad.c...head-pair.html

Neato! Can you make one, for Ben :lipseal:, of a horse'szzass mounted on a plaque he can hang up on the wall?:tiptoe::2funny:

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Originally Posted by SBA

Neato! Can you make one, for Ben :lipseal:, of a horse'szzass mounted on a plaque he can hang up on the wall?:tiptoe::2funny:

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it would be a really heavy mount huh? lol