Dafydd is one of my all time favorite molds, this snotty little Welsh stallion has what it takes to carry a paint job either fancy or sublime.

Here's a sooty dapple buckskin tobiano Dafydd, who has already arrived at his new home in Australia. I'm very tickled with him!

The kiln is firing again tonight, with the last of 2010's horses. Then, a couple of weeks to clean out the workshop; make new molds; finish a few old projects; and give the kiln a tune-up (it's been firing reliably for 15 years now, with nary an adjustment... it needs some wires tightened and a temperature calibration to start its sixteenth year)

Joanie

Adalee Hude sculpted Callahan, an Irish Draft stallion, and has glazed one in a gorgeous, meticulous bay appaloosa which is on My Auction Barn right now. Addi's appaloosas are so amazing, that if you haven't seen one in person, you haven't seen how far the art of glazing has come. He's Little Bit scale but you can't tell from his personality.... he thinks he is a Traditional!

After Addi marries and moves to Washington State, I am very pleased to be able to say that Callahan will be a Pour Horse... and will come in the first OF run since Otto! It will be a small run, 50 pieces, so that I don't run screaming or develop a nervous tic, (no more 300 piece runs, ever again!) and it will be available first to the people attending BOYCC. He's an awesome little horse and I am very happy to be able to offer him. Of course, there will be customs too, but Addi's custom glazes are so incredible that I only hope that I am up to the challenge! She is doing a limited number of custom Callahans this fall, so watch her list or MHSP for details.

Thomas Bainbridge has some little Welsh beasties, sculpted by Laura Behning and cast by Donna Chaney/Alchemy, that I was privileged to glaze recently. A truly international effort, Cardiff and Colwyn are finally being seen in their finished form. When Tom asked if I would like to glaze them, I was happy to comply...a new sculpture always carries the excitement of Christmas morning!

Yesterday's kiln load was full of fun, and this guy is the class clown of the lot! He's a chestnut splash Dafydd.... splash is a  color I don't commonly do, but I happened to find a website full of splash Welsh ponies and it inspired me!

He's not the same type as they are (I think they are Sec As and I think he is more like a Sec C?) but Lesli says that she does have a photo of a splash in the larger 'horse' type. Anyway, he has a lot of work on his mane especially. That layering took three firings to get the colors right. Each color (starting with the darkest and deepest) was applied, then removed in areas, applied again, removed again, until it was built up to the lighter color which was sprayed over all. His face also has a lot of depth in the pinks, accenting his super crispy detail. He was the third or fourth casting out of the new mold, so he's as nice as they come!

Hadrian was one of the Pour Horse minis, produced in 2003. He was sculpted by the incredible Sarah Rose, and is a delightfully well behaved Dales Pony. I did a few hundred of them, give or take a dozen. (have to look up the stats later and do a post on the OFs) He was a lot of fun, but I didn't do many glaze customs, in proportion to the bisques and OF bays. Here are photos of one custom Appy that I did a while back.

What breed is this guy? Heck if I know. The owner liked him, that's what counts. She can figure it out!

Joanie