[Woodcarver] Horse dimensions

[Sandy Holder]

Hi Lloyd,
I carve quite a few carousel horses and I have found that for my carving, I 
make the width of the carousel horses 1/4th of the body length. If the body 
is going to be 4 inches long from rump to chest, then the width will be 1 
inch. It always seems to work out well. Horses aren't really that size but 
carousel animals are more fantasy than anything else although I like mine to 
be more real in their likeness. Also the legs I make will be 1/3 the body 
width, that is for the leg from the knee down, somewhat wider up near the 
body. Hope this helps you a little. Everyone of course does something 
different, but this seems to work well for me.
Sandy, Evart MI

>wondering
>if there is anyone here that knows the relationship between the length
>of the horse torso, and its width at the chest and rear hips.
>
>If you know the relationship, or can point me to somewhere that I can
>find it

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