Medallion Start - Gypsy Vanner (Irish Cob)

In addition to glazing other sculptors' work in equine ceramics, I also sculpt and slip cast (or produce in resin) my own editions.  Here is the start of a small medallion relief sculpture measuring about 4 inches tall.  On top of a glazed white tile (or in this case glass over white paper) I block out the roughed in form using oil clay which I can then trim to clean up and sketch a few quick lines over.  I always use one or more reference photos of real horses for my inspiration but I do NOT copy them unless I took the photo myself.  I always make various changes so that the sculpted piece is my own.  As I progress I will add more photos of the finished relief sculpture, make a rubber master mold and resin waste casting, then proceed onto making plaster molds for producing this piece in porcelain.  I will make it available to my clients both as unglazed white bisque for others to custom glaze, as well as glaze a number of them myself.