29/11/24 Pete Rix schneidet einen Pferdekopf aus Tulipwood. Der Holzblock wird in einer Klammer, die als „Schnitzereien Häckselstock“ bezeichnet wird, fest gehalten. Seltener Schaukelnder Ho
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29/11/24 Pete Rix carves a horse’s head from tulipwood. The wood block is held tight in a clamp known as a ‘carvers chops vice’. Rare Rocking Horse Hit. With more and more mass-produced toys on offer each year, finding that special little something - a gift made with love by a craftsman's hand - is becoming ever more challenging. _____ Full story: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kej85UkmNNg_mHN1fE0mkLPXMsvIRo5hLHl5Odpj27k/edit?usp=sharing _____ It could be said such unique treasures are now as rare as ‘hen’s teeth’, or as scarce as proverbial ‘rocking horse droppings’. So you might be surprised to find toy-maker, Pete Rix, on a mission to keep a quintessentially English craft alive as he carves large blocks of wood into the most exquisite, traditional rocking horses from inside a small old brick-workshop in Derbyshire. His painstaking labour-of-love sees him create dozens of new horses each year. His clients need deep pockets as his finished horses cost upwards of £3, 500 each. “It really depends on what the customer wants, ” explains 46-year-old Pete who owns Rix and Co. All Rights Reserved: RKP Photography +44 (0)7765 242650 www.rkpphotography.co.uk.
