Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

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Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby Xanthoria » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:16 pm

When my Decrepit OTTB succumbed to terminal decrepitude recently, I took some of his rather thin tail, a little of his very soft lovely forelock, and a hunk of his perversely thick mane.

Then I discovered that a couple years ago I had cut off his whole mane (the annual whacking of the beast ceremony in spring to prevent sweaty necks) and saved it for some reason.

End result is I have quite a lot of perhaps 6-10” long mane hair.

I can’t find a thing that can be made with mane hair, aside from the obvious hair shirt I could weave while paying his final vet bills... Suggestions? Perhaps a nice fat handbag tassel.

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby highoctane » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:19 pm

I believe it's Tailspin that makes keychains, and can even put short fur into resin for a pendant (or bracelet charms). Maybe even glue it to an enlarged photo of him, in a shadowbox...

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Postby Sunshine2Me » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:24 pm

I have ordered a number of things from here, and have always been pleased with her work:

http://www.myhorseart.com/

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Postby Chancellor » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:32 pm

Xanthoria wrote:When my Decrepit OTTB succumbed to terminal decrepitude recently, I took some of his rather thin tail, a little of his very soft lovely forelock, and a hunk of his perversely thick mane.

Then I discovered that a couple years ago I had cut off his whole mane (the annual whacking of the beast ceremony in spring to prevent sweaty necks) and saved it for some reason.

End result is I have quite a lot of perhaps 6-10” long mane hair.

I can’t find a thing that can be made with mane hair, aside from the obvious hair shirt I could weave while paying his final vet bills... Suggestions? Perhaps a nice fat handbag tassel.



You have such an interesting way of putting things Xan.

Anyone know if horse hair can be spun?

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby silk » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:44 pm

I have the same dilemma. But... I don't really like most 'memorial' items. Horsehair bracelet? Nothankyou.
So, I'll probably hang onto it until we move and I need to make a decision about whether I want to keep hanging onto it.

Realistically anyone who can plait tail hair should be able to plait 6-10" mane hair, should something featuring a short section of hair braid be your thing.

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby Amado » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:11 pm

I did this with mane hair. Better than tail hair because it’s finer. The body is maybe 5 inches long. (More pics in the needlefelting thread)

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby Xanthoria » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:20 pm

That's mane hair? I love it!!!

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby Amado » Tue Jan 23, 2018 8:30 pm

Just the forelock, mane and tail. The rest (the body) is wool fleece , felted and shaped with a barbed needle.

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby PaulaO » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:54 am

Check with Penny Senor at Pony Locks www.ponylocks.com

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Postby piedmontfields » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:03 am

Amado, you are so talented! I love what you did.

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby heddylamar » Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:05 am

If the mane hair doesn't spin on it's own, try spinning mixed with a bit of wool? Then you could felt and make something interesting like Amado's adorable horse.

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby angela9823 » Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:03 pm

Find a maker of horse hair pottery. Lovely work and can use any horse hair.

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby LeoApp » Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:58 pm

Custom horse hair pottery
http://www.claypony.com/index.html

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby angela9823 » Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:07 pm

LeoApp wrote:Custom horse hair pottery
http://www.claypony.com/index.html

Wow! Very inexpensive for this group. Useful too. Could create a few to have an herb garden in a kitchen... Love the Christmas ornament idea.

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby avma » Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:53 am

A friend of mine got this done with her friend’s recently passed away horse’s mane hair. https://www.etsy.com/listing/454965186/ ... =related-6

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby LeoApp » Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:54 pm

Hmm I guess they changed their URL - used to be claypony but redirects you to here:

http://www.dancingfirepottery.com/products/

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby Xanthoria » Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:50 am

Oh this is unusual: resin bracelet

Might need to get one!

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby Angfreda » Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:06 pm

When I did some dog laundry I ended up with this lil bun of dog hair from all 3 dogs.
It fit perfectly in this:

https://www.amazon.com/EVERLEAD-Floatin ... ss+lockets

Now I have Emma [the Lab], Haillee and Jackie with me always.

I also see that Old Friends does them too with horse hair, which I did intend to do with some of Yo's tail, braided, but you could use mane hair too
https://www.facebook.com/oldfriendsequi ... 6112244670

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby Kyra's Mom » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:11 am

Very cool ideas. I like the resin bracelet. My horse is white and while still very much alive, preserving her white hair in some form without it getting soiled will be tough. The resin bracelet solves that.

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby Tuffytown » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:29 pm

Spirit horse does some things with shorter hair, as noted before, keychains, earrings and some items encased in glass or resin.


https://www.spirithorsedesigns.com/Isleen_Horse_Hair_Earrings_in_Celtic_style_p/e-isleen-cel.htm
https://www.spirithorsedesigns.com/Horse_Hair_Vintage_Earrings_Color_p/e-orla-color.htm
https://www.spirithorsedesigns.com/Horse_Hair_Memorial_Necklace_p/hhp.htm

There is a local glass artist that casts the horsehair into miscellaneous glass object memorials. My dear friend and boarder who lost her 25 year old a few weeks ago is having some of his hair cast into a glass sunflower which is a special flower for this horse.

Love the felted horse Amado

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby lorilu » Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:29 am

THis guy comes to our local art fairs. His work is really nice. http://www.thehairy-potter.com/

Lou Petty is in Ocala and does great work. Some of my friends have her work - it is beautiful and seems to hold up. http://loupetty.com/

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby Xanthoria » Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:23 pm

I found a company in Copenhagen that makes a lovely half moon necklace in a very contemporary design I like: https://bjorgjewellery.com/collections/horse-hair

They agreed to make me one with my horse's hair, and they have other styles not shown that might work too.

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Re: Mane hair memorials? Not tail!

Postby piedmontfields » Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:27 am

Those necklaces are really lovely, Xan. Makes me think of doing this sooner rather than later, if you know what I mean!


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