Horseshoe Sculptures - Haulin Ass

All his life Dewey had been active.  He had done a little of everything, but mostly he worked with horses.  Before his medical problems he trained and showed "big hitch teams," teams of 4, 6, or 8 draft horses and 10 mule hitches, at major horse shows around the country. 

One night he had a dream, and a voice in the dream said, "Eliminate the horse and work with the shoe".  That phrase stuck in Dewey's mind, and finally he thought of a way to put it to use. They moved from Illinois to New Mexico finally settling in Edgewood.

He used a hacksaw to cut the horseshoes and a hammer to pound them into shapes he wanted.  When he was satisfied with the results, he packed several of the small figures into a suitcase and went to Old Town in Albuquerque to sell them.

In less than eight years from that shaky beginning, Dewey's horseshoe art has been purchased by collectors world wide, and the demand continues to grow.