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Iggi: Artist of magical creatures! I make enamel pins, plush, and more on https://shop.alstroarts.com/card
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Just a little guy: Common Grackle little pin (1 inch) as an add-on to Rainbow in th4e Skies. We are less than $500 from unlocking at as a freebie for all backers of 3 or more 2inch pins!
grumpy looking common grackle enamel pin. Pin is plated in rainbow metal with two colors of clear enamel and one bright yellow eye. Pin is a side view of the grackle on the ground. It has underlay feather accents, and screen printed line work to accent the bird's shapes.
June 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Now on Kickstarter:
Rainbow in the Skies: North American Bird Enamel Pins!

Meet our violet pin, the Purple Martin~!
A purple martin bird enamel pin, with the pose from below the bird in flight. The wings feature a night sky with starry screen print, and purple nighttime clouds. Screen print accents highlight the edges of feathers and clouds alike. The bird's long tail flows into a curved wind-blown cloud. Pin plating is black enamel, with subtle underlays under clear enamel fills.
June 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Funded on Kickstarter:
Rainbow in the Skies: North American Bird Enamel Pins. Meet our blue pin, the Blue Jay~!
Happy flying blue jay enamel pin, with the white of the body made made of clouds, and the blue a bright sky. Screen printed white and black to add some blue-jay marking pop. The blue jay is in a playful pose, viewed from below and looks to be mid-hop. Pin is 2 inches long on longest edge, and plated with silver-nickel.
June 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Hereeeeee is Green! Ruby Throated Hummingbird as a whirlwind of feathers and cute.
A ruby throated hummingbird enamel pin with the lower half of the body being a cloud swirling around a tornado tail. The bird's wings are outstretched and it looks like it has a tiny smile on its' face. Features varying shades of green, with a red to green gradient on the neck. The pin is mostly clear enamel with textural underlays, and screen print feather shine.
June 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Funded on Kickstarter:
Rainbow in the Skies: North American Bird Enamel Pins! Meet our yellow pin, the American Goldfinch~!
American goldfinch pin with gold plating, clear enamels, underlays, and screen print. Design features a male finch descending from the sky in front of a recessed metal sun and it's rays in an oval shape. The sun ray pattern continues through the bird's body, lining up with the feathers. Screen print accents the feathers to make the feel more radiant. Pin will be 2 inches wide.
June 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The Grackle stretch goal add-on is unlocked, only one more stretch goal to make it a freebie for 3+ pin backers.

Here is our Baltimore Oriole pin!
Link to the Kickstarter in our pinned post
Baltimore oriole bird pin, with wings outstretched flying across the sky. The black parts of the body feature star-like screen printed dots, and the orange of the body is rolling clouds at sunset. Pin is predominantly clear enamel with underlays, copper plated, and over two inches long.
June 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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All our main birds are funded! All that is left is two stretch goals, one to unlock a mini pin, and another to make that mini-pin free to backers of 3+ pins!
Red northern cardinal enamel pin. The cardinal is made of red clouds with sun beams from behind them, in a soft varying red shades. Gold plated metal, clear enamel, screen print, and underlays.
June 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Now launched on Kickstarter: Rainbow in the Skies enamel pin series.

Featuring the North-Eastern American Birds Cardinal. Baltimore Oriole, Goldfinch, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue Jay, and Purple Martin!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/igg...
pastel rainbow sky image with enamel pins featuring: North-Eastern American Birds Cardinal. Baltimore Oriole, Goldfinch, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue Jay, and Purple Martin. Each enamel pin is predominantly monochrome of their associated rainbow color, with clear enamel, and white screen print accents. every bird looks to be made of colorful clouds and sky elements.
June 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Final days for Bouquet of Dragons pins cross-collab on Backerkit! Link in pinned post.
Hops and sakura dragon metal bookmarks Back fruity fun 2 and Bouquet of Dragons to get sakura dragon and strawberry family dragons. Back fruity fun 2 and drachtoberfest green and gold to get wine dragon and mango dragon. Back drachtoberfest and Bouquet of Dragons to get hops and Hibiscus dragon pins. If you back all 3 campaigns for their requirements, get 6 free pins
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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In case you missed it, we launched and all pins are fully funded for Bouquet of Dragons! Along with some bookmarks, all cross-collab freebies (if you back the respective co-campaigns), and cute holographic stickers. All these are getting made!

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rainbow order circle of dragon enamel pins with their respective camouflaged in flowers. Black dahlia, red hibiscus, orange tiger lily, yellow sunflower, green chrysanthemum, blue cornflower, purple iris, pink foxglove, and white plumeria dragons. Along the side is the two freebie dragons, hops flower and sakura flower dragons. metal 6x2 inch bookmarks of the hops and sakura dragons. Each with their respective flowers decorating the area around them
March 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Holy c̶o̶w̶ dragon, all three projects were funded in less than 24 hours! So if you back all three of the Dragon's Delicious Delicacies campaigns, you get 6 free pins! Link to my campaign pinned in profile.
a type of venn diagram with overlap for each design if you back an arrangement of artists from the campaign.
March 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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We launched and funded Bouquet of Dragons, along with the first stretch goal! Only 3 more pins to unlock: Dahlia, Foxglove, and Plumeria. More in this post: bsky.app/profile/alst...
A dragon and flower 2 inch enamel pin with clear enamel and underlay, screen print, and soft gradient blends. Flower is a black dahlia bloom with a long serpent like dragon coiled around it. The dark red dragon has detailed scales, clear leaf shaped wings, and the face of a rhino snake. Bloom fades to deep red in the center of the bloom. A dragon and flower 2 inch enamel pin with clear enamel and underlay, screen print, and soft gradient blends. Foxglove dragon has vivid pink and magenta blooms with white and black speckled screenprint. This dragon, unlike the others, has a tail made of the foxglove as a 'bushy tail' and holds its' own tail. This fox-faced dragon lacks wings, but instead has dual ridges of pink petals along the back. A dragon and flower 2 inch enamel pin with clear enamel and underlay, screen print, and soft gradient blends. The original 2014 design was a gardenia, but is now a plumeria due to the more iconic look of the bloom. The marshmallow soft dragon rests its' head on the flower at the top of a branch with several blooms and large veined leaves.
March 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Launching tomorrow on Bakerkit! You can follow it at the link here: bsky.app/profile/alst...
Dragon enamel pin, with the dragon camouflaged with the flower on the flower. Pin is hybrid enamel, with clear and screenprint to simulate depth. Flower is a bright blue cornflower stem with 2 blooms and a bug. Dragon is perched on it scouting the area. Wings shaped like petals from the flower, as well as horns and a jagged flower tail. Dragon enamel pin, with the dragon camouflaged with the flower on the flower. Pin is hybrid enamel, with clear and screenprint to simulate depth. Hibiscus dragon proudly standing behind a red bloom. Dragons wings are outstretched and wavy petals, wavy petal dewlap, and a split fin petal tail. Dragon enamel pin, with the dragon camouflaged with the flower on the flower. Pin is hybrid enamel, with clear and screenprint to simulate depth. Sunflower (changed from the original art of a blacked eyed susan) with a bird like dragon looking ahead, using the stem as support with the tail wrapped around it. Soft gradients of yellows to oranges.
March 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Closer mock-up images of the starting pin dragons: Chrysanthemum, Iris, and Tiger Lily.

This project will be launching soon, you see the whole campaign and link to follow it on this post: bsky.app/profile/alst...
A flower-camouflaged dragon enamel pin with hybrid enamel (clear, hard, and soft enamel mixed to create depth). Flower: Green fireworks chrysanthemum sits a green-anole like dragon with red dewlap coming from under the bloom. Dragon has green petal-like horns and wings. A flower-camouflaged dragon enamel pin with hybrid enamel (clear, hard, and soft enamel mixed to create depth). Flower: Purple Iris dragon with cobra like hood made of one large fringed petal. A wavy petal fringe goes along it's body as it perches on the stem. The tail also ends in a iris petal. Both the flower and dragon have flecks of yellow screen print. A flower-camouflaged dragon enamel pin with hybrid enamel (clear, hard, and soft enamel mixed to create depth). Flower: Orange tiger lily dragon. both covered in brown flecks. The dragon's wings resemble hands, but each finger is a lily petal. The dragon curls it's tail around the stem for stability, and its' cat-like face softly smiles.
March 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Bouquet of Dragons, a revamp of an older art series I did back in 2014, but as pins!

Launching soon on Backerkit as part of a cross-collab with @studiobliz.bsky.social and Pinfeather's Pin Shoppe!

Give my project page a follow to be notified on launch: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Dragon enamel pins with color themed flowers. Dragons have clear enamel to show underlayer scales and texture. Flowers and matching dragons pictured: Purple Iris, Orange Tiger Lily, and Green Chrysanthemum Dragon enamel pins with color themed flowers. Dragons have clear enamel to show underlayer scales and texture. Flowers and matching dragons pictured: Blue Cornflower, Yellow Sunflower, and Red Hibiscus. Dragon enamel pins with color themed flowers. Dragons have clear enamel to show underlayer scales and texture. Flowers and matching dragons pictured: White Plumeria, Pink Foxglove, and Black Dahlia
March 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Revamping an older art series (from 2014) of flower dragons as enamel pins on Backerkit! This campaign will be launching later this month with @studiobliz.bsky.social as a cross-collab project!
Royal blue small dragon camouflaged as a cornflower with floral wings and light blue body. It is perched atop blue open flowers. Purple iris dragon hiding and camouflaged beneath an iris flower. The dragon is small with petals for wings, tail, and a cobra-like hood of iris petal ruffles. Cat-like orange tiger lily dragon with its' tail wrapped around the stem of the flower. Both are covered in dark brown speckles, and soft gradient markings of light and dark orange.
March 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Not many of this older Fantastic Flames series left. Out of a lot of them and they won't be restocked in my www.AlstroArts.com shop. If you spend 50 on retiring pins you get an automatic 15% discount too on them.
smoky sky cockatoo, female red tailed black cockatoo with gold metal and soft enamel. Wings spread, wings made of black and grey smoke. Stripes of red across the tail like a warm horizon. a wild boar running with a body made of a burning forest. A unknown serpent with small flame markings on the back and a hood made of fire. glows in the dark. A butterfly with smoke made wings and antenna that look like matches.
February 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Did you miss out on any of these animals when I did preorders a while back? Well they are in and available if you want to pick them up now!
clear enamel cutout wings on a butterfly pin. with orange top wings and golden yellow bottom wings. UV printed markings overlay the clear enamel. Virginia opossum enamel pin with a forest scene on the body. Tail curved into a young tree growing over a rock that is the hind leg. texture and underlays to enhance the forest scene. Bobwhite quail enamel pin. With brown grasses making up the feathers on it's wings. blue river making up it's belly , and a pine making the marking to it's eye.
January 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Pin Club pins for next year. These three are definitely gonna push what I can make.

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A snow leopard climbing with the milky way galaxy across the back, chest, and face. Clouds flow over the shoulder, across the stomach and into a tail made of clouds. A polar bear sits on it's butt looking to the left. The body is covered in streams of meteors over clear enamel sky. The legs all form an icey carved landscape. Bright moon shines overhead. An arctic fox jumps down playfully in pose with a aurora across the back. This pin has gradients of clear and dancing northern lights across the whole body.
December 12, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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Yaaaay! All our pins got funded! Last 24 hours too if you want to claim any for yoruself, I'm so happy! www.kickstarter.com/projects/igg...

I loved working with some of my best pals @corviforms.bsky.social @kenspinhustle.bsky.social @roundbirbart.bsky.social

You three are just the best 💗
All 26 chicken enamel pins from the Coop Co-Op campaign on Kickstarter. Chick pins: Red Silkie Chick, White Silkie Chick, Buff Orpington Chick, Barnevelder Chick, Plymouth Rock Chick, Cemani Chicks (2 versions), Speckled Sussex Chick, or Lavender Orpington Chick) Bantam Chicken Designs: White Silkie Hen, Silkie Rooster, Barnevelder Hen, Barnevelder Rooster, Cemani Hen, Speckled Sussex Hen, Plymouth Rock Hen, Plymouth Rock Rooster, Black Silkie Hen) Standard Chickens: Buff Orpington Hen, Polish Rooster, Faverolles Hen, Cemani Rooster, Onagadori Rooster, Lavender Orpington Hen, or Jungle Fowl Rooster)
November 26, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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Just 4 days left & only 2 pins to unlock: the Cemani & Onagadori Roosters by @kenspinhustle.bsky.social ! We aren't far off from the last two unlocking either.

We have 26 total enamel pin designs by myself, Ken, @corviforms.bsky.social and @roundbirbart.bsky.social

Also cute non-pin goodies too.
A blue plated metal cemani rooster lunging enamel pin. Pin has shiny black and grey fills and clear enamel blues and greens. Up against the white painted and gold plated Onagadori rooster also in a flying pose. Excessively long tail feathers swirl around the legs and behind the body. enamel pins of: Red Silkie Chick, White Silkie Chick, Buff Orpington Chick, Barnevelder Chick, Plymouth Rock Chick, Cemani Chicks (2 versions), Speckled Sussex Chick, Lavender Orpington Chick, White Silkie Hen, Silkie Rooster, Barnevelder Hen, Barnevelder Rooster, Cemani Hen, Speckled Sussex Hen, Plymouth Rock Hen, Plymouth Rock Rooster, Black Silkie Hen, Buff Orpington Hen, Polish Rooster, Faverolles Hen, Cemani Rooster, Onagadori Rooster, Lavender Orpington Hen, and Jungle Fowl Rooster. Mock up of the clear washi tape featuring a variety of chickens that aren't just in the enamel pins. Rose gold foil embellishments of plants and leaves and cutely styled chickens. Chicky notes mock up of the sticky note hen notepad. Cute style matches the washi tape design. Hen is soft brown and modelled after the buff orpington. 'Notes' is written in extra loopy cursive as part of the loopy feather neck linework.
November 22, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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More unlocked chickens!
Junglefowl rooster pin with gold plated metal. Green, dark blue, and orange clear enamel overlaying feather textures, glitter, and sandblasting. In a flying pose, this rooster is dynamic. Designed by Iggi of Alstro Arts Barred Rock chicken family enamel pins. In neutral greys over a grass mat background. Hen pecks the ground, the rooster is alert. Both adults have detailed striped patterning with screenprint. By Roundbirb chicky chick mini pin by Nanerbird of Alstro Arts. Glittering yellow hard enamel with purple plating and white screenprint accents over an egg carton display. Speckled Sussex hen and chick pins. Dark red-brown hen roosting with a chick jumping next to her. Hen has clear enamel main colors with sandblasted underlays and screenprint speckled feathers. Chick has screenprinted fluff accents. By Alstro Arts
November 11, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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Wall of unlocked chickens from Coop Co-Op Kickstarter and Giveaway going NOW till November 27th: bsky.app/profile/corv...

Art by @corviforms.bsky.social @roundbirbart.bsky.social @kenspinhustle.bsky.social & @alstroarts.com
barnevelder chicken enamel pin family. Rooster, hen and chick. Family is hard enamel with warm browns and beautiful patterning. Adults also have lovely blue and teal accents. By roundbirb Buff orpington hen pin with clear enamel body with vibrant feather texture underlays. Clear enamel looks glittering over sandblasted teture. Screenprinted extra shiny areas in a classic pose. By Alstro Arts silkie chicken family hard enamel pins with black plated metal. A red Rooster with outstretched neck and dark comb and blue wattle. White fluffy silkie hen with screenprinted fluff texture. Two chicks, one red and one yellow. By Corviforms
November 11, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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So many chickens unlocked on our collab. I'm so happy that we are on track to unlock all of them. With a little push we might be able to even unlock the freebie pin, one little chick pin designed by my 7 year old.

I'm so proud of my Nanerbird and the Chicky Chick!

Link to campaign in pinned post.
All the chick enamel mini pin designs for coop co-op. Chicks sitting, walking, jumping, flapping, and being cute. Drawn by 5 artists. RoundBirb, Corviforms, Ken's Pin Hustle, and Iggi and Nanerbird of Alstro Arts. glittering chicken chick pin, with purple plated metal, glittering yellow body and screen printed fluff lines and eye shine. Pin sits against eggs in a carton.
November 11, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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Alternate color unlocks of the Coop Co-op which is fairly close to being fully funded!
Very tiny chick mini pin. A lavender orpington chicken. Silver nickel with screenprint fluff. So cute! A Lavender orpington hen pin with clear enamel feathers showing shiny metal and feather textured underlays, Very tiny chick mini pin. A lavender orpington chicken. Silver nickel with screenprint fluff for the chick and silver metal with clear enamel for the hen. Hen and chick are relatively to scale with each other.
November 9, 2024 at 1:20 AM