A couple of new clipping designs

Ashf

Ashf

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Our TB (Ebony) was up for her 1st clip, and my daughter (Alex) asked if I could produce a couple of new designs for her.

I just thought I'd share these with you as she clipped her this afternoon :)

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The hair around them should blend in in a week or so as they are done with trimmers and the rest of her was done with mains clippers. I'm hoping to draw some more of these cartoon type stencils up this winter.

Any suggestions would be welcome :)
 
starsnrunes said:
I love them! :D

Ditto? I've finally talked my sister round (now to come up with semi-matching Ideas.)
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I have to make the clipping designs out of a self adhesive vinyl which is like sellotape, so they stay in place whilst they are being clipped and the person clipping doesn't have to worry about them slipping (even when the horse does a little jig). This means that they are a 'use once' item I'm afraid as hairy sellotape isn't very sticky (sorry) :(

The trick for me is to come up with a design where the minimum amount of hair needs to be clipped off to give the finished result and I can and do spend a lot of time doing this before I even attempt to make the stencil.

The length of time it takes to clip a design varies by the style of design, the length of the coat, the quality/power of the trimmers and the experience and confidence the person clipping has.

My daughter clipped each of those designs on in 15-20 minutes a piece as she is an experienced clipper and helped me develop the system. Also Ebony being a TB has a fairly fine coat anyway and it hasn't yet had a chance to grow to woolly mammoth length, which would without doubt make it more tricky to clip the finer detail, and also mean that physically, there is more hair to go through.

The saying goes that 'The devil is in the detail' and whilst you could blast across that area in about 20 seconds with set of mains clippers, you are tracing the design through a stencil and copying a pattern which looks like the original art work, so the more care, the better the end result ;)

For someone who has never clipped a design before on a horse with similar length coat, allow about 40-45 minutes a piece for these designs and the result would be good. If at this time of year, the coat is very long already and a native breed, I'd suggest doing a regular clip, waiting 6 weeks until the horse is ready for another clip and then put the design on.

I was thinking of a Basil Brush design if I can find a good image as a starting point ?
 
OMG those are amazing!!! I love the penguin, I might clip that onto my sister's pony while she's away this weekend... She's absolutely terrified of him, and the whole wrong trousers film... Imagine her face!
 
Hello everyone, I am Ashleys daughter Alex who clipped those two designs yesterday. If it is your first time clipping a design I would suggest something simple such as your initials or your horse/ponies name before trying out more complicated things like pictures. They are relatively easy to clip once you get the hang of it. Also I have always used trimmers as they are much smaller and easier to move around than the standard sized clippers. I think I used the standard sized clippers once before and managed to clip the design but it was a lot more difficult than using the trimmers :) (oh and they make your arms ache after a while using the standard sized clippers lol!)

Alex.
 
PonyFeet10 said:
Hello everyone, I am Ashleys daughter Alex who clipped those two designs yesterday. If it is your first time clipping a design I would suggest something simple such as your initials or your horse/ponies name before trying out more complicated things like pictures. They are relatively easy to clip once you get the hang of it. Also I have always used trimmers as they are much smaller and easier to move around than the standard sized clippers. I think I used the standard sized clippers once before and managed to clip the design but it was a lot more difficult than using the trimmers :) (oh and they make your arms ache after a while using the standard sized clippers lol!)

Alex.
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Good to see you here Alex. I forgot what a vibrant forum HHO is :)
 
For two winters I have clipped stars into my horses bottom - I can thoroughly recommend this design for a beginner! I used my full size clippers to do it and they came out good - but then they are basically straight lines! My friend tried to clip stars without using a stencil and it turned into a diamond!
 
Love the idea of the cartoon designs Ash, great fun! Still so pleased with the shamrock design you did for me, its going strong year in year out!
 
The more unusual designs do represent a lot of hours of work so I try and choose the subject carefully as time is precious, but they are fun to see the result. Good to see people happy with your designs on here. It makes me think I am doing something right with it :)
 
Slave2Magic said:
My mare isn't normally clipped but will be having a trace this year. Are there stencils that work opposite way, ie. clip out the pattern and keep the surrounding hair?
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We did this to start with and then found that if the design was clipped short, the hair around it would grow, and the design would blur. As long as the hair making the design is longer than the hair around it, it would stay sharp for longer. I added a border to the design so the hair is clipped between the main design element and this allows a design to be clipped into long hair like this picture below. Some people when clipping their horse fully out leave this border as an additional line to frame the design, but people who do blanket or similar style clips are the reason why all the stencils have this component of the design included in them. It also helps to hold the design in place as it adds a bit more sticky surface area.

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