Timaru Star II

Friday, June 20, 2025

A Jacquee Gillespie Hackamore

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  Many thanks to V. Norris for kindly helping me acquire this thrilling example from a master of model braiding.  I have written of Jacquee...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Christmas in June

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  In the midst of bounteous June, turning into the homestretch of my 3-year next book and awash in other projects*, this hackamore was compl...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

The Spring Morn Puzzle

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  Ever since I learned how to search for things on eBay, I've been looking for this puzzle.  I know I said the same thing about the Copp...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Progress Report 6: Rinker's Hackamore

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After nearly 3 years you can be forgiven for perhaps thinking this massive project would never be completed!  Yet as of May 18th, Rinker...
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

A New Needle Awl

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 This is one of those posts that has only 4 pix.  I meant to take photos of the whole process, but in the manner of deeply personal non-tack...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Ponderosa at 60

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  Sixty years ago today, or possibly 59 if subsequent research into Decorators is wrong, Ponderosa came into my hands.  He was a birthday pr...
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Saturday, April 26, 2025

Palomino Insatiety

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   This post was conceived when I saw the new Mustang mare Volo, in plastic, boasted about on the Stone Horses page.  I could barely restrai...
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Model tack artist since 1979 specializing in miniature braidwork and silverwork. Being married, going tandem canoeing, playing ragtime piano, reading and writing takes up the rest of my time! www.timarustarii.com www.timarustarii.com/shipchandler
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