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[macbruce]

I made this piece last spring for a client who loves Debra Butterfield junk horse sculpture but couldn't pop for $40k.....
Blacksmithing is my chosen field and is included just about everything I do but this was different.....Cut out trash body parts covered in horrible paint was never my Idea of viable material....Not a labor of love to build but the client loves it....Any thoughts welcome.......

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[fmcsteve]

NICE! I think it has some very raw strength to it, very visceral

[PTsideshow]

Hey as long as the client loves it and the check cleared! That's all that really counts, I sure you must take some satisfaction in that after all it is a great looking piece of art. And you don't need a 40 page manifesto, describing what your intention was in creating it.
First glance it is clear that you have captured the raw feel of a horse!
In all my time of prop building and sign painting I can say that I have made more than my fair share of things that don't bare my signature in prominent view and left the phone number off!

[AvishaiW]

Yes, it does resemble a horse.. The outcome is really nice.

[Rich Waugh]

Me too, Glen - where my signature really matters to me is on the back of the check where I endorse it for deposit.

[arcdawg]

Nice job.

I really like the fact that it has more of a John Chamberlain feel to it as compared to a Butterfield. Right up my alley.

You should mention to your client that one horse is never happy, they need to have at least three or four more in that field.

[macbruce]

Nice job.

I really like the fact that it has more of a John Chamberlain feel to it as compared to a Butterfield. Right up my alley.

You should mention to your client that one horse is never happy, they need to have at least three or four more in that field.

Thanks, This job was real different for me and I had some fun with it, aside from cutting and welding horrible auto paint. A study in conflict. What is it? A pile of junk or a horse? It had to look like a horse but the material it's made of is undeniably crap..... I don't think I'd like to do a herd of em'
for what I got paid for that one, If there is a next one I'd like to get what DB gets for one of hers but I'd be way ok with a third of that.........

[ArtWerkz]

Giddy up ! Looking good !

[macbruce]

Evil Unicorn.......

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[Kenji]

macbruce this is amazing work. The color of the metal is just so great. Definitely well done and observance of horses/mustangs. This is one of my favorites on the forum!