When I was a teen, I responded to an offer for a free sample issue of the Arabian Horse World.  And there they were - hundreds of pages of horses so beautiful it was hard to believe they were real.  Elfin horses!  Ardent Tolkien fan that I was, that's what I imagined them to be.

That was why I approached Deb McDermott about casting Al-Hadiye.  He reminded me of those long-ago horses - particularly the young *El Shaklan.  When I imagined him in china, it was that shade of pale, rosey dapple grey that I saw.  I wasn't sure I could pull it off - you only seem to get pale hints of red in ceramic when you want strong red! - but I had to try.

And it worked.  This guy turned out just as I envisioned him, which is a rare enough thing for a ceramic artist.  (Kilns always have their own ideas about the horses you give them.)   He's extremely fine, with an abundance of tiny, tiny dapples under a thin matte glaze.  Holding him in your hand, he seems almost like a fairy horse himself. 

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