Monday, February 10, 2014

Latest Project

Thursday, January 30, 2014

An alternative to Traditional Valentine's Day Card



Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The day of Love - Valentine's Day

Strange thing thinking about Valentine's Day when it's not even close. Yet as an artist & maker I want to create beautiful memorable gifts. 

I love cards and it's a great way to inform a loved one of your feelings.  Yet after awhile it gets stored away.  I'm working on an idea that is more like a display.  It's not a jewelry although I have come up with some nice ones.  For example, this lovely item...




Instead it's like a card but with more dimension. Imagine two hearts and the message says " Be My Sweetheart".  It's simple, beautiful and can be displayed on most surfaces such as on a bookshelve, or in your office, or in your bedroom.   And whenever you happen to glance at it you're reminded that you're someone's sweetheart.  What an awesome feeling seeing that would totally make my day and I'm sure it would make your day as well.

The challenge is getting the two heart to fit the base.  Lots of trail and errors but I'm getting close. Once it's looking just right, I'll post a photo of it.

All this work in preparation for Widdershins Market happening this weekend right before St. Valentine's Day. 



Several local artisan will be there.  I enjoy be apart of this since it's a great location with a few food trailers, music and picnic tables making the event a lot of fun.

Once I've made "Be My Sweetheart", I'll take a photo and show you.





Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Tiny Servo Enclosure Box

Was approached with a little problem... and that problem was to make a little box or some type of enclosure for a very tiny servo.  So I did a quick search for example of such boxes on the good old internet and saw several examples.   Now that I had more or less an idea of what other people had made, I went to BoxMaker's website.

With the help of BoxMaker, I measured my tiny servo and enter that information and got a nice pdf file. Thank you BoxMaker.   I recommend this site.  It's easy to use.   I downloaded the pdf file and brought into inkscape and did my magic...and off to the laser cutter it went... I used birch wood and the result is photographed here..

Now this tiny servo has it's own enclosure thus making it easier to mount and move around when working with it.  Problem solved. 

Felted Kate Bush Doll in progress

So far looking pretty good.   It's amazing once the eyes were felted Kate Bush Doll seemed to come to life.  See...

#KateBush #Felt #Doll

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Come one, come all...

Check out all the interesting items made locally at the first
Etsy ATX Holiday Market... see you there.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Kate Bush Felt Doll - Update

Work in progress, making lots of ivies for the Kate Bush Doll that I’m felting.

Currently making the tiny ivies that will embellish her hair.  
Next up will be the head were I will work on her hair and add these tiny ivies.