“In our documented living history, humans have always relied upon a unity with horses. Whether for transport, agriculture, or companionship. It was thought in the late 1900s, between Ireland and the UK, there were 3.3 million horses.
It’s no wonder, then, that people would decorate and care for their horses in the same way people may treasure a car now - gently stroking the bonnet, putting fake plastic eyelashes on the headlights, or licking the wheels clean. But there is a rich history of iconography in how we used to decorate our horses, and why."
The language of the decorative
The above is regarding a horse brass piece with the
iconography of a pelican, which upon researching, I
discovered had origins in Christianity as a symbol of christ,
and older - finding Ancient Egyptian wall art picturing sun
gods which took the form of the pelican.
Horse brass is a study into different decorative pieces of the
format which have caught my eye, and research into the
origins and influences of the designs.
