#eredhes cave horses

[eredhes]

[ID Photos of a small painted clay sculpture of a horse with simplified features with short pointed legs, small rounded tail, and in a standing pose with an arched neck. It is painted to look like prehistoric cave art. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID]

I posted this one unpainted a while ago. Not sure why I went with the short tail.

Edit: I've turned off reblogs temporarily because the version without the full caption is going around where it's unclear this is my work.

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new posca colors let’s gooooo

trying them out on some different paper with some quick little dudes inspired by @eredhes ‘s lovely clay cave horses

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Sgraffito carved animals based on real prehistoric cave paintings.

This was thrown with Black Mountain clay, and I used slip from my regular stoneware to coat the surface, so the dark lines are actually the black clay showing through. This was my first try at sgraffito, too! I loved it and I will definitely be doing more.

I was inspired by @claypigeonpottery’s pottery and @eredhes’s sculptures (and a now lost post where someone got a tattoo of the Lascaux horse). See below the cut for more details, and info on the original cave paintings.

Rhino from Chauvet Cave (c.33,000-c.30,000 years ago), Bison from Chauvet Cave (38,500-34,100 years ago)

Mammoth from Rouffignac Cave -- The Cave of a Hundred Mammoths (13,000-7,800 years ago), Horse from Lascaux Cave (17,000-12,000 years ago)

Not pictured above (an accent on the bottom that I forgot to take nice pics of after it was finished, also, it came out a bit smudged): Owl from Chauvet Cave (c. 30,000 years ago)

Finally, take a look at how that copper red glaze came out!

[eredhes]

[ID: Photos of five small painted clay horses inspired by the Lascaux Cave paintings. They all have a stocky build and simplified features. Each photo shows a different horse. End ID]

I've made five more small cave horses. This lot will be up on my Etsy tomorrow (Wednesday 8th of May at 9am BST). I'm still in the process of setting up a customisable made to order listing, aiming to have it ready for the 20th of May.

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[eredhes]

[ID: Collages of 5 nearly identical painted clay horse figures. Each shows a figure from different angles. Labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Please see previous 5 posts for individual ID. End ID.]

New batch 1-5.

On my Etsy Monday 2nd September, 9PM BST

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[eredhes]

[ID: Photos of a small painted clay horse inspired by the Lascaux Cave paintings. It has a stocky build and simplified features and standing in a neutral pose with the head slighltly tilted to the left. The head and neck are dark orange, the main body is yellow ochre with white on the belly and upper legs. The face, mane, dorsal stripe, two shoulder stripes, and lower legs are black. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID]

Sixth of newest batch. Up on my Etsy Wednesday 10th July 8:00PM BST. eredhes.etsy.com

[eredhes]

[ID: Photos of three small clay horses with a glossy finish painted to look like horses from the Lascaux Cave paintings. They all have a stocky build and simplified features. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID]

Re-taking some photos with a black background. I've given them a glossy coat of waterproofing agent to better protect them (it's helped stabilise a few wobbly cracked legs). In person it has made the colours look richer, but I'm personally not that fond of the glossy look.

[eredhes]

[ID: Photos of a small painted clay horse inspired by the Lascaux Cave paintings. It is balanced on its round belly with legs extended in a leaping pose. It has a stocky build and simplified features. The main body is yellow ochre, with white on the belly and upper legs. The head, mane, tail, dorsal stripe, five shoulder stripes, and lower legs are black. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID]

Fourth of current batch, up on my Etsy tomorrow (Wednesday 8th of May at 9am BST).

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[eredhes]

[ID: Photos of a brown clay sculpture of a horse modelled to look like horses from prehistoric cave art. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID]

A bit bigger than my previous ones. I couldn't quite get it into the more dynamic pose I wanted, maybe next time. Trying some new clay as my normal one is no longer available.

[eredhes]

Here are all of them compiled together! (please see previous posts for individual IDs) There will be two separate listings on Etsy with 1-5 in one listing and 6-10 in another. Up on my Etsy tomorrow Tuesday the 28th of May at 9:00AM BST.

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[eredhes]

[ID: Photos of a small painted clay horse inspired by the Lascaux Cave paintings. It is balanced on its round belly with legs extended in a leaping pose. It has a stocky build and simplified features. The main body is yellow ochre, with white on the belly and upper legs. The head, mane, tail, dorsal stripe, five shoulder stripes, and lower legs are black. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID]

Number 2 of this batch. On my Etsy Monday 2nd September, 9PM BST eredhes.etsy.com

[eredhes]

[ID Photos of a small painted clay sculpture of a horse with simplified features. It is painted to look like prehistoric cave art. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID]

I did not have cave art (consciously) in mind when sculpting this one (hence the tail, long legs, and stance) but wanted to use it for painting practice alongside the previous two.

[eredhes]

[ID: Photo of two painted clay figures of a bison and a horse, inspired by the Lascaux cave paintings. End ID.]

Forgot to include this side by side!

[eredhes]

[ID Photos of a three small clay horses painted to look like horses from the Lascaux Cave paintings. They all have a stocky build and simplified features. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID]

Bought a big book on the Lascaux Caves to use as a reference while painting. (The Cave of Lascaux: The Final Photographs by Mario Ruspoli - ended up getting a German copy because the English one is expensive but it is available on the Internet Archive). I made each of these at different times and then painted them altogether which is why they're so varied. Wanted to use acrylics as I've been painting sculptures with gouache because it keeps a rougher look, and I was worried acrylics would look too shiny and plastic but that wasn't the case so I've been making things unnecessarily complicated. C'est la vie.

[eredhes]

[ID: Photos of a small painted clay horse inspired by the Lascaux Cave paintings. It has a stocky build and simplified features and standing in a neutral pose with the head slighltly tilted to the left. The head and neck are orange, the main body is yellow ochre with white on the belly and upper legs. The face, mane, dorsal stripe, two shoulder stripes, and lower legs are black. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID]

Number 8 of this batch. On my Etsy Monday 2nd September, 9PM BST eredhes.etsy.com

[eredhes]

[ID: Photos of a small painted clay horse inspired by the Lascaux Cave paintings. It is balanced on its round belly with legs extended in a leaping pose. It has a stocky build and simplified features. The main body is yellow ochre, with white on the belly and upper legs. The head, mane, tail, dorsal stripe, five shoulder stripes, and lower legs are black. Each photo shows a different angle. End ID]

Number 4 of this batch. On my Etsy Monday 2nd September, 9PM BST eredhes.etsy.com