It’s My Little Monday!
With...G3 The Pony Project All Chrome Pretzel Pony!
Now HERE’s an interesting entry! Somehow, the artist managed to completely electroplate chrome the entire giant pony...and it sure looks lovely! However, it would be extra interesting to people who are into coatings and materials, because if you are, you know that electroplate chrome isn’t just some ordinary every-day thing that you can get out of a jar at the craft shop.
Of course, you’ll occasionally see it on toys, especially machinery type toys because it is a great way to get plastic to look like mirror finish metal without the use of foil. However, it has to be done only on really hard plastic (naturally, as it can’t be bent/is extremely inflexible or would flake) An example to look up (here on tumblr!) would be The Spectra Dolls, who had chromed Barbie-like bodies and tinsel for their hair. Their whole gimmick was that they were electroplate chromed.
Ponies generally would be way too soft to accomplish this. It’s also rarely seen on huge things...so this pony has the double whammy of unlikeliness. Perhaps the giant pony is made of something hard enough to accomplish it? And look at the beautiful blend in the middle, the mirror coating is flawless! Also, how’d they get the hair to get out of the way of the process?
These things, and the pony’s real name remain a mystery because the Pony Project G3 (Give Kids the World Village Charity Art Gallery Pop Up Sale) was surprisingly not that well documented. Presumably the artist took the photo. The symbol is a gold glittery traditional soft pretzel.