work continues.....

For those who might be wondering, yes, I am still working on my ASB mare. My intent is to capture an ASB mare galloping in her pasture. Most ASB resins out there have been done with performance in mind, but this girl isn't thinking about that at all. She's eyeing that photographer along the fence and giving him a show!

I'm changing some stuff about the mane/forelock/tail that aren't shown in these photos. The first two photos are taken from the sides, with the hopes that some of you ASB people out there might have some suggestions to make her even better. Afterall, this is my job and I hope to create a lovely resin that appeals to as many hobbyists as possible (within the limits of an at liberty pose).

So, if you see something that doesn't look quite right to you, PLEASE email me and let me know. I often get bombarded with email after soliciting feedback, so if you don't hear from me it just means I am swamped. I appreciate all the feedback I get, and try to put it to good use. This horse is for you all out there, so help me make her the best she can be! Sarah@rosehorse.com. Photos are always a great help, too.

Here she comes.......

I've been working away at finishing my new ASB mare. For me this is the slowest part of the sculpting process. I can easily spend an entire day working on the left side of the muzzle. And then a few more days. It takes time to make both sides of the head symetrical...lots of time. Lots of achey eyeballs. And then you hit it, you begin to smell 'horseness' and you know to leave that muzzle alone, it's there.

I'm hoping she will be ready to mold by the end of May. Then it's another week or two of sanding the master casting, adding veins and whisker bumps, then setting up the production molds.

After we get the next batch of paid for resins shipped we are heading out to Utah for a well deserved riding and camping trip. Those of you who followed my posts about the horrid winter will understand our need to get to the warm desert and get some more miles in the saddle. After that break I will have fresh eyes to scrutinize my ASB with and wrap things up with her.

We are giving a lot of thought to how we are going to handle her sales. We realize that our price needs to reflect the downturn in the economy. With that in mind we are leaning towards a reasonable fixed price and selling them first come, first serve in batches. More information will be made available as the time nears.

The offical resin tally list

Being another snowy day here in Colorado, sitting down and compiling an official resin edition tally list seemed like a good idea. People ask me all the time how many Nevadas/Khemos/Nahars/etc were cast, so now there is a page with all that info:

The official resin tally list!

Most of the editions show some unsold horses, which are mostly my artist copies that (mostly) have not been cast. Some are cast and are in my resin closet with their futures undecided. Some still have a few that could be cast and sold, but the molds are too worn and I haven't gotten around to making a new one. The horses we are currently casting and offering for sale are Lonestar, Caldero, Rasam, and Mini Indy.

You'll see on the tally list that I finally settled on a number for both Lonestar and Rasam's edition sizes. Lonestar will be 225 plus 20 artist copies, and Rasam will be 180 with 20 artist copies.

The new ASB mare will be somewhere around 200-250. We haven't decided yet.

Thawing out

It's been a long and difficult winter, but it appears to be over. The snow is melting and the days getting warmer.....ahhhhh, the warm sun! We were finally able to get our trailer out of the snow to get in our first trail ride of the year in New Mexico (45 minutes away)

The new ASB mare is coming along well, and I have hopes of completion by early May.

Saddlebred with Hair

Here are the latest pics of my new saddlebred girl. Overall I am happy with her, especially her 'girly-ness'. I'm still refining some of the musculature, and just getting started on her hair-do. As always, your comments and feedback are appreciated!

More snow pics

Since my last post it snowed a few more feet. Yes, that's right, even more snow. We now have 4 1/2 feet on the ground.



Several buildings in our area have collapsed, even a house just up the road from us. Here's Todd insuring that doesn't happen to us:

Underneath all this snow is a deck that normally Todd can keep clear of snow and we enjoy year round. Not *this* year:

We are doing fine, though it's be overwhelming at times. I'm still pluggin' away at my ASB, more pics to come soon!

Life within the Snow Globe

I will admit, I get most of my sculpting accomplished in the winter. It's so quiet, so peaceful, with no outdoor chores to do. No weeding, no watering., no mowing...Todd feeds the horses. So really, all I have to do is stay indoors and sculpt. Which I love.

My normal winter routine of getting lost all day in my work has been getting interupted. This winter is dead set on being intrusive, on breaking up any feeling of long hours spent working for both Todd and myself. Mostly for Todd.

Typically we get a foot or two of snow, then it warms up and melts. We can haul the horses out to ride in the sandy washes of northern New Mexico and enjoy the outdoors. This year our trailer is awash in 4 feet of snow, we are not going anywhere with it. We also go skiing occassionally, but this year it seems like our 'recreational' time is spent on the tractor and the ATV moving and plowing snow. And more snow....and then more. Todd spends hours each day moving wood, splitting wood, trying to keep two woodstoves going, with wet wood. Wood is in stacks in front of the stoves, getting them dry enough to burn. We tell ourselves "next year we are buying our wood in the summer so it has time to season". Todd's other fun activities include trying to keep vehicles and other systems running. Making sure we fill our fuel containers whenever we make it to town. Making sure the horses have what they need.

Here's Todd plowing down to the barn after I pushed through with the tractor:

Our little herd in the round pen, which is getting shorter with each storm. The arrow points to the top of a T-post. You can't see the fence anymore:

My girls, who usually have no chance of putting their heads over the top of the panels:

Winter this year is a part time job and a big distraction.