Hi,
I mentioned in another post I have started to do a bit more of this project, I originally started it in December 2017 after Ruth finally got me to do it......sadly 1 month later Ruth died and i covered the project up with a tarp but I have decided to get it done and will do some as and when i can fit it in.
Why this project? well the guy and the horses lives about 2 miles from me and i see them almost every day driving past and always impressive to see so Ruth said "Why don't ya make one of those" I have made a few Clydesdales over the years but none this detailed and with a cart.. so i made my own pattern which has approx 2000+ tiny parts and basically any black line on the pattern is a cut line......most parts will have various spacers on the back to get more definition.
The Horses are Oak/Sycamore/Beech and Walnut......the cart is Oak/Beech and mdf which will be painted red to match the photos. The Millisle name plaques are hand painted and took me 4 weeks because i wanted them painted like the real thing so lots of hours drawing and painting and then scrapping them again until i got a close as possible....like the real thing they are painted onto metal that's glued to wood backing plate. All the harness etc will be a combination of wood/leather/metal chain etc......many parts of the cart will also be metal painted red as you can see in the photos. I am at the very early roughing out stage so ignore the shaping/finish etc as its just to get an idea of how it will fit together. The finished size will be almost 5ft wide and will have a 15mm thick plywood backing board and a total thickness of 50mm. I must be mad but its my tribute to Ruth and I have been asked to put it on display locally before it goes to the buyer.
I will keep adding to this post as and when i do some more and you will hopefully like the finished project. The guy who's sitting on the cart is coming to see it soon once there's a bit more done which will be great and bet he never thought he would be the subject of a wood carving/intarsia i say wood carving and Intarsia as many of the parts will be detailed carving so bit trickier than normal intarsia but i think the subject needs to have as much detail as possible.....things like the ribbons on the horses mane's will be carved and dyed yellow etc too.
Right hope that explains the project and here's some photos to get things re-started.
Cheers
Brian
I mentioned in another post I have started to do a bit more of this project, I originally started it in December 2017 after Ruth finally got me to do it......sadly 1 month later Ruth died and i covered the project up with a tarp but I have decided to get it done and will do some as and when i can fit it in.
Why this project? well the guy and the horses lives about 2 miles from me and i see them almost every day driving past and always impressive to see so Ruth said "Why don't ya make one of those" I have made a few Clydesdales over the years but none this detailed and with a cart.. so i made my own pattern which has approx 2000+ tiny parts and basically any black line on the pattern is a cut line......most parts will have various spacers on the back to get more definition.
The Horses are Oak/Sycamore/Beech and Walnut......the cart is Oak/Beech and mdf which will be painted red to match the photos. The Millisle name plaques are hand painted and took me 4 weeks because i wanted them painted like the real thing so lots of hours drawing and painting and then scrapping them again until i got a close as possible....like the real thing they are painted onto metal that's glued to wood backing plate. All the harness etc will be a combination of wood/leather/metal chain etc......many parts of the cart will also be metal painted red as you can see in the photos. I am at the very early roughing out stage so ignore the shaping/finish etc as its just to get an idea of how it will fit together. The finished size will be almost 5ft wide and will have a 15mm thick plywood backing board and a total thickness of 50mm. I must be mad but its my tribute to Ruth and I have been asked to put it on display locally before it goes to the buyer.
I will keep adding to this post as and when i do some more and you will hopefully like the finished project. The guy who's sitting on the cart is coming to see it soon once there's a bit more done which will be great and bet he never thought he would be the subject of a wood carving/intarsia i say wood carving and Intarsia as many of the parts will be detailed carving so bit trickier than normal intarsia but i think the subject needs to have as much detail as possible.....things like the ribbons on the horses mane's will be carved and dyed yellow etc too.
Right hope that explains the project and here's some photos to get things re-started.
Cheers
Brian
Millisle is the name of the farm where the Clydesdales are the guy is one of the top carriage drivers and breeders hence reason he has VERY posh stables etc sometimes he uses 6 horses at a time and as they drive past you the ground shakes lol but they are very soft friendly horses. That horse head you spotted is a resin one i made a few years ago for reference on a larger carved oak one that ended up on a Oak Staircase in a house in Kirkby Stephen. Aye there's allsorts of clutter on the photos but hopefully i gives you an idea of the project.....the size of the Horses is close to the Kathy Wise Clydesdale and Foal Intarsia pattern. I am now on the lookout for some decent chain with 5mm links also I will be dyeing the Oak with Chestnut dye and also bleaching the light Sycamore/Beech before its finally glued together which won't be for quite a while.
