“Let the hose get used to seeing all those things at home so that he isn’t seeing them for the first time at a show,” Moshier says. But according to Moshier, preparations should also include duplicating show conditions including key elements such as entry and exit areas and the location and size of the judge’s table at home. “Also, take a ride with other horses so your horse gets used to having others around.” Simulateįor many riders, simulating a show class means rehearsing a pattern until both horse and rider know it cold. “If you’re used to riding in the ring, take you horse out into the field,” Moshier suggests. But getting horses used to new distractions takes riding outside of familiar environments. Riders who compete in ring classes usually practice within the confines of an arena. “If you go to a show, minimize tension by choosing one where people will not be competing at a high level.” Ride Outside “Or, if you have the opportunity, go to a clinic, which is somewhat like a show environment, but a smaller environment,” Moshier recommends. Most of the time that means taking part in lower level competitions or fun shows. Because of its ingenious simplification of sculptural imagery, the Tobey design is instantly recognizable, and will remain so under Rebecca’s able hand.Because not all horses have the same tolerance levels for the noise, activity and other equine distractions that characterize most horse shows, Moshier recommends that owners choose show environments in which their horses are most likely to be comfortable. The two had created a style of art that is unique and distinctive. In 2010 Rebecca returned to creating in ceramics for the first time in 15 years. Rebecca, devastated but strong, continues the legacy of their spirited work in memory of her late husband. He is a man who will be missed for the contributions that he made to the people around him by giving of his great heart as well as his talent. Unfortunately, Gene Tobey lost his battle with leukemia in 2006. One person takes a step and the other has to take a step to catch up.” In the 1990’s, the Tobeys began to work in bronze, continuing their tradition of stylized animals. It’s a blessing when two people work together, not compete but combine. I look at Rebecca’s work and feel privileged, not jealous. There’s always something new, and the experiment goes on. We’re dealing with our own aesthetic and having fun with it. In Gene’s words, “There are times I don’t like being called an artist because I don’t know the parameters of the term. Once he realized that Rebecca had moved firmly – and permanently – from a technician into an equally creative artist, Gene called his galleries and instructed them to change the credit to “Gene & Rebecca Tobey.” One or two delayed, resisting the idea of naming two people, but now the artistic marriage is etched into each piece. “I realized I needed new thoughts and different hands to make different pieces,” said Gene Tobey. Another was made for a show of fourteen pieces in Vail – and again it was the first to sell. I wanted a sharp, crisp finish.” Rebecca Tobey coated sections of two sculptures with clay slip. Glazes are chemicals that melt and bleed. “In summer of 1987 Gene Tobey had an opening at Presdon Gallery,” she recalls, “I wanted to use colored clay slips instead of glazes. Over the months, however, Rebecca Tobey slowly began to develop her own techniques and her own ideas about the kind of surfaces that would enhance the three-dimensional qualities of the sculptures. Rebecca Tobey did the glazing, imbuing the sculptures with color before the final firing. Then, using a steel stylus he engraved designs.
Gene Tobey first made a mold of an animal and cut out sections to be superimposed on other parts of the animal. The sculptures in the mid-1980’s were an interesting combination of techniques. “She was my glaze technician,” Tobey explained, meaning the person who applies the glazes before firing.
The collaboration began with Rebecca acting as assistant on Gene’s sculptures, which evolved from dishes and practical ceramics to stylized animals.
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