I love the new Breyer ponies—particularly the new Fjord. I have two western saddles to make for her and decided to make my own tree. I still have some traditional trees, but they’re too big. Plus I do like challenges. I looked at numerous photos of western trees on horses and went to work.
I had some sculpty clay and made the base using that.
From there I did some sanding.
And then used Apoxie Sculpt to start shaping.
I used a too much pressure and whoooppps.
It ended up being a good thing—the front of the tree hadn’t been right and it was easier to add to the seat than to keep fighting.
Take two and so much better! The process of this has been adding apoxie, sanding and carving, more apoxie and more sanding and carving.
The saddle tree is coming along and I can’t wait until it’s finished. Then I can make a mold and cast it!
Kristian Beverly 