MAGICO
Magico is designed from the measurements and one photo under saddle, of the real Andalusian stallion, ‘Magico’.
‘Magico’ was a beautiful stallion that Nigel used to shoe in the U.K. and is Nigel’s favourite breed of horse.
Magico weighs approximately 550-600kg and everything you see has been hand cut, hot forged, shaped by hand and welded by Nigel.
It took nearly 600 hours over a 6 month period to build.
The making of Magico.
Magico was created with:
213 old farrier rasps
102 old half round blacksmiths files
5 1/2 meters of scaffolding pipe
1 1/2 square meters of chainmail
1 1/2 square meters of 3mm steel plate
6 bike chains
4 feet of 5inch 3mm pipe
24 meters of 25 x 3mm flat steel bar
8 meters of galvanised rope
2 bike gear wheels
Numerous forged concave horseshoe lengths, flat and round section
The sculpture has an inner frame and supports on his legs. The whole is on a stand which has wheels, to enable manoeuvrability.
The inside of his body has been rust proofed and painted with three layers of black metal anti-rust paint. After the build was complete, he was sandblasted before rustproofing the outside with a professional oil and clear varnish.
Magico is currently for sale.
Credits
Amber Wright
Professional Photographer and dear friend, Wow Photography
www.wowphotography.co.uk