Brume - Allhallows Eve StoryKeeper

I always plan on making Halloween themed dolls... zombie sheep - monsters - demons - extra creepy critters... but then I always think about creating these just as Halloween is approaching and by the time anyone sees them - I suspect the holiday will have come and gone. Last year I finished two 'Tim Burton' creatures and a moon/bunny/witch~ This year: I have Brume (another word for Fog)... I wanted to avoid making her outfit orange and black or too overtly Halloween... instead focusing on the idea that she herself has been seeped in the world of the strange and other worldly... XD as if she herself wasn't... but you get my drift, eh? Maybe next year I'll get to Zombie Sheep @_#; Baaaaaahraaaains~

Brume is a collector of obscure and arcane tales - anything mysterious and she is there to record it. Known for inspiring fireside storytellers and tongue tied palm readers~ she especially enjoys the holiday of Halloween; the eve of All Saints' Day; Allhallows Eve or Candy Day - as most Keepers refer to it.

This this Halloween...

I sat down with the intention of creating a set of Halloween dolls - I may have popped in The Nightmare Before Christmas and well... Tim Burton most definitely had a hand in inspiring this little creatures.

A little imp girl with wild hair and black gloves and a bat-winged boy with woolen pants~ and crazy crazy eyes.

They were fun to make - if a bit strange. I have been making newish dolls of late - a cartoony moogle - two humanesk tiny dolls for a client.

But I think these two turned out rather well.. creepy enough for Halloween and brightly colored enough for me to be happy~ though I'm not sure I'll ever make creatures like them again~ well..... maybe next year.

OH! And I'll be going to Faerie Con again this year - haven't been for the past few~ but I'll be there for a day - so excited to get to see Wendy Froud's work in person again.

Monsters and Moon Rabbits!

I finished a monster doll last week - I think he's one of my favorite dolls to date ~ seriously adore him. He makes me think I really should stick with monsters ~ but I do love making my little human-esk creatures.

His horns are made of a lighter Sculpey that I think turned out really well ~ can't wait to use it again. Maybe for some cool masks and ~ of course, more horns!

His jacket is made of piece of cloth from my good friend Rowan Rose over at Hughes Pottery.

Oh! I used sugru for his rather awesome little faun like monster-ears (which I see you can't see in this photo)~ I'll go into that more in a later post.

For now I think I'll prattle on about the strange witch-bunny-moon rabbit creature I just finished:
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I've called her: Merrick. She was meant to by my Halloween themed doll... skipping right over a orange and black theme - I went with a witch/bunny/moon rabbit girl.. kinda... you know ~ idea.

Her hat was fun to make and I love the shape of her ~ she is up on Etsy: here.

I think... I may just be getting better at these things ~ though they are just as strange as ever.

I'm excited about my next few projects! I shall be back with more infos!! mawahahha

Happy Obscurity!

Autumn will soon arrive and I feel I should at least do ONE specifially Halloween themed doll... maybe I should set about doing a little be of research! of course - last time I did that.. I ended up with an Alice in Wonderland with brown hair and a yellow dress (as Mr.Carroll originally sketched and colored her) and a show that no one understood with a theme I'd best not have attempted...

Maybe I should just go with the popular vibe is of the day... 'cause I'm sure if I researched Christmas I'd come out making Krampus and no one wants that...

Stopped in a store that sold items other than bread, milk and butter and discovered that Autumn shall be here soon (why else would the store be covered with faux fall leaves? I think I imagined an extra 2 summer months or something - as the end of Summer is so clearly fast approaching.

Still - there is a bit left... so I'd best make sure to enjoy it! Though it melts my Sculpey before I touch it and doesn't seem to be helping me out with the Fimo all that much.

I am excited for Autumn though! Should I start Halloween dolls already? At the rate I've been making things - I might just have one done in time for the holidays!

much love~