Showing posts with label tiny robots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tiny robots. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

New Work - November 2nd

Well now, this post is a day late. How is it every year I forget how quickly the holidays ramp up in both sales and requests from our few retail sellers?? as I go merrily along just making things and dreaming up new ideas. . . time just slips away. :)

I feel overwhelmed already. . . not by the business but by the desire to make sooooo many things that I know would be sought after this season. But I have a larger picture in my head for the year to come, as you all know. So I keep at it. Staying the course. Writing 1000 words a day, editing, mapmaking, researching. . . just this past week I had to study up on seagoing transportation of livestock in ancient times,  the feasibility of two crescent moons in the sky at the same time,  bog butter,  ancient currency, cisterns and honeyguide birds. It's all a lot of fun really, but  just leaves time for little else right now. . .

But without any more delay, here are some new items created in the last month! Enjoy!!

xo

nicolas
Dinn - a smaller member of my Gargoyle world. I've decided that a grouping of gargoyles is called a "quarry". :) 

I am really loving this particular red these days. . . 
My first wizard in the "Little People" collection. . . though certainly not the last!

Hadn't made a Tiny Robot in months. . .  I just love how they turn out all "rusted" and such. :)

I am enjoying giving each town in my Bewildering Pine world a distinct architecture.  

I haven't made many cow goddesses like this Hathor. But I love when I do get a request! She makes me feel peaceful. 

A large, 9" (22.5cm) Nephthys, sister of Isis, Goddess of Ancient Egypt

In reworking the features of the Bewildering Pine world for the stories/book, I decided while houses and cottages vary by town, the shoppes all have a similar architecture no matter where they are located. Reason? That's yet to be revealed. . . 

Little Gingerbread houses on wintry stars . . .The house is just over 2.75" (7 cm) tall!

Well, that's what's new here. . . hoping Halloween was a delight in your corners of the world! I did manage to carve a jack-o-lantern and roast pumpkin seeds this year, the j-o-l was appropriately named "Punky". . .  and I am looking forward to making a turnip lantern for St Martin's day on the 11th! And holiday baking!! Recipes to share soon. :)



Friday, January 1, 2016

New Work - January 2016

“Then up he got with a light heart, free from all his troubles, and walked on till he reached his mother's house, and told her how very easy the road to good luck was.”  - Jacob Grimm - Grimm Fairy Tales

The road to good luck, in creating, is really about balance. Finding the right mix of what people love with what we, as makers, love to do. It's very good luck indeed, and very easy, to e able to explore new work and new ideas. To me, it's the very epitome of happiness. 

My first-of-the-month blog posts will be a collection of new, unfinished and unreleased work to give you all an idea of what is coming from the shops and to talk a bit about what inspires these creations too!

This New Year post, let's just stay with mostly Bewilder and Pine: The last few weeks I have been creating SO many new items and organizing a year's worth of thoughts on direction and theme. 

So to kick it off, here are the newest and latest creations!

Beginning with. . . GARGOYLES!

A Bewilder and Pine gargoyle "standard" surrounded by new Foxgoyles and a Winged Catgoyle too!

Loving the faceted Swarovski Crystal eyes for the Foxgoyles!

I've been wanting to create an entire world/story/myth around these little ones for a few years now!


Next up. . . Mushroom Houses and Fairy Towers!

These are around 4.5" tall! Another item from my "really want to create" list for a year now.

Bringing back the little potted Fairy houses with some detail additions like textured walls and rooftops!

This is a variation on my original Stargazer House just much bigger & more appropriate to the telescope and moon I think!

And this little cutie with a spin-able winged finial on top!
And. . . the TINY ROBOTS!

Making these little rusty Tiny Robots is just pure bliss!

And finally a few examples from recent work in Shadow of the Sphinx as well:

Djed Pillar - Symbol of Stability and Strength

Two different Sekhmet lioness styles. Working on the "Lady of Light" always seems appropriate for the new year!
So that's a peek at what's going on here this New Years and I look forward to keeping up with the blog and sharing more with you all soon!

Have a very lovely New Year and make it creative and blissful ALL year long!

xo
nicolas