Unika hästskulpturer och målningar av EvaMarie Törnström
This is a jigsaw puzzle. Play it and you will see the Mosebacke Horse that you may be able to follow the creation of during the next days.
There may be many reasons, and one reason may be yourself. Maybe it is yourself that stops you from being creative. Days when you find it hard to be creative, grab a paper and a pencil and put down the … Read More
After a lot of sanding and lacquering – here she is – The Stroppel Horse! It is named after Alice Stroppel who invented this technique for making wonderful canes. The horse looks very proud with her new colors and she … Read More
Now its time to carefully press the slices into the soft black clay on the horse. As you see, I only cover the upper part of the horse, the neck and the back. I use shorter slices for the neck … Read More
I made the horse in a similar was as I made the Cloissonné horse. The skeleton/armature was created in steel wire and aluminum foil, with legs made of bamboo skewers. I covered it all in black clay thereby creating the … Read More
Now, the canes have been resting for a while and for the final one hour they have been in the fridge to cool down even more. As you can see in the photo, I also have ice packs under the … Read More
When you are creating the best you are totally present, full of expectations and curiosity. Do not get stuck in thoughts on the past, or on how the finished project should look like. Just be present and experience what happens. … Read More
In my previous blog post Alice Stroppel showed how to make Stroppel canes. Here are the left-over canes from the Cloisonné Horse and some black polymer clay. I rolled the black clay in thin sheets and placed parts of he … Read More
I had some leftover canes from the Cloisonné Horse. I decided to us them for a similar horse, as I liked the appearance and colors of it. A very good way of using left over canes is making Stroppel canes. … Read More
Of course you can operate your artistic business in a traditional commercial way. But there are some things that (at least for me) differ from an ordinary business. In ordinary businesses you have goals, many of them about performance goals. … Read More