Highland Heather is being cast by the Mussi Artworks foundry in Berkeley, California. She will be a run of 25 pieces, the first ten of which are now in existence.

These ten castings are patinated to a dusky golden dun finish. This color varies in each piece - some are more golden with brown points and some are darker, almost bay. Each Heather bronze is unique!

She is attached to a metal “grass and dirt” ground, finished to a earthy green, and this is mounted on a hard oak base. Hand-engraved silver nameplates are in the works.

At left: Casting number six, golden dun.
Dun version
“Bay” version. Note the presence of more black.
Each piece is unique not only in finish - they also have subtle differences in ear position, mane and tail. This took place in the wax phase, when each model was easily modified.
Very little detail was lost in the casting process, which can be a tricky accomplishment when pouring hot metal into a mold this small.
?I am obviously more elegant than my plastic cousin!? Says the bronze.

“That may be,” says the resin, “but I'm more affordable! I'm also a little bit bigger.”

Due to the shrinkage of both wax and bronze during cooling, this is true. Our polyurethane friend measures four and one-eighth inches from eartip to tail, while the metal ones are three and seven-eighths inches.

Go check out Highland Heather in resin!
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