{"id":825,"date":"2018-12-25T23:09:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T07:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/?p=825"},"modified":"2019-11-01T19:30:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T02:30:45","slug":"tiny-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/index.php\/2018\/12\/25\/tiny-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny horses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One thing leads to another.  I went to New Mexico specifically to learn how to make SOAP molds, but somehow that led to an obsession with the Lewis Chessmen, and while thinking of things I might like to 3D print or cast in resin, I started thinking about chess sets in general.  Also: my artist friend suggested that my 3D prints will be better if I have some experience with sculpture, even if I&#8217;m not very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what should I sculpt?  The absolute easiest thing for me is going to be horses.  I drew only ONE thing as a child and it was horses 24\/7.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took some polymer clay I had sitting around and some j-mac oil-based modeling clay I was given and went at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0031-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"827\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/img_0031\/\" class=\"wp-image-827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0031-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0031-416x555.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0031-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0031-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0031.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>First pony<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0032-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"828\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/img_0032\/\" class=\"wp-image-828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0032-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0032-416x312.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0032-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0032-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0032-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0032.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Another of polymer clay<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0040-1024x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"829\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/img_0040\/\" class=\"wp-image-829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0040-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0040-416x256.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0040-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0040-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0040-400x246.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0040.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Many horse heads<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0042-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"830\" data-link=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/img_0042\/\" class=\"wp-image-830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0042-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0042-416x312.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0042-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0042-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0042-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0042.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A chess knight or a sea monster?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I first made a few reclining ponies.  They are quite small &#8211; so small that I had difficulty handling them.  The first is made of j-mac and the smaller one of translucent polymer clay.  I was thinking of making them into netsuke &#8211; these are carved buttons or toggles that are worn with kimono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next I started thinking about designing my own chess set and I spent a while looking at classic sets and some 3D printed models.  Except for the knight, most chess pieces look like they are turned on a lathe, but the knight is special and asymmetric.  For my very first try (back left in the collection) I went for something semi-realistic, but then I thought a much more stylized version might be fun.  At the end I started going for something like an ancient bronze statue I&#8217;d seen before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ii2.smithsonianstore.com\/fcgi-bin\/iipsrv.fcgi?FIF=\/images\/smithsonianstore\/source\/80571\/80571.tif&amp;wid=1000=&amp;cvt=jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Something like this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I took that basic shape and made it less flat, I think my result looks more like a sea serpent with a mane, but I still like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The polymer clay is easy to smooth and overall easy to work with but it is difficult to get fine detail.  The j-mac takes detail but I haven&#8217;t yet figure out how to get my toolmarks and fingerprints off the model.  I also need to figure out how to stop dropping them while i&#8217;m working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing leads to another. 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