That would have been it for a lot of people.
A lot artists would have been content with that, but again, not Eva. Her 2025 BCC Excellence in Tack entry is another multi-horse harness set-up, and let me tell you: this is spectacular!
Eva writes: This is my entry for this year's Best Customs Contest. It's the 1830 coronation harness that is still used by the British Royal Family for special occasions. It took me nearly a year to research, plan and make it.
It features over one hundred thirty working buckles and more than two hundred gold leafed decorations. Blue duck saddlery in Austria custom made the buckles for me, and the leather was flown in from Italy. also ruched ten yards of two millimeter silk ribbon for the mane decorations.
Congratulations, Eva. I love everything about this, and I fully expect to see it standing on the table - with a big rosette next to it - at the Artisan's Gallery. Good luck in Kentucky!
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Wow! How the devil did that Cinderella coach not make it to the finals??? Who the heck were the judges??
ReplyDeleteI thought the Cinderella display was from 2024(instead of 2023) as I took several photos of it!!(and I don't go to Breyerfest every year)
Here's hoping they have different judges this year--because this entry is fantastic!! I wish I were so talented!! I wish I had that kind of imagination too!! Good Luck Eva!!
I went back and checked, and it looks like Eva resubmitted it in 2024, with lots of added details. That time it did make it into the finals, placing second behind Dani Boiko's entry. I didn't go either year, so I'd completely forgotten about that. When I have a moment, I'll update the post.
DeleteYou are correct I tried again in 2024 with my wedding carriage and thankfully got selected to be a finalist. Thank you again for the beautiful article.
ReplyDeleteI am SO GLAD to read this because I simply couldn’t believe that entry didn’t make the finals! What a gorgeous labor of love, as is the phenomenal Coronation harness. You are insanely talented!
DeleteI am so pleased and moved with this entry. Eva is nothing if not inspiring, determined and talented.
ReplyDeleteI think all us tackmakers have amazing tack sets that we'd like to make one day, filed away in our heads. I'm so glad Eva has been able to make hers!
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