This piece is intended primarily as textile wall art. If displayed on the floor, regular or heavy foot traffic is not recommended.

There is a horse named Prince behind this square, and the last frame in the gallery proves it: his photograph and the finished piece, shown together. The head is laid down in loose, painterly runs of yarn, the way a brush would move, while everything around him dissolves into flat fields of blue, yellow and pink. Stand across the room and you read an abstract. Step closer and the animal assembles itself, right down to the pink of his tongue.

Measuring 33 × 33 in at roughly 4.4 lbs, the piece keeps a tight, balanced footprint on a bedroom or home office wall. The textile back accepts mounting loops on request, and at this weight the picture hardware already in your wall will hold it. The non-slip textile backing helps keep the piece stable when displayed on the floor.

Ksenia Derr tufts every one of these herself, feeding acrylic yarn through a stretched textile base with a hand-held gun, row after row, then shearing the pile flat. Acrylic holds its color in daylight and asks very little of you: a lint roller for dust and hair, a gentle vacuum when that is not enough, a professional cleaner for anything serious.

Each one is made to order. Budget four business days before it ships, with free tracked shipping across the US. And since the whole thing starts from a photograph, your own horse can take Prince’s place, exactly as a custom pet rug from your own photo would: send the picture, approve the color mockup we draw from it, and name the size your wall needs. Horses, dogs and cats are what we are asked for most, though any pet at all can be drawn and tufted this way. This 33 × 33 in format is $360, and anything larger or smaller is quoted from your photo and your measurements.

What got picked for this one

A horse · head and shoulders · painterly color instead of true to the coat · blocks of blue, yellow and pink behind him.

$360 · 33 × 33 in · four business days on the frame.

About two weeks from the order to your door: four business days on the frame, five to ten in transit, and the mockup in between, sitting until you approve it. A booked-up studio stretches that, so the date gets confirmed at the order.

Prince came in with his tongue out and it stayed. Your animal can bring something of its own into the frame too: a favorite toy, a collar, an object that was his. Mention it when the photo goes out and it gets drawn in with the rest. The commission starts over on the custom pet rug page.