https://www.horseillustrated.com/life-with-horses-blog-2009-0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:59:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.horseillustrated.com/life-with-horses-blog-2009-0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers/#comment-134708 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:21:00 +0000 /life-with-horses-blog/2009/0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers.aspx#comment-134708 Nancy, your comment about “stigmata” cracked me up!
Unfortunately, there aren’t any gloves that I can wear, because it really requires some fine motor skills and manual dexterity to pick up and place the very smallest chips on glass into their proper place.
I’m hoping to branch out into multi-media horse mosaics. For example, I have several of my old horses’ brass halter nameplates. I was thinking of embedding them somehow into a mosaic, plus some other items of tack or horsey knick knacks, along with a design and then grouting it all into place. Who knows what I’ll come up with. I’m certain it’ll be messy, though.

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/life-with-horses-blog-2009-0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers/#comment-134459 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:21:29 +0000 /life-with-horses-blog/2009/0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers.aspx#comment-134459 Hmmmm, spontaneous bleeding from hands and fingers – sounds like Stigmata to me!

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/life-with-horses-blog-2009-0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers/#comment-134401 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:50:16 +0000 /life-with-horses-blog/2009/0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers.aspx#comment-134401 Wow ! That is really good. I am the ultimate un- crafty person so I can really appreciate all the work that went in to that. I will just stick to riding the real
thing.

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/life-with-horses-blog-2009-0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers/#comment-133963 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:52:54 +0000 /life-with-horses-blog/2009/0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers.aspx#comment-133963 That’s a beautiful piece you made there; I’m a bit of an amateur horse artist myself, and mosaics sound fun! (except for the injuries..) I’ll have to try them sometime.
Ouchy, would it be possible to wear at least some type of thin leather glove for protection? I’m rather accident prone when it comes to certain things, (clumsy teen thing maybe?) and the thought of embedded glass shards make me cringe.

]]> https://www.horseillustrated.com/life-with-horses-blog-2009-0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers/#comment-133424 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:33:55 +0000 /life-with-horses-blog/2009/0716-shrapnel-in-my-fingers.aspx#comment-133424 Besides manure, stains, fly spray and dirt there is also sweat and horse hair!!!!!!!!

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