Little Charms - Set 2

Here's another batch of charms I did for Fusion.  I hope they sell.  So I have an excuse to make more. For myself.

This time I fixed the problem with the cracking paint.  I used my regular varnish on the charms first and then I dipped them in the new glaze and the paint didn't crack.  Yay, problem solving!

I made a shark in honor of my shark pants.  And also, because sharks are pretty cool.

The raven was requested by one of my friends when I was going through the sculpting phase.

The dinosaur is because I like dinosaurs.  They are rad.

We were watching Lady and the Tramp and so I had to make a Siamese cat.

Little Charms - Set 1

Another thing I've made for Fusion is little charms.  They're. Cute. I want to keep them all.

I bought a new "glaze" for them, since I'm about to run out of my current type.  I also wanted to try dipping the charms in it so that they would get full coverage and not have brush strokes.

The pudgy dragon turned out really well and accepted the glaze without problems.  I think it had something to do with the metallic paint.

The cheetah griffin was glazed last because I couldn't dip it.  Luckily this meant that the griffin escaped the crackle effects of the new glaze.  I just painted the old varnish on for this guy.

Sadly the fox got the new glaze and it caused the paint to crack when it dried.  You can't see the effect very well in the pictures.  He's still cute though.

Painted Stone Owls - Set 3

Oh man, third set of owl stones.  I'm burnt out on these things!  Probably won't be doing them for a while.

Somehow, all the tiniest of my rocks ended up in this batch.  They make fore very cute little owls.  I also ended up doing some different designs.

Little dark gold owl

Little light gold owl

Domino owl!  This one is my fave.

Some kind of garish pink owl.

Silver and black owl

Peppermint owl.

Purple owl

Painted Stone Owls - Set 2

More Painted Owls!  I made these a little before Spring Break but it's been quite a hectic time for me that I haven't had the chance to take pictures of them.

ARTISTS is doing another art sale/benefit concert and I was asked to make some more of these little guys since they sold so well at the last one.

Some of these guys are repeats from last time, but I liked the patterns... ie snowy owls. 

Others are new designs!  This is definitely my favorite of the batch.

Shadow owl?

Light blue owl.

Apparently I think blue owls should be a thing.

Parrot owl.

Finally my favorite design from last time.  Blue and brown!

Hunger Games Pin

Man, so I've wanted a Mockingjay pin ever since I saw one in a store a while back.  But I really didn't feel like forking over the money to get one since they were kind of pricey and I didn't think I'd actually wear it.  The solution?  Make one.

 

Originally my pin didn't have the ring, since... I couldn't sculpt one.  Right before I took pictures I remembered all the gold key rings I had!  It fit perfectly.  I am now ready for the movie.

Happy Hunger Games!

Hooligan Sculpture

It's been a rough month full of studying and with very little arts & craftings.  I've still got a bunch of old projects that haven't been featured here, so if I remember I'll update every now and then.

This is Hooligan—or Hooli for short.  My friend Audrey made the design up and I kind of adopted her.  Apparently this translated into sculpting.  I love Audrey's designs because they're simple and complex at the same time.

Originally Hooli was sitting up, but when I was baking her in the oven she kind of leaned forward.  Luckily this didn't ruin her.  It ended up looking like she's trying to protect or hide something, so when she sits on my shelf I give her something to hold.

She's made from Sculpy and feathers, painted with acrylics and varnish.

Fox Scarf

I've been meaning to post hits for weeks.  The fox scarf!

I saw a scarf on Etsy and thought it was really cool.  My typical reaction to such items is "I can make that, so I don't need to buy it", but normally I never get around to making it.  However I had an excess of orange yarn so I set about making the fox scarf.  I think he turned out rather well.

He's basically a series of tubes, crocheted entirely in the round.  His eyes are just a couple of circles with shiny patches embroidered on.  For a while he looked very creepy as he was just a  head and a long snake body... but he turned out pretty cute.

This guy is currently being negotiated away to someone else, and will end up in a good home.