A retrospective of the artist's work
Glider, bow rocker and tricycle horse gallery

A very early rocking horse by Helen Dickins

This glider rocking horse is one of the first that I made

This horse was are hand carved from blocked wood, and the leatherwork is made from the thinest sheet leather that I could find.

The stirrups were made by hand from wire. I later had stirrups cast at a jeweller's foundry in Sydney, based on my pattern.

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Early glider rocking horse by Helen Dickins

This glider rocking horse is an accurate, scale replica of a full scale Victorian or Edwardian era rocker

I follow the construction methods used for the full scale horse

Everything except the stirrups is made by hand. The stirrups were foundry cast to my pattern

• 1/12 scale
• For the latest version of my glider horse see Pegasus
  

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A later glider rocking horse by Helen Dickins

This glider rocking horse is also an accurate, scale replica of a full scale Victorian or Edwardian era rocker

All my horses are hand carved from blocked wood, and the leatherwork is made from the thinest sheet leather that I can find

Everything except the stirrups is made by hand. The stirrups were cast at a jeweller's foundry in Sydney

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An early bow rocking horse by Helen Dickins

This rocking horse is one of my early efforts at making a bow rocking horse.

In future, this style of horse will have a more pronounced curve to the bow.

The accompanying doll has a tightly plaited wig.

Both miniatures are made to 1/12th scale.

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To see some more of my bow rocking horses, and how they are made, go to bow rockers

The motion of my glider rocking horses

These photos illustrate how my horses move.

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Wildfire - a different personality

Two views of another horse with different head carved to make it look wilder, and with different saddle and harness.

As with the other glider horses, the base bar measures 125 mm (five inches)

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