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He Sculpts Pets From Horseshoes
With 50 to 60 horseshoes in them, you might call Tom Hill’s Labrador sculptures “Lucky Labs.”
It’s lucky for Hill that his parents own a horse livery farm in the UK so that he has plenty of horseshoes to work with. His first horseshoe sculpture was a pony that Hill created for his parents’ anniversary.
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He Sculpts Pets From Horseshoes TRACTORS Modifications With 50 to 60 horseshoes in them you might call Tom Hill’s Labrador sculptures “Lucky Labs ” It’s lucky for Hill that his parents own a horse livery farm in the UK so that he has plenty of horseshoes to work with His first horseshoe sculpture was a pony that Hill created for his parents’ anniversary “Someone saw the pony asked if I could make them a heron and then it snowballed from there ” Hill says After making a Labrador requests for other dogs poured in He’s created sculptures of many breeds from dachshunds and beagles to pointers and retrievers to Great Danes and Dobermans Long-haired breeds like spaniels are the most challenging to replicate “I start with a life-size 2D sketch on plywood which I use as a guide and start to build the sculpture from the ground up I use a gas forge with hammer and anvil and a MIG welder The completed sculptures are sandblasted and either left to develop a natural finish or powder-coated to a color of choice ” Hill says He enjoys the sculpting part but admits sorting through old horseshoes and removing nails is tedious He recently began sculpting with stainless steel and other metals His most challenging horseshoe sculpture was two jumping horses decorating the final cross-country fence at the 2012 London Olympics Through social media photos Hill is known mostly for his dog sculptures Prices start at £325 about $400 U S for a horseshoe dachshund and he is working on setting up the best shipping method for U S and Canada orders Send him an email or private message through social media for more information During the summer he helps his parents on the family farm and exhibits his sculptures so it can take a few months to complete an order Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Tom Hill Sculpture Tewin Hill Farm Tewin Hertfordshire AL6 0LL ph 01438 717336 or Mobile: 07886 928789; tomhillsculpture@gmail com; www tomhillsculpture co uk; Facebook: Tom Hill Sculpture
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