A New Bro

Bosch - a little monster guy I made awhile ago - found a home with a wonderful woman with the name of Winnie - who has become so enamored with him - that she desired I create a few more of Bosch - trouble is - I can't. I've never been able to create the same exact thing twice - not even sketching... not even with a light box and the original next to me - I always see new ways to go - new lines to focus on - new ways to move the fabric...

So Bosch now has brothers - Bros who wear shoes:

Feathers, Fur and Glue, oh my

Busy working on new stuff...
Someone told me my work reminded them of The Dark Crystal and Maurice Sendak's work. Could I be more flattered? I think not!

Art Dolls Only is having another doll making challenge - I think I might just have to take part!

Back to work I get!

Mini Muses!

Okay - I haven't worked the little books out yet- most of paper in in another state... truth is - I ran out and am too cheap to buy more when I know I have it piled in portfolios.... so drawing has had to take a side seat.... but man oh man do I have faux fur!

And without anymore ramblings:

A sneak peek at some mini StoryKeepers:

Drat! Late again!

I think this is the longest gap in my blog to date! I am so sorry, my adoring fans (mom, dad and grandma) - I've been distracted - but I'm back on course!

The dragon, sadly, is unfinished... I have him half done - but each time I look at him I think 'who the heck needs a two foot dragon sculpture in their house?' and i put it aside to work on something else.

What, you ask?

A collection of tiny tiny dolls - reactionary I suppose, but cute! And oh'so'much fun! These little guys are my latest incarnation of StoryKeepers - a group of little story muses who help inspire people to create such things as: travel guides, self help books and blogs.

I think at the tallest they're about 2.5 inches - I think the size will be much easier for people to live with and allows me more flexibly as well.

I'll take photos of them as soon as I've finished them up... I want each to have a little book.... and I'm still working out just how to do that right.

Promise you though - by next week - you'll be over run with updates and images!

Love to you all! See you soon!

Auria Windwaker

Just a quick post and photo before I start work on my first dragon. Now that I type that word it makes some sense... the strange dragon dream I had last night... a long conversation with a HUGE ancient beast with really horrid hind claws. Hmm... maybe that is why Auria is an interpreter of dreams... maybe her obsession with strange varieties of rice points to my desire for lunch...

Food THEN dragon making - 'cause the house will be full of fur and feathers soon enough <-- and those aren't food!

Beatrix Doongara...

This poor little adorable creature is my attempt to create a 'simple' doll. I just couldn't NOT give her arms... and she had to have feet - and ears and then a cute little shape. I don't think I can simplify my works without creating craft and not art. <-- do I flatter myself? Maybe a bit.

I do love her size - though it is so much easier to work larger ~12" ... Beatrix is a little over 8". She has a little functional backpack filled with little pages... I adore her little head of hair!

Must get back to work!

Decently Decent

Greetings, friends!

It's muggy here once more - which makes sketching troublesome... but I would not be stopped and many decently decent images were produced. I must admit sometimes I imagine my work being in books... but I also love the idea of it being scattered about the world - not even myself recalling all that I've made. <3 I think I like that idea even more!

I now have dolls in four countries and art in a few more than that! Oh I love creating things!

though... not if that thing is a 'artist statement' I just feel the whole idea just doesn't apply to my works or to me... maybe if I sat down and really worked at it... but it seems so much easier just to sketch something out and say: 'see. This is what I do. Really... there isn't anything else to it.. to me. I just want to make simple. pretty. things.... that, I hope, make other people just as happy as they make me.'

Though... it would be nice if I were to understand exactly what to do with all that I create.

Best get me back to work!

New stuff up on the Etsy!

Back soon <3