Once we've collected the horseshoes from our number of amazing farriers, its time to start the clean-up process.
Cam starts by removing the toe clips off all the shoes. Once the toe clips have been removed, all the shoes are dropped into Hydrochloric Acid. This gets rid of a lot of the heavy rust and dirt that has been compacted into the shoe. It also helps remove any nails!
Once the shoes have been acid washed and rinsed in water, we hang them out to dry. If we are after the natural, slightly rusted look, we leave them for a few hours. If we plan on painting them, they get a light coat of Primer to prevent heavy rusting.
Once the shoes are dry, and rusted just enough, we sort them into their sizes! All of Cam's creations are made with certain sized shoes. He also uses Front Shoes and Back Shoes for different things.
The Perfect shoes, the ones that have a good shape to them, and come out perfectly clean. Even the holes!
These shoes get 'stolen' by Liss to make her Horseshoe Dreamcatchers! :-)
Once Cam's imagination has led him to a new creation, the fun starts! No two items are exactly the same. Everything is hand made and this makes its unique in every way.
Everything is made with love, and we love everything we make here at Country Craft.
Fractal Burning is a relatively new technique, and one of our favourites. It creates patterns in wood that resemble branching or fractal burning, by applying electrical current from a high voltage source across wood items that have been soaked with a chemical solution.
Cam has also been known to do fractal burnings on Leather!
We have recently purchased a laser engraving machine from the USA. At the moment we are still in the experimental stages, but cannot wait until we can offer a personalised touch to our products for our customers.
We have a great time working in the shed. Every now and then the kids love to join us in experimenting and creating different things. Our 10 year old is just like his Dad! He loves welding!
We love colour. This is why we have a huge range available to our customers! If you have a favourite colour, or a particular colour theme in your house, let us know. We will do our best to source it for you.
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