Many things can inspire an artist to make a particular item.  This horse bench came to me while I was on my couch watching “Hidalgo.”

Sometimes me and my dad get together on some projects.  They are usually furniture pieces like coffee tables, chairs or benches (which this particular item is).

He builds log homes and is as equally creative with wood as I am, except he uses his “vision” to make custom homes instead of animal carvings.

We had not made a bench since the one we built a bear one for Alyeska Ski Resort in Girdwood over a year ago so we decided to make one.

One reason why we do not make a lot of them is the time and effort it takes to complete them.  Its a lot of work!  Unlike a typical wood carvings that I can make in several hours wooden benches can take several days to finish.

Most of the animal benches we had made in the past were bear or moose related so it was nice to change change it up and do a horse bench this time.  I have mostly done wild animals in the past but lately I have been doing more domesticated stuff lately.  Is the wild side leaving me?

 jordan@jordancarving.com