Winter At The Rocking Horse Works

Now that the Christmas rush has finished work carries on apace at the Rocking Horse Works.

New horses continue to be handmade from scratch, and restorations of old rocking horses are a growing part of the business that I love helping out with in the winter and early spring when I take a break from my narrowboat work.

Something quite unique has begun to happen in our little Shropshire workshop however...

Our last Pegasus, The winged mythological steed of Perseus, was sold last year. The boss has begun making another as an ongoing creative project... 

 The new Pegasus is all the work of the proprietor, Steve Bulcock. It currently stands taller than I am and we haven't even made its bow rockers yet! 

The wings are much more intricate than the last Pegasus from the brochure; they have been constructed and carved to appear as if in mid wing beat.  

 

 Now that the main body has been carved off it dosen't take two of us to lift it anymore thank goodness!

As Far as we know it is the only Pegasus rocking horse under construction in the country, if not the world!!

I cant wait to see the progress over the coming months. But for me It's back to work on Narrowboats for the spring and summer season!