Salamander Lantern Frame

Salamander lantern, I did the frame and someone else will finish it. The eyes are a plastic Christmas ornament, the kind that snaps together, painted black.

The latest addition to the family

This little lantern is made of the seed pods from the plant Lunaria annua, commonly known as honesty, money plant or silver dollar. The fins are Zea mays, commonly known as corn husks. Tonight there was a lantern parade for the Winter Solstice and all my lanterns went out to celebrate.

Just to let you know I'm still alive...

...here is a picture of my studio and another one of Tom Hanks. The two things are unrelated.

I didn't even draw Mr Hanks in my studio, I drew it while watching television.

Secret Souls

This is a design for buttons for the Parade of Lost Souls, a Halloween event put on by the Public Dreams Society.

Happy Owl Bowl that I Made!

My friend took me to a pottery painting studio and I made this owl bowl for my morning cereal.

Making of the Snow Queen

First I made a cardboard base, then added a layer of clay. Paper mache was applied over the clay base (which was covered in plastic wrap) to make a 'mask'. The mask was pulled off the clay and used as the final head piece, which needs to be as light as possible. My paper mache dried all funny;it buckled a bit. Hopefully I'll work out some of the technical glitches for the next one.

The Snow Queen

A great shot, copyright Public Dreams Society 2010.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Halloween

I made a giant carnival puppet costume for the Parade of Lost Souls this year. This was my first attempt at something on this scale. The head is a bit bumpy but I was pretty proud of it. You can't tell from the pictures, but she's 8 feet tall. My head is behind the lace. As one observer so elegantly put it, "Her boobs are talking!"

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