Jack much admired a set of stools a friend has, comfortable with a stylized saddle seat, a small horn and turned legs. They inspired a project for Jack. Without the tools to turn or steam and bend wood, and wanting more "horse" under the saddle, he glued and carved his saddle seat with legs fit for a draft pony. One of our friend's stools was a guide for the shape of this seat but there were no plans to follow for the legs. Jack gave me the blanks he had made and asked for guide lines drawn onto them. He got that, along with some sketches. Through much of late winter and spring he carved the seat, the horn, the legs. As he had no experience joining things, he left extra length to the tops of the legs. Which we used as it was a challenge getting it all balanced and to sit right that, for a while, thought we might need to shave the legs down to the fetlocks!
A farrier friend's version of an old ditty inspired the stain & paint job: "One white foot, try 'im; two white feet, deny 'im; three white feet, buy 'im. Four white feet and a snip on his nose, cut 'im to pieces and throw him to the crows!" While this pony's a keeper, there are no plans to breed and create more.
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