March/April
BREYERFEST 2025 HERE I COME! FIND ME AND MY GOODIES IN ROOM 527 AT THE CLARION!
I will be bringing my resin editions to sell and any remaining horses out of my personal collection group, assuming I have room, so please do stop by! 
NEW PONEH IN THE (WATER-) WORKS! MEET FINNEAS, THE SEA-*HORSE*... Does this guy give you Carribean vibes? Me too! He is in a very rough stage in this sneak-peek pic, but in my studio, he's allllmmmmosssst done, and will be ready for photo updates & casting soon! He will have a base which is quite complicated to cast, as it will be multi-pieced, but it is SO. COOL! I think you are going to love it! Watch for his update pix and release soon!
So much has been brewing in the studio, much of which is visible on my Instagram site, so be sure not to miss the fun video updates there: @workhorsestudios_terichandani.com
DUTCH BABY'S FIRST BATCH IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE! I have been working hard to clean these girls up as they "come in from the pasture" to make sure they're ready to go to their new homes! I am back up to a batch of 10, so grab yours while they are available! Purchase a copy HERE: DUTCH BABY 
Wrinkly Gooey Goodness!
This Dutch Harness Horse mare is *packed* with attitude and detail !
Dutch Baby is a free-standing 3-D sculpture and a BIG girl to boot! She stands 7.5 inches tall at the ears and about 4.5 inches wide. She would be an "over-over-trad" if she were a full-bodied sculpture. She has lots of room and fleshy details to add your own artistic touches to, and I will really enjoy seeing what our talented artists do with her! Dutchie will be a 1-mold run (roughly 50 pieces) with 20 *potentially* reserved for in-person Breyerfest 2025 sales and 1-2 reserved for myself. The rest will be sold in batches of 10-15 as they will be cast in-house. I will be working to remove flashing, fill any bubble holes, and remove any large, obvious goobers but she will still require some seam removal, prepping, and priming after being shipped to you. She will be for sale for $125 each, PPD to the lower 48 United States. I will be offering her Paid in Full via PayPal Goods & Services or Postal Money Order for now, and possibly Square or Stripe in the future. Adventures and Hobby Legends...
Ramona Studios Open Tour; Kitty Cantrell, Sue Sifton, and Caroline Boydston Oh MY!
Oh, My ongoing quest to meet our hobby LEGENDS!
I am soooo fortunate to live in an area where I can meet and get to know these wonderful, inspiring women who have helped shape our hobby for so decades! Their talent and skill may be otherworldly, but they are the earthiest, warmest, most beautiful souls...just awesome people in every way! This is at the Annual Ramona Studios Open tour in Ramona, CA. I was able to get down there for the first time and meet one of my heroes, Kitty Cantrell! Kitty is known as a national treasure, but as if that wasn't enough, Sue Sifton AND Caroline Boydston were there, as well! I was in model horse heaven talking shop and touring both Kitty's (mind-boggling!) studio and visiting Sue's place to play with her gorgeous ponehs, Brave and Indy (a KIGER Mustang and a 15/16th red Friesian, respectively). My daughter had a blast as well, looking for quartz at Sue's and playing with her horses, and sharing her music interests with Caroline! Oh, and we rode Kitty's elephant. Yep, so that happened...lol!
My lovely daughter, Kyrah, rock-hunting with Sue, and me with her stunning chestnut Friesian gelding, Indy. He's such a sweetheart!
Kyrah and Indy strike a pose...
This gorgeous boy is "Brave", a Kiger Mustang! He is a sweetheart as well, and loves treats...maybe too much! Isn't he stunning?
Me with Caroline and Dutchie...hamming it up at Kitty's studio... Looking Forward; 2025...
-Molding and Casting: I learn new skills each year. This year it's molding and casting! Exciting, scary, time-consuming, and costly, but I'm loving the process! I have learned so much already as I am & will continue creating these high quality Dutch Harness horse busts in-house.
-Original Sculpture in the Works: I am still working on my original sculpture baroque poneh and will continue to do so. I redid his entire hinder as it just wasn't quite right and his armature wire noodled on me, which affected joint-to-joint lengths and required correction. This non-linear approach to work is so necessary for the process, and has produced better and better results each time, so it's all progress! Will he be completed and cast in time for Breyerfest 2025? That's a big "We'll see", but it's certainly one of my top priorities! -BREYERFEST'S 75th Commemorative Event: I will be THERE! I'm such a kid - I can't contain my joy at attending my 2nd Breyerfest, in July of this year...sooo looking forward to seeing many of our hobby community there! I'm hoping to procure an artisan's table and have lots of goodies to sell, such as the Dutchies, swag, painted work/customs, and *hopefully* my dodging-charging baroque boy :) -In ongoing guided learning: I took Heather Bullach's course on painting black in oils (which birthed the creation of my black iridescent, customized-to-a-unicorn, Agni) and I will be meeting with sculpting artists to gain their insights as they are willing and able to so generously share their time and wisdom with me. I am so honored that they do so. Looking back...2024
What an amazing year! Wire to Whinny Workshop at Bluebird Studios in gorgeous Santa Fe, NM, held by the incredibly skilled artist, Lynn Fraley....
Alicia Vogel, Me, and Lynn Fraley
And if that wasn't enough talent in the room (there were many talented ladies there that day!) Nikki Button and Kylee Parks were also "in the house!"
SO.MUCH.TALENT! (I am in awe, can you tell?)... Canyons & Caballos Live,
Los Angeles, CA Speaking of seriously talented people...Heather Bullach and Mindy Berg, after a long day of judging. I have taken classes by Heather, and we have all seen both Heather and Mindy's phenomenal work...yes, I took a spanking at that show! Haha! It was my reintroduction into live showing and I could not be luckier, than to have been judged under two such experienced judges, with seriously top competition! I mean, Coralie Journoud's work won overall grand, and there were 100 participants showing that day. What a day! I did take home some NAN's so I will lick my wounds with that as comfort!
Southern California Hobbyist's Group
Christmas Get-Together.... The Christmas gathering at Heather Well's
beautiful home, enjoying model horse shenanigans, drooling over Heather's *mind-blowing*(!!!) collection, talking model horse hobby history, and enjoying lots of great food and laughter! 
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THE BIRTH OF DUTCH BABY...A MESSY SAGA
Ever wonder how model horses are born? SURE ya did! ......
Molding and Casting; ugly business but with great results! It looked like an episode of "Breaking Bad" was being filmed in my garage...playing with chemicals...hehe...
Molding and Casting; ugly business but with great results! It looked like an episode of "Breaking Bad" was being filmed in my garage...playing with chemicals...hehe...
Rubber Version of a Chernobyl-style event...EPIC MESS!
This was the waste-mold being poured as Dutchie was being cast.
This was the waste-mold being poured as Dutchie was being cast.
The resin first (master) Dutchie resin pour...like opening a Christmas gift...!
Looks like pink sourdough starter....but no...it's rubber in a degassing chamber. WEEEEEE! BUBBLES!
Annnnd....the first pour from the production mold! There is always a lot of cleanup work to do after these guys come fresh out of their mold. As you can see, I should have made her mold tighter for this pour, but no worries-all that flashing (re: hot mess) came off cleanly.
The "sticks" you see are sprues, to allow trapped air to escape. The hex-nuts cast into the rubber serve as "keys" that lock the mold in place so it lines up properly. Despite the messy appearance, these girls were actually pretty clean casts! And...that's my birth story for Dutch Baby. It was full of highs, lows, anxious moments, pain, and joy...and in the end, well-worth it!
The "sticks" you see are sprues, to allow trapped air to escape. The hex-nuts cast into the rubber serve as "keys" that lock the mold in place so it lines up properly. Despite the messy appearance, these girls were actually pretty clean casts! And...that's my birth story for Dutch Baby. It was full of highs, lows, anxious moments, pain, and joy...and in the end, well-worth it!
Models Completed in 2024
Stromness:
My Stromness (sculpted by Eva Rossiter, Rhytherial Studios, with customization by me) NAN'd, winning 1st in her breed class at Canyons & Caballos LIve in Los Angeles, October, 2024.
This gal has really made me stretch my skills, and made me wait, wait, wait, as her intense details took their own time to be completed. I resculpted her mane and tail and flipped an ear to give her the look of a spooky young mare on a windy Irish day. I think it gives her a very different personality from the original, which was already incredible, in my opinion! Then I proceeded to give her a hair-by-hair dark dapple grey paint job in oils, with lighting marks and all the great little details we find on early dapple grays, including ticking. To top it off, I added a set of Rio Rondo shoes and painted shaded nailholes/chromey nailheads on her detailed feets. She was signed and then sealed in Dull Coat, with hooves and eyes glossed, Fall of 2024.
And she is, after almost a year, finally DONE! I had planned to sell her over the summer, but I think I will hold off until next summer. I am hoping to take her to Nationals before offering her for sale.
BUT...If I get an offer I can't refuse, from a very involved show home...I'm keeping an open mind!
My Stromness (sculpted by Eva Rossiter, Rhytherial Studios, with customization by me) NAN'd, winning 1st in her breed class at Canyons & Caballos LIve in Los Angeles, October, 2024.
This gal has really made me stretch my skills, and made me wait, wait, wait, as her intense details took their own time to be completed. I resculpted her mane and tail and flipped an ear to give her the look of a spooky young mare on a windy Irish day. I think it gives her a very different personality from the original, which was already incredible, in my opinion! Then I proceeded to give her a hair-by-hair dark dapple grey paint job in oils, with lighting marks and all the great little details we find on early dapple grays, including ticking. To top it off, I added a set of Rio Rondo shoes and painted shaded nailholes/chromey nailheads on her detailed feets. She was signed and then sealed in Dull Coat, with hooves and eyes glossed, Fall of 2024.
And she is, after almost a year, finally DONE! I had planned to sell her over the summer, but I think I will hold off until next summer. I am hoping to take her to Nationals before offering her for sale.
BUT...If I get an offer I can't refuse, from a very involved show home...I'm keeping an open mind!
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Bitten by the Bug:
She is Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig's "Bitten by the Bug" medallion that I painted which was featured in Sarah's Newsletter September, 2023! I was still working on tiny fidgety details at that time, and her back side mural, so I took my time with her. I painted her to a buttery, warm dun with attention to all her wonderful fleshy details. She has a canyon sunset mural painted on the back side. I gave her a working name; "La Llorona" after the Mexican mythological spirit of a woman scorned. Doesn't she look like she would eat little 4-H kids for breakfast? She is available for purchase. Please see my SALES page for details.
(*Buyer is welcome to change her name, if they prefer*)
She is Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig's "Bitten by the Bug" medallion that I painted which was featured in Sarah's Newsletter September, 2023! I was still working on tiny fidgety details at that time, and her back side mural, so I took my time with her. I painted her to a buttery, warm dun with attention to all her wonderful fleshy details. She has a canyon sunset mural painted on the back side. I gave her a working name; "La Llorona" after the Mexican mythological spirit of a woman scorned. Doesn't she look like she would eat little 4-H kids for breakfast? She is available for purchase. Please see my SALES page for details.
(*Buyer is welcome to change her name, if they prefer*)
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Brandebun:
*UPDATE* : Brandebun is now DOUBLE NAN'D IN WORKMANSHIP AND BREED!
Also, this little mare is AVAILABLE for purchase! Please visit my SALES page for details.
I was so excited to show this beautiful girl at Canyons & Caballos Live in Los Angeles, October 2024. The competition was BRUTAL and she did great! If sold, she will come with her NAN cards and pumpkin paper "ribbons". She will also come with her (digital) photos as seen below.
Brandebun (Stacey Tumlinson) is such a sweet little ball of pudge! I painted her a roan tobiano with one blue and one brown eye, with "textured" whites (hair-by-hair with "shadows" painted in to show the roots of the hair and the growth patten), and carved/sculpted hoof bottoms/frogs...countless hours went into this girl, but she's so worth it! Brandebun is available for purchase. Please see my SALES page for details.
Also, this little mare is AVAILABLE for purchase! Please visit my SALES page for details.
I was so excited to show this beautiful girl at Canyons & Caballos Live in Los Angeles, October 2024. The competition was BRUTAL and she did great! If sold, she will come with her NAN cards and pumpkin paper "ribbons". She will also come with her (digital) photos as seen below.
Brandebun (Stacey Tumlinson) is such a sweet little ball of pudge! I painted her a roan tobiano with one blue and one brown eye, with "textured" whites (hair-by-hair with "shadows" painted in to show the roots of the hair and the growth patten), and carved/sculpted hoof bottoms/frogs...countless hours went into this girl, but she's so worth it! Brandebun is available for purchase. Please see my SALES page for details.
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Benedek:
*UPDATE* : Benedek is available for purchase! Please see my SALES page for details.
*UPDATE* : Benedek is available for purchase! Please see my SALES page for details.
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Pocket Change:
*UPDATE* : *He is now NAN qualified!* He is available for $1,230 PPD in USA (time payments accepted with non-refundable payments, MHTB Greens required)
I love Morgen Killbourne's work, especially "Pocket Change"! The way she captured the fleshy musculature and fascia on this guy! Just an awesome sculpt! He is in classic scale. I Painted him in a soft, glowy chesntut in oils with hair-by-hair Appy blanket/markings, soft mottling, blue eyes, shaded/highlited wrinkles, and subtle highlites/shading. Pocket Change is available for purchase. Please see my SALES page for details.
*UPDATE* : *He is now NAN qualified!* He is available for $1,230 PPD in USA (time payments accepted with non-refundable payments, MHTB Greens required)
I love Morgen Killbourne's work, especially "Pocket Change"! The way she captured the fleshy musculature and fascia on this guy! Just an awesome sculpt! He is in classic scale. I Painted him in a soft, glowy chesntut in oils with hair-by-hair Appy blanket/markings, soft mottling, blue eyes, shaded/highlited wrinkles, and subtle highlites/shading. Pocket Change is available for purchase. Please see my SALES page for details.
CUSTOM IN THE WORKS
Meet "Derp"! Looking for that stoic drafter that's going to pull carriages with class for you, or logs with stoic, Viking-esque strength? Yeahhhh, Derp's not that horse. Sorry. Derp is actually that horse that has cast himself on the fence...again...and licks other horses, on their faces...lays his head on the farrier's back, and scared himself into a tree, because...he farted? Derp is THAT horse. We've all had a complete goober of a horse we've known and loved, and Derp is the embodiment of that goober! I love his sweet face, and windblown, breezy tendrils!
He has a new eye, as his original left eye looked a little "off" to me, and ears, and mane, tail, and feathering. He has a whole new muzzle, with a slightly open mouth and lots of fleshy wrinkles. He also has a special friend! Derp's friend is an equally derpy butterfly, who doesn't yet realize it's not good to be flying on a windy day. Derp and his butterfly both have nimodium magnets so they can stick together :) As soon as Derp's feathering is completed, it'll be on to Phase 2 - Prepping, for this silly drafter. I plan to show him prior to selling, and am thinking about taking him to Nationals at Breyerfest 2025, assuming I can get him qualified! Let's see what happens!
Meet "Derp"! Looking for that stoic drafter that's going to pull carriages with class for you, or logs with stoic, Viking-esque strength? Yeahhhh, Derp's not that horse. Sorry. Derp is actually that horse that has cast himself on the fence...again...and licks other horses, on their faces...lays his head on the farrier's back, and scared himself into a tree, because...he farted? Derp is THAT horse. We've all had a complete goober of a horse we've known and loved, and Derp is the embodiment of that goober! I love his sweet face, and windblown, breezy tendrils!
He has a new eye, as his original left eye looked a little "off" to me, and ears, and mane, tail, and feathering. He has a whole new muzzle, with a slightly open mouth and lots of fleshy wrinkles. He also has a special friend! Derp's friend is an equally derpy butterfly, who doesn't yet realize it's not good to be flying on a windy day. Derp and his butterfly both have nimodium magnets so they can stick together :) As soon as Derp's feathering is completed, it'll be on to Phase 2 - Prepping, for this silly drafter. I plan to show him prior to selling, and am thinking about taking him to Nationals at Breyerfest 2025, assuming I can get him qualified! Let's see what happens!
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FUTURE SALES PROJECTS
In order to prepare for Breyerfest 2025 and produce the Dutch Baby resin run, I am pausing my "Purchase with a Paintjob" sales option. I plan to offer painted resins at Breyerfest. Please check back as details progress concerning in person, Breyerfest sales. Thanks!