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And snow it begins. We have a snow day! I’m working on art all day today!!
February 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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I finished the bunbun!
January 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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First ride in all my new gear! Helmet and boots! And Arielle helped model my new saddle pad! Someday my horse will find me but until then, the lesson horses help me break in new stuff and teach me lots of good lessons!
January 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been pretty busy but here is an update on the jaguar! #jaguar #art #sculpture
January 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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I think I sorted out the color options I like.
A picture of the artist holding the felt “skin” on the rabbit sculpture’s head to test the fit. The skin is made up of white, cream, and blue wool felt pieces with a small piece of pink felt for the nose. There are 9 pieces sewn together so far for one side of the head. One of the pieces is a tear drop shape of light blue felt positioned by the corner of the rabbit’s eye.
December 21, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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I dunno…this rabbit is everything. But I don’t know what color to make it.
A leaping rabbit sculpture is laying on top of two manilla folders covered in green painters tape pattern pieces that will fit the rabbit when cut from fabric and sewn together. The pieces just need to be cut out.
December 20, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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I made my cat children their own stockings because this is their first winter solstice and Christmas and they needed their own decorations for the winter holidays!
Two small stockings made of felt that would fit a cat’s paws are hanging on the knobs of a curio cabinet. Inside the cabinet are animal figurines, mostly horses and donkeys. The cat sized stockings are from left to right, red with the name Arlo embroidered vertically in white thread and a holly sprig embroidered in green and red thread on the toe and green on the right with the name Ezra embroidered vertically in white thread with white embroideries of 3 stars on the toe. Both stockings have a band of white fluffy fabric at the top opening and a thin white ribbon to hang them with.
December 20, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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This literally just arrived in the mail today and I’ve already patched it up and sculpted over the feet and added a tail. I’m obsessed! If I had eyes ready to go I’d get the whole face done. This one is very likely going to be a speedrun as I don’t think I’ll be able to put it down for long.
A leaping rabbit taxidermy form is laying on the artist’s table in the studio. Various art materials are spread around on the table. The rabbit is facing to the right and has grey paper clay added to the limbs, tail, and patching imperfections on the side and rump.
December 13, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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Fish pattern in progress.
Fish sculpture with blue painters tape and sharpie lines marking the pattern seams for cutting. The head of the fish has the tape removed and each piece from the head is flattened on a yellow manilla envelope.
December 12, 2024 at 4:54 AM
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New guys arrived!
The artist is pictured between two blank foam taxidermy deer mannikins. There is a buck next to the artist’s head with its head lifted up to point its nose straight out and the other one is in front of the artist and is a smaller fawn with its head upright. The walls behind them are bright yellow.
December 9, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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Tiny pony sketchbook page I started.
A series of eight tiny horse drawings in pencil on paper. The horses are depicted in different poses facing different directions. Some horses are walking, trotting, cantering, rearing, and standing. Each drawing would fit inside of an inch by inch square. They are drawn in two columns on the left side of the page with room for more tiny horses on the right side.
December 7, 2024 at 5:07 AM
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We are green now. This is the first step in my pattern making process. Next I’ll draw the seam lines for each color of felt. Then I’ll cut the seam lines with an exacto and peel the pattern pieces off so they can be transferred to the felt.
The jaguar sculpture sitting on the floor in the artist’s studio is now covered in a layer of light green painters tape. Boxes of art supplies and antlers are in the background and the walls of the studio are light blue and yellow.
November 29, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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September vs. November. Lots of work has been done to get here!
The jaguar is September was a sculpted head with a pvc pipe armature that was bent to measurements the artist made for a sitting pose. A general outline made of cardboard was attached to the pvc with zip ties. The jaguar currently as it sits on the floor in the artist’s studio. It has fully bulked out and sculpted with muscle detail and is ready for pattern making so the artist can sew the skin from felt which will be cut from a custom made pattern.
November 28, 2024 at 4:48 AM
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More time spent with the jaguar. I thought I was done with clay but no…once on the floor it was clear the neck needed more work. I also finalized the tail armature with quilting batting and tying with yarn. The tail can be posed due to the wire core but not too much or wire could break eventually.
The jaguar sculpture is sitting on the floor of the artist’s studio and is facing to the left. The jaguar is shown slightly from above and behind giving a look at the back and top of the jaguar. The tail of the jaguar has been roughed in with quilting batting and yarn covering the aluminum wire. The tail is poseable.
November 28, 2024 at 4:02 AM
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Cat boi shenanigans. Arlo (brown) and Ezra (grey)
Arlo a brown tabby with marbled stripes sits like a human with his hind legs in front of him. His front paws are to either side of his body and he’s looking at the camera with his golden eyes. He’s sitting on a white fluffy blanket with a pink blanket draped over the back of the couch behind him. Ezra a grey tabby with marbled stripes lays on a hardwood floor. He’s stretched out laying on his side with his head up and facing the left. He’s looking at the camera with his golden eyes. Ezra the grey tabby with marbled stripes is laying on a blue fuzzy blanket on the back of the couch with a window behind him shining light onto his fuzzy body. The arm and hand of his owner is reached around him to pet him. He is very soft and content. His head is laid on the blanket and his paws and tail hang over the edge of the couch. Arlo the brown tabby with marbled stripes is laying on his back on a blue fuzzy blanket on the back of the couch. The blinds are drawn on the window and the pillow with black rabbits and colorful flowers is visible behind him. Arlo is getting belly rubs from his owner whose hand is in the picture with a blue sleeve and lavender Fitbit watch. Arlo is making air biscuits and looking at the camera. He was purring a lot when this picture was taken.
November 24, 2024 at 10:26 PM
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Jaguar is almost done being sculpted. Moving on to pattern making next.
A sitting sculpture of a jaguar is on the artist’s studio table. It’s facing to the left with its head tilted down. The paper clay has all dried a solid white color. There is fresh clay on the jaguar’s haunch that is grey since it is still wet. Art supplies surround the sculpture.
November 24, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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More time spent on the jaguar.
The jaguar sculpture is made of paper mache, cardboard, and paper clay. In this photo the jaguar is laying on its side on a table in the artists studio. There is fresh paper clay apply and sculpted into the musculature of the chest area. The fresh clay is a light grey while the rest of the jaguar that has been sculpted already is white.
November 22, 2024 at 1:08 AM
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Jaguar and Arlo. About 86 hours of work so far.
The jaguar sculpture is on the desk in the artist studio. Arlo the brown tabby cat and studio supervisor is sitting beside the sculpture which is 3 times taller than Arlo. The jaguar is made of paper mache and paper clay. In this picture the muscles of the jaguars left shoulder are grey which means the clay is still wet after sculpting. The clay will turn white when it is done drying. The jaguar is facing to the left and is in profile. The rest of the desk is messy with art supplies and animal anatomy books.
November 19, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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Arcturus the lovely red unilope.
Red headed unilope. The unilope is a jackalope but a unicorn version it has the body of a hare and the horn of a unicorn. Depicted in this image the unilope is facing to the right. It is a head and shoulders taxidermy style hanging on a wall. Its skin is made of various shades of red felt with red thread for eyelashes. Its neck has red and white fringe that looks like fur. Depicted in this image the unilope is facing to the left. It is a head and shoulders taxidermy style hanging on a wall. Its skin is made of various shades of red felt with red thread for eyelashes. Its neck has red and white fringe that looks like fur. This side is more in shadow than the last picture. Depicted in this image the unilope is facing to the left and is a close up detail of the face. It is a head and shoulders taxidermy style hanging on a wall. Its skin is made of various shades of red felt with red thread for eyelashes. Its neck has red and white fringe that looks like fur. Depicted in this image the unilope is facing to the right and is a close up of the face. You can see the thread eyelashes and the stitches holding the pieces together. It is a head and shoulders taxidermy style hanging on a wall. Its skin is made of various shades of red felt with red thread for eyelashes. Its neck has red and white fringe that looks like fur.
November 19, 2024 at 1:24 AM