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Lexi's Rocking Horses: Zaphod's first coats of gesso
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Thursday, 27 March 2008. Zaphod's first coats of gesso. After a long gap when I've been busy with other things (silver and writing mainly) I'm back working on poor neglected Zaphod. The photo shows him with his first coats of gesso on. I use Anthony Dew's recipe, except I find I have to add a. More whiting than he says, else it's way too watery. I don't put on a coat of size first either, as it seems to make the horse wet to no purpose. 28 March 2008 at 22:22. Is your Lines a J&G or a G&J? Yes I love it!
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Rod's Rocking Horses - Other sites
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This page lists some of the fun, interesting and useful websites I have found. ANTIQUE / OLD HORSES FOR SALE. If you are interested in antique or old rocking horses in the UK. A wide selection of antique and old rocking horses in many sizes for sale: restored, unrestored, original, and rare rocking horses by F H Ayres, Lines, Leach and many others. Hand made fine saddlery for special horses. Identification of old rocking horses. SUPPLIERS OF NEW ROCKING HORSES AND RESTORERS. The Rocking Horse Shop. An ex...
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Lexi's Rocking Horses: Zaphod's stand finished (almost)
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Tuesday, 8 January 2008. Zaphod's stand finished (almost). I cleaned the swing irons, brackets and original bolts with emery paper, and painted them with two coats of Hammerite smooth gloss black paint, as some rust in the crevices was impossible to remove. The wood that supported the swing irons was very worn, so I made two polished steel plates, and used. Unibond Repair Wood for Good. Filler underneath them. Then I assembled the whole, putting grease on the moving parts. Zaphod and stand do look good.
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Lexi's Rocking Horses: Painting and writing
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Sunday, 21 September 2008. Sorry to have abandoned the blog. I've been busy in my spare time writing a new novel, called. Catch a Falling Star. The link will take you to a site where you can read the start.). It's about a young woman, called Caz, who is startled to discover a strange man asleep on her roof terrace. There's a rocking horse connection - my heroine restores and carves rocking horses for a living. Then I can get on to the dappling. My goodness, he looks gorgeous. 22 September 2008 at 02:20.
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Lexi's Rocking Horses: Miniature rocking horse
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Friday, 12 June 2015. I started by thinking I'd make it quickly without fussing too much - but of course failed utterly in this endeavour. I'm pleased with how it came out. Here are some photos:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Me and some of my horses. My jewellery and silver website. LEXI REVELLIAN, my writing website. An excellent rocking horse site. Rocking horse identification, and more.a seriously good site. London, England, United Kingdom. View my complete profile.
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Lexi's Rocking Horses: Attrition...
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007. Sanding the hoof rails. I have a new plan; I am now spending half an hour each lunch time sanding Zaphod's stand on the balcony. Except when it's raining. Eventually the job will be done. You can see in the photo the one I have spent hours sanding. You can also see there's quite a lot of red bits still. It's rather like eating an elephant, isn't it? One bite at a time. 1 November 2007 at 23:42. Yes, but slower. 2 November 2007 at 09:52. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Lexi's Rocking Horses: Tum te tum te tum...
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Saturday, 10 November 2007. Tum te tum te tum. Trying to think of something interesting to say about sanding. The photo shows the left hoof rail, worn down by the feet of Zaphod's riders. It's much more worn than the right rail, as rocking horses, like real ones, are traditionally mounted from the left. It's why rocking horses' manes fall to the right, so they don't get in the way. Strange to think of those long-ago Victorian children. You can see there's. Traces of the red paint. Grrr.). I had no idea t...
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Lexi's Rocking Horses: Slow progress...
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Monday, 17 September 2007. I need more hours in the day. I've suddenly got some rush silver commisssions, and can't spare the time to work on Zaphod as much as I'd like. It's frustrating. I haven't got his leg off yet, either. I have started stripping the stand, and have removed the entirely pointless two wooden struts nailed on the top rail. Underneath was the original varnish finish, which I hope to be able to replicate in due course, if the wood is reasonably blemish-free. Me and some of my horses.
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Lexi's Rocking Horses: Still sanding...
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Sunday, 7 October 2007. Yesterday I spent another few hours sanding Zaphod's stand. As you can see from the photo, there's still a way to go. And I haven't even started the hoof rails. Naturally, with a hundred and twenty year-old stand, there are plenty of dents, scratches and cracks, all of which are filled with beastly red gloss paint. This has to be removed, though the wood won't end up looking like new - I wouldn't want it to anyway! Jackie Darnborough's 'twin' horse has the stencil too.
