Finished Hip Flask Sculpture!

Finally, the commission that I got from Richard Starkings, creator of Elephantmen, is finished! Here he is, I handed him over to Richard at Thought Bubble in Leeds yesterday after a nightmare 6 hour journey! >_< Richard was really pleased and everyone who saw it was lovely, I even got a round of applause. :D Hip will be accompanying Richard to all his coventions to sit on the Elephantmen table. Hopefully an excellent advert for my sculpture! :D

I want to sculpt more now...I feel I should make a better sculpture to sit on my table at conventions...something Sailor Moon themed methings! ;)

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Now playing: Matt Berry - Take My Hand
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Shop Giveaway and Good News!!

Hello everyone!
My shop has enjoyed a burst of activity in the last few weeks and I passed 50 sales on Etsy last week. Initially I was going to do this at 50 sales but didn't get round to it...:/
SO! I'm announcing a giveaway on my shop, if you're my 60th sale, you may choose anything from my shop worth up to £10/$15 as a free gift! Wahey!




In other news, I've had a very exciting commission from America to make numerous accessories for a lady's fancy ball jointed doll. I've never seen these particular dolls before, they're called Unoa dolls and are similar to Super Dolfies but seemingly more detailed and way more exclusive!
This customer wants to take her Unoa to anime conventions dressed as every incarnation of Sailor Moon in the manga series.
I say!


There are about 5 incarnations of Sailor Moon, not including her two princess forms, Princess Serenity and Neo-Queen Serenity. I'm not sure if I'll be making anything for those forms or not. But I'm very excited, it sounds like an awesome project and I get to make lots of little things. It's opened up a load of new possibilities for things I could be selling!



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First Successful Resin Castings!

A few months ago my parents bought me a casting kit with a jar of silicone and bottle of resin. I unsuccessfully tried to cast some stuff with the silicone mould, but it was so bubbly without a vacuum pump I couldnt cast something without loads of lumps in it! But having bought a couple of tubs of Siligum (brilliant stuff) I've been able to cast a few pieces in plastic. I'm so pleased it's worked, because now I can not only create things easily, I can create a lot of them! Plus resin is stronger than clay and I don't have to worry about it breaking! Here's my favourite cast, Chibiusa's Time Key Pendant.Here it is after I demoulded it.......and here it is when it's all painted and cleaned up. I love how the finish looks quite antique-like! I cast it with gold ink in the resin and painted it with acrylics.

New items in my shop this week....Zelda Boss Key Pendant
http://www.etsy.com/listing/53272337/zelda-boss-key-pendant


Sparkling Resin Star Pendant
http://www.etsy.com/listing/53272243/yellow-glitter-resin-star?ref=v1_other_2


http://www.etsy.com/listing/53272136/animal-crossing-fossil-keyring?ref=v1_other_2


http://www.etsy.com/listing/53217862/zelda-boss-key-earrings



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My First Treasury!

Hello everyone!
I realise my posts are rather spasmodic, I'll get back on the wagon a.s.a.p when I've got some stuff together the post about!

Today I wanted to draw your attention to my Etsy Geek Treasury. Check out these lovely peoples and their awesome crafts!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c57fa552f5a6d91bdef6c22/geek-treasury?index=10

Bristol Con Aftermath!

Hey everyone! Well I'm happy to report that the Bristol Con 2010 was very successful. I sold lots of stuff, met lots of lovely people and basically had a lot of fun. And the best thing of the weekend was that I was asked by Richard Starkings, creator of the comic 'Elephantmen' to make some sculptures of his characters! I'll admit to never having read it, or even knowing who he was, but he walked past my table as I was packing up and started to talk to me about my Usagi Yojimbo figurine. I told him my prices and what references I would need, he went away and came back wth 3 huge compendiums of his comic and gave them to me! So that's my reading sorted for a few weeks, and I can't wait to get started on some sculptures for him.

I've loaded everything I didn't sell onto etsy and folksy, please check them out!



I'm at http://mooglybear.folksy.com

First Official Cake Topper!

Well, this is what I've been working on for the last month. I'm nervously awaiting a reply from the client, I'm really scared they won't like it!! I did enjoy this project, but I can't say it wasn't frustrating at times, especially as I have convention preparations to deal with too, I didn't expect this piece to take so long. But I'm quite pleased with it and I really hope they are too. Fingers crossed!!

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Sneak Peek!

I thought I would beguile you with a sneak preview of goodies that I've been making for the Bristol con, if you can spot them through the mess that is my desk. Lots and lots of game-related earrings! I think my favourites are the Zelda Boss Keys and the bo-bombs! I heart bo-bombs!



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