Horses & Donkeys
From childhood on I have always been fond of horses. I drew them again and again - even during school lessons.
Of course I tried to make horses and donkeys which I love too as fabric animals, unfortunately this is not just easy and it took me years to make them the way I wanted.
Of course I tried to make horses and donkeys which I love too as fabric animals, unfortunately this is not just easy and it took me years to make them the way I wanted.
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Being 14 I
finally learned riding horses and in 1991 I finally could fulfill my childhood dream: a horse of my own behind of our house. Ulba and Marita, old haflinger mares,
joined our family.
For Christmas 1991 I made our horses as unjointed animals for our own nativity scene . |
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This horse belonging to the fairy tale "The golden bird" was in 1984 an early attempt to make a jointed horse. It is made of silk plush and 8" high. |
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Ben Hur's famous quadriga made me trying horses for the contest "Teddy goes to Bearlywood" at Teddybear Total in 1995. These are also made of viscose and
have a shoulder height of 4".
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Later I made some ponies from time to time, most combined with small teddy bears. |
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Elora is a filly born
in our stable in February 2001. To remember her, I made her from alpaca,
5" high, when she was two weeks old.
In march 2003 I completed the set making Elora's mother Morrigan. |
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The wild Duelmen ponies live only six km from our house.
In April 2003 I made this mare with her filly. These horses got the 3rd place in the Golden George contest. |
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I made my first unjointed donkeys for nativity scenes by the end of the eighties. |
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In February 1998 I made the "Four musicians of Bremen" as a diplay for the "Bremer Bärentage". |
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The
donkey Grisella and her baby Benjamin were designed in November
1999.
Both donkeys are made of alpaca and have leather hooves. They have four joints and a pose able neck and legs. The donkeys were nominated for the Toby Award 2000. |
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The mystic winged horse Pegasus may not be missed in this page. |
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The shy unicorn is known to resemble a white horse.
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Rotraud Ilisch Bahnhofstr.12 D-48727 Billerbeck Deutschland / Germany 02543-304649 baer.und.co@rotraud-ilisch.de |
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