Step 3: Building Your Core
For a stronger and longer-lasting sculpture, it is important that the core (foundation) of your sculpture is well established and can stand on its own. In this case I used the thickest stumps first as structural elements.
It may help to hang your frame/skeleton/spine from the ceiling if your frame cannot initially support itself to stand up.
Following from the center of gravity of the sculpture, I kept adding pieces that followed into the legs/feet of the horse to eventually complete a solid free-standing base.
Once the base is well enough established, the next step is is to decide which pieces of wood to use for the main appendages (limbs, head, tail).