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Horse's Doovers Concluded

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I did eventually devise a way of mounting a horseshoe onto a frame. :P

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It was all a bit of a rush job so I didn't have much time to cogitate, but I think it came out not-too-bad and the customer was pleased. :D It's going into a charity auction today.

The print is by a local equestrian artist Daniel Crane and depicts Frankel. Racing fans will be familiar with the horse. The shoe is from his final race (the horse not the artist).
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Brilliant :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

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superb job, well done :clap:
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nicely done, everything is complimentary, to my eye perfect, wonderful job .
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Yeah, perfect. Nothing else to say :D :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :rock:
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Love it. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Fabulous....... :clap: :clap: :clap: :ninja: 8)
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Mmmm, that's nice! An inspired choice!

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Nice work!!.. particularly the colour and the width of the flat. From an aesthetic point of view, I think a slightly deeper bottom section housing the horseshoe would have added a better balance to the completed piece. Nice touch though and I hope it raises a good price for the charity. :clap:
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Out of interest how is the shoe mounted?
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The original plan was to nail it on with proper horseshoe nails (Suitably shortened). But couldn't get any in time so it's strapped down with supersoftstrand. There is also a sticky-up bit on the shoe which fits snugly into a little cavity that a whittled.
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I've always wanted a shed where I could whittle stuff into stuff, sounds like you have it all! :D
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Actually, I didn't do any of the whittling in the shed. I did it with a drill and a Dremel+engraving tool.
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How did you cut the glass?
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There ain't none.
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I suspect that the glass only covers the image, not the horse shoe!

BTW, the O/P says that it is a print.
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From the other thread
prospero wrote:I should have mentioned that there will be no glass
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Fair enough! :Slap:
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Frankle must be popular at the moment, iv'e just had two jobs in from different customers of Ltd edition prints of the horse.
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