Byzantine Equine II Sculpture

The Byzantine era was rich in trade and the silk route took traders straight through to China on horseback. These epic travels inspired my thought process and my mind has conjured up the horses I would travel on making epic journeys like those before me. Where would you travel and how? Let your mind wonder where you would go alighted on a horse like this. His head alert to your command and saddled and ready. Bronze, the medium for this work, has the incredible quality of durability as well as having the ability to hold the texture of my hands, making it versatile. The way in which it is patinated makes it speak and take on the extra qualities it needs to tell its history.