Archive for the ‘Art/Craft’ Category

For the Modern Gentleman

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Hello

I made these Button Holes for the “Modern Gentleman” for Paul for our most recent anniversary

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for me I made this star headband as something to go with my very glittery and very early Birthday present.  Its a bracelet and necklace all in rhinestone, shiny.

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How dapper are we both going to be this Christmas? : )

bye

Christina

Geisha Day

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Hello

Just got my little Geisha ceramic back today, I think those stripes are making her my new favourite

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and I put a new Geisha print in the store “Candy Apple”.  Ive gone green mad by the way, if its green, I seem to love it.

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bye

Christina

More ceramic girls

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Hi

Here are the latest batch of ceramic girls home at last

the pierrot that had an eye accident and ended up with a patch

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The black eyed girl and her bird and key

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and lastly the first of the Girl Hero’s to go 3D.  There were a few hairy moments, but I got there in the end and here she is standing up!

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another one is due back next week, only two weeks of class to go though, so Im panicking to get more done

thanks for looking

bye

Christina

Cruelty free taxidermy

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

I have always loved the look of taxidermy but at the same time it seems a bit iffy, so I made myself a bunny head for the wall in ceramics instead

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He was quite a tricky sculpt to do in the end, but Im fairly happy with him, I put two little holes under his chin to tie a ribbon into a bow for him and I think that might be what I like best about him

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I made him to go on the wall underneath the beautiful paper dolls that Amy from Wool and Water made for Paul’s and my anniversary, he seems to work nicely with it somehow

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Three more ceramic girls are being fired and glazed this week and I just made a little geisha with a dolly this afternoon, Im very keen to get much more done this term!

bye

Christina

New Prints in the Etsy Store.

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Hello

Ive put a new batch of work up in the store, hope you like them

deerkey copy

threelegs copy

newfrench copy

maskgirl copy

the-perils-of-flossy copy

togethersausage copy

bear copy

dolly copy

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polkadothussy copy

sleepingtofix copy

The Cheesebear

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Hello

This is my next ceramics piece, its a cheeseboard, shaped as a bear skin rug, the little girl sitting on the rug is actually the lid for the very small olive or dip container on the bear.

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You can sort of make out the little container in the middle of the bear rug in this picture

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For now she is living on my sideboard in the dining room, one of the problems if I keep making these things is what to do with them!

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I am dying to bring out the cheeseboard though next time I have visitors, not sure if it will impress them or worry them.

bye

Christina

New Jamfancy Blythe outfit up on ebay!

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Hi

Im doing an ebay auction again after the longest time.  Its always horribly stressful, and ebay have changed the process of uploading again so that I cant have a coloured background, so it looks a bit weird, but oh well, here goes, fingers crossed.  Its for a good cause though, all proceeds to go towards Paul and I having chickens in our backyard *L*

Here is the link

and here is how it should have looked

Its a smallish set, with a hand painted deer on the dress and antlered faux fur bonnet and matching cape.  The deer is a special one to match the dress.

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My first finished ceramics piece

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Hello

Well after doing ceramics for about ten weeks now I finally got a finished piece back today, its such a long process, you make the figure, then its fired, then you colour it, then fired, then glazed and fired, I felt like so much could go wrong, so Im really happy to have her back and in one piece at last.  It was really weird colouring her in as well, she looked so different before the firing and the glazing changes the colours again.

Anyway, here she is, my little deer girl

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she has a tail

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I took her out into the wilds of our backyard too, her natural habitat

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Im hoping to get back my next lot of work next week, its a bear rug, with head, as a cheeseboard, he has a little sort of raised dish in the middle for olives or whatnot and the lid is a little girl that sits on the bear rug.  Hope she survives her glazing.

bye

Christina

New prints in the store again

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Hello

Here is some new work that went into the Etsy store yesterday

This Little Indian Girl is my favourite, I am considering keeping the original, I only own two of my own works so it would be a big move…..

littleindian copy

red copy

ghost copy

and a couple of the French saucy style, people seem to like the smoking girls

smoker2 copy

smoking copy

and pics of our seedlings cause I know everyone is just as excited about this as I am.

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These below are some of our peas, they are about four times the size now, I swear they grow while I watch.

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Puppy Dogs’ Tails

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Hello

Some new prints in the shop, and they are all boys!  I often get requests for images of little boys, seems I have a girly bias, so I hope these balance things out just a smidge.

pirate copy

robber copy

I named these two, the “Wishing Hat” and the “Wishing Trousers”, I really like the idea of that, I want both items

the-wishing-trousers copy

the-wishing-hat copy

and this one is called Henry’s friends

henry's-friends copy

More boys to come I think…..

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