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Maribel Montalvo
@tonkicrafts.bsky.social
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She/Her
Amigurumi Pattern Designer 🧶
Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 Based in Maryland
Fiber Art, Sculpting and Traditional Art

Website: https://tonkicrafts.etsy.com
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Last up, the big cats. The snow leopard is the newest addition, playfully playing with a little lava stone.The jaguars are slightly older, but I never gave them their own post, so I wanted to tag them on here. The jaguars are each holding a smokey quartz point. Last day of the sale is today.
May 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Up next, a little barn owl that's holding a smokey quartz point in its talon. This one felt magical to make. I held the crystal and I knew what I wanted it to look like instantly. I love it when it works out that way. He's up on my Etsy shop. Sale going on until May 30th!
May 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Next up, a little fawn with a clear quartz point. She's small, sweet and cute ❤️ she's available on my Etsy shop.
May 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Next up, a white and purple unicorn holding a small selenite wand with its tail. She was a learning experience, midway through sculpting her I had doubts of the direction it was going in, but I kept trying and well, here we are! If you're interested in her, she's up on my Etsy shop.
A sculpture of a purple and white unicorn laying on its side while holding a small selenite wand with its tail.
May 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Continuing with the fox theme, we have three sleepy foxes, so eepy, each resting their heads on a little tumbled black tourmaline piece. You can find them on my Etsy shop. Sale is currently going on until May 30th.
May 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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I've been practicing my sculpting recently. It's been one of the things that has been keeping me sane and grounded. I'll be posting about my other sculptures throughout this week. Take breaks. 💛

#sculpting #fox #citrine
A sculpture of a fox with a raw citrine point at the end of its tail. The fox is painted in black with purple, blue and gold accents, making it look like it carries stars and galaxies on its coat. A sculpture of a fox with a raw citrine point at the end of its tail. The fox is painted in black with purple, blue and gold accents, making it look like it carries stars and galaxies on its coat. A sculpture of a fox with a raw citrine point at the end of its tail. The fox is painted in black with purple, blue and gold accents, making it look like it carries stars and galaxies on its coat.
May 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Two new patterns are live! Pancho el sapo concho and Juniper the Puerto Rican tody! Both patterns can be found on my Etsy, Ravelry and Ribblr shops.

#crochet #amigurumi #sapoconcho #tody #puertorico
My crochet dolls of a Puerto Rican Tody (green bird on the left) and a Puerto Rican Crested Toad (yellow toad on the right). Pancho el sapo Concho. A realistic crochet rendition of a Puerto Rican Crested Toad, sapo concho in Spanish. A male version of the toad (yellow) can be seen in the front while the female version (brown) is seen in the background. Juniper the Puerto Rican Tody crochet pattern. A crochet pattern for a realistic rendition of a Puerto Rican tody bird.
April 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Jaguar sculptures have been finished. Both can be found in my shop.

#jaguar #sculpture #crystal #handsculpted
March 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The current events make it incredibly hard to be motivated to do anything creative, but I'm trying. Pushed myself to start adding the spots to one of my jaguar figurines. I'll take this as a win for today. Any small victories you're celebrating?
A jaguar sculpture in the process of having its spots painted on it. The thin paintbrush lies to the side of the statue.
February 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Sneak peak! Newest coming soon pattern, a Puerto Rican Sapo Concho!

#amigurumi #crochet #puertorico
An amigurumi rendition of a Puerto Rican Sapo Concho. A small yellow/brown toad with an off white belly. It has a characteristic upturned nose and high eye arches.
February 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Mushroom ornaments are finished and listed!
Hand sculpted and hand painted mushroom ornaments with crystals at the bottom of their stems.
February 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Jaguars in the works.

#sculpting #jaguars
Overhead view of two sculpted paper clay jaguars before they have been painted.
February 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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A homage to one of my first dolls who finally found a home. ❤️

Music: Sweet Dreams
Musician: BatchBug
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January 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Working on a crochet pattern for a sapo concho. 🇵🇷 Reminder to take a break if you need to my friends. ❤️

#Crochet #Amigurumi #SapoConcho
A work in progress photo of a crochet rendition of a Puerto Rican Crested Toad, also known as a sapo concho.
January 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Everything feels so surreal in a not so great way...making and painting some little mushroom ornaments to bring on some form of peace.
Five little clay mushroom ornaments with either a quartz, amethyst or citrine crystal at the bottom. They have mossy or gold accents around the edge of the mushroom cap and the base of the stem.
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Say hello to my newest, soon to be released pattern! Juniper the Puerto Rican Tody!
A crochet doll rendition of a Puerto Rican Tody standing in front of crochet renditions of a coqui on a flor de maga, a cotorra Puertorriqueña and a bigger version of a coqui. In the background is some foliage and a Puerto Rican flag.
January 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM