Mini Khemo released!

It's Mini Khemo, made from a resized digital scan and 3D print of the traditional Khemo sculpture released in 2002! Khemo has been a favorite ever since, and now he is available in mini form! He is large Stablemate/Curio scale at 3 3/4" tall (not counting base) and 5 3/4" long. The actual base will not be as tall, these photos are of the master casting that will be used for mold making and we use the extra material at the bottom of the base to have something to sand flat. Mini Khemo is available for an entire year, from February 10th 2016 to February 10th 2017! Due to his larger size and extreme casting complexity I have to ask more for him, but keep in mind that I happily accept time payments in whatever amounts and for however long you need. 

Price: $95.00
RAW* castings: $75.00 each (yes, that is right, I am willing to pay you $20.00 in the form of savings to do the basic clean up work!)
Shipping: FREE within the US

Overseas shipping: please add $12.00 for one casting, and $3.50 for each additional casting shipped in the same box. Canadian shipping is $5.00 for 1-3 castings.


To order simply email me at Sarah@rosehorse.com, or send PayPal to the same email address. Money Orders and checks can be mailed to:

Sarah Rose

1158 Bear Creek Rd

Bayfield CO 81122

There can be a wait of several weeks to several months before we will have your order ready to ship once paid for in full. We expect Mini Khemo to be in full production and shipping by March 1st. The casting schedule is dynamic and effected by how many orders we get, how many orders are ahead of your order, and other factors. Orders are placed on the shipping list when they are paid for in full, and is viewable here.

*RAW castings are for people comfortable with prepping only! They have a belly gate, vents on the hooves and tail tips, and require extra work and experience to prep. For those who are comfortable with that you can save a few bucks ($20.00 to be precise), and get your casting faster since we won't need to clean the casting up before shipping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year!

 I gotta say, 2015 was not my favorite and I am glad to see it go. It was not all bad, though. My mini resin Moxie was a huge success and allowed us to take some time off to remodel part of our house into a proper studio space for me. For the last 15 years I have worked in a very small and very uninspiring spare bedroom that connected to an even smaller and even less inspiring second spare bedroom. In between was the most ugly avocado green 70's bathroom you could imagine. Visitors would says things ranging from "ugh" to "it's not so bad". This was where all my time was spent, I felt like an old time photographer peeping through the lens trying to make something beautiful while blocking everything else out with a black out cloth.

 A kind relative remarked that my bathroom was "retro and fashionable". She was just trying to be nice I think. 

It felt SO GOOD to rip all this out and haul it to the dump! Not the kitties though, we kept the kitties.

Demolition complete! At this point I am not ashamed to admit that in my nativity that I thought it would be done in a few weeks. You'd think I'd know better after an entire adult life of remodeling projects. You'd think.

Window holes! Window holes! Window holes! And a 16.2 palomino. And Todd.

About 6 weeks later, taping and mudding. I am starting to understand the look my husband gives me when I say things like "we could do that, right? It would only take a few weeks....right?" Thankfully this is The Last Big Project......right?

As of today, January 1, it looks like I can move back in in about a week, but then again I am horrible at guessing how lo things take in reality, obviously. Todd is applying the last few coats of polyurethane on the floor today, then it needs to cure for a day, then we can install the baseboard, heaters, caulk, and touch up paint. I am so excited and looking forward to getting back to my art! The first project will be Mini Khemo. That is right, you heard it here, Mini Khemo, possibly by the end of January. Big Khemo is off being scanned as I type. After that will be a new sculpt mini, maybe by late spring. There is also an exciting ceramic project with Joan Berkwitz in the works.
 

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Painted mini Khans

A few painted mini Khans have show up here and there, so I thought I'd share a few:

Cremello painted by Stephanie Blaylock:

Dappled buckskin and palomino by Elizabeth Bouras:

 

Mini Khan's webpage with all his sales info is here

Mini Khan released!

It's mini Khan, made from a resized digital scan and 3D print of the traditional Khan sculpture released in the late 90's! Khan has been a favorite of collectors ever since, and now he is available in mini form! Mini Khan is available for an entire year, from February 16th 2015 to February 16th 2016! To order simply email me at Sarah@rosehorse.com, or send PayPal to the same email address. Money Orders and checks can be mailed to:

Sarah Rose

1158 Bear Creek Rd

Bayfield CO 81122

Price: $80.00
RAW* castings: $70.00 each
Shipping: FREE within the US

Overseas shipping: please add $12.00 for one casting, and $3.50 for each additional casting shipped in the same box. Canadian shipping is $5.00 for 1-3 castings.

There can be a wait of several weeks to several months before we will have your order ready to ship once paid for in full. The casting schedule is dynamic and effected by how many orders we get, how many orders are ahead of your order, and other factors. Orders are placed on the shipping list when they are paid for in full, and is viewable here.

*RAW castings are for people comfortable with prepping only! They have a belly gate, vents on the hooves and tail tips, and require extra work and experience to prep. For those who are comfortable with that you can save a few bucks, and get your casting faster since we won't need to clean the casting up before shipping.

Mini Khan's webpage is here

Shop on Break

The casting shop is on break for a bit while we get some much needed projects done around the place. The casting is never ending, so we had to just pick a place on the shipping list and say that after those were shipped Todd would take some time to do other things. Sorry for any inconvenience this is causing anyone! 

As most of you know I am a wheelchair user, and not having an accessible bathroom was getting ridiculous. During a short break in January Todd demo'd the old bathroom, and there it sat for months, the 'bathroom hole'. We have a second, much uglier and not accessible bathroom that we are using, and I will be SO glad when I don't have to go in there anymore. 

The old bathroom, a thing of beauty:

Demo Day (too bad you can't hear my gleeful laughter):

To the left is our bedroom closet, which graciously donated 6" to make the bathroom wide enough for a wheelchair:

Hideous old bathroom BUH BYE!

Bender releases a chipmunk into the wall, never to be seen again. Thank you Bender :)

Window installing day:

Since then a bunch of stuff has happened that I either forgot to take photos of, or it was stuff that just doesn't lend itself to interesting photos. I forgot to take photos when Todd built the new wall and put the closet back together. You can't even tell it used to be wider, it just looks like a normal closet now. He  has put a lot of time into research and acquiring all the new bathroom fixtures and hardware. The bathtub plumbing is done and tested. He just came out and said dry walling is going to be happening for a few days. Here is a photo from yesterday:

So, this is why nothing has been shipped for a few weeks, and won't be for a few weeks more, possibly longer. It always sems like these kinds of things take a lot longer than you think, especially when you haven't done them before. Todd is having fun with it, though! I am very excited about it, and looking forward to being able to easily get my chair in there and even be able to turn around, no more scraped knuckles and tramatized door frames :)

2014 NAN wrap-up

NAN has come and gone again, and here's the wrap up of champs and reserve champ horses sculpted by me:

Artist Resin Performance classes (with tack):

Other Scene:

Reserve: Lone Man Out
owned by Karen Meekma
Lonestar painted by Liesl Dalpe to an appaloosa

 

Other performance: Huntseat Pleasure Stock/Longears:

Reserve: Tardis
owned by Nichole Hertzog
Reiner painted by Nan Wagner

Stockwork QH:

Champion: Hollywood Hillbilly
owned by Laura Skillern
Lonestar painted by Laura Skillern

Look at ALL THE COWS in this setup!

Stockwork all Other Breeds:

Champion: Lone Man Out
owned by Karen Meekma
Lonestar painted by Liesl Dalpe

Western Arena Trail:

Champion: Sharpshootin Cody
owned by Mandy Yontz
Lonestar painted by Charlotte Donahue

Western Pleasure all Other Stock Breeds:

Champion: Lone Man Out
owned by Karen Meekma
Lonestar painted by Liesl Dalpe

Reining/Western Dressage:

Champion: Waukesha
owned by Val Tudor
Reiner customized and painted by Lyn Norbury




Artist Resin Halter (breed) classes:

American Pony:

Champion: Dew
owned by Karen Beeson
Rasam painted by Karen Beeson

Appaloosa Stallion/Gelding:

Champion: Roadhouse
owned by Sommer Prosser
Little Lonestar painted by Sommer Prosser

 

Gypsy Cob/Irish Tinker/Gypsy Vanner/Drum Horse:

Champion: Riverrun
owned by Colleen McNamara
Tiny painted by Karen Zorn

Reserve: Raggedy Man
owned by Melissa Hart
Tiny painted by Karen Zorn

Other Pure/Part/Grade/Light:

Champion: Kamadeva
owned by Melissa Hart
Marwari painted by Mindy Berg

Reserve: ES Up All Nite
owned by Erin Corbett
Jezebel painted by Tracy Eilers

 

Other Pure/Part/Grade/Stock:

Reserve: Dun In Squiggles
owned by Jeni Lambert
Lonestar painted by Danielle Feldman

Purebred Arabian Mares:

Champion: Ma-Ajmala
owned by Karen Jensen
Jezebel painted by Sommer Prosser

Reserve: Sadira
owned by Jackie Arns-Rossi
Jezebel painted by Sommer Prosser

 

QH/Other Solid Colored Stock (Excludes Mustangs) Mares:

Champion: Silver Drift
owned by Carol Johnson
Working Girl painted by Josine Vingerling

Reserve: Red Light District
owned by Karen Meekma
Working Girl painted by Sommer Prosser

 

TWH/Other Pure/Part/Grade Gaited Mares:

Champion: Memphis Lace
owned by Randi Brazil
Mindy painted by Sherry Clayton

Reserve: 24 Carat
owned by Sharon Mossy
Mindy painted by Karen Giesbrecht
   

TWH/Other Pure/Part/Grade Gaited Stallions/Geldings:

 
Champion: Anglo-American
owned by Nicki Collins
Independence painted by Carol Williams

Reserve: Shaman
owned by Sharon Mossy
Independence painted by Carol Williams

Purebred Arabian Stallions:

Reserve: Khassanova
owned by Sharon Mossy
Mini Nahar painted by Rayvin Brewer

Part Arabian:

Champion: Amir Mirage
owned by Margaret Suchow
Nahar painted by Myla Pearce 

Morgan: 

 

Champion: Twilight Waltz
owned by Karen Jensen
UVM Yesteryear painted by Chris Nandell-Flint

Reserve: Rogue's Gallery
owned by Christine Rieger
UVM Yesteryear painted by Tom Bainbridge

QH/Other Solid Colored Stock (Excludes Mustangs) Stallions/Geldings:

Champion: Sharpshootin Cody
owned by Mandy Yontz
Lonestar painted by Charlotte Donahue

Reserve: Gunning It
owned by Sara Kucharski
Little Lonestar painted by J. Kira Hamilton

Paint Stallions:

Champion: Air Force One
owned by Caroline Boydston
Reiner painted by Caroline Boydston

Reserve: Lonesome Dove
owned by Sharon Mossy
Lonestar painted by Caroline Boydston

American Mustang Mini/LB/Classic:

Reserve: Tiburon
owned by Vanessa Dahl
Cheveyo painted by Stacey Tulminson


Besides the champions and reserve champions there were numerous Top Tens, congrats everyone!

This year Nan Wagner and I teamed up for a 100% donation to the NAN auction, our combined efforts raising $1000.00. Here is my Andre resin painted by Nan:

I haven't been to a NAN show in many years, but thanks to the generous sharing of photographers and fellow hobbyists like Heather Morton-Abounader I can have a 'virtual NAN' right here in my office. If you have a moment check out her 2014 NAN galleries:

Artist Resin Performance (under tack)

Artist Resin Halter





 

Mini Marwari edition ends August 7th

It's already been almost a year since I released the mini Marwari, time sure flies! The very last day to place an order is August 7th. You can do this by sending me payment in the form of PayPal in full or in part, on or before August 7th. You can also send snail mail payments, in full or in part, postmarked on or before August 7th. Or email me letting me know you want to order a Marwari (or two, or three!) on or before August 7th. I happily accept time payments, in whatever amount and whatever frequency works for you, just let me know when you place your order. The mini Marwari's webpage with handy PayPal buttons is here

Here are a few Marwaris all painted up:

Above painted by Mindy Berg of Spruce Mountain Studio

Above painted by Lauren Davis

Above painted by Mel Boynes