a portfolio of sorts

a record of random art stuff. i do a lot of different types of art and i like the tagging system of tumblr

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New kinda mini project. found this necklace at the thrift, and thought....that kinda looks like those earrings I like to wear!

super stoked about the new set :]

materials: thrifted necklace, rub n buff, mod podge, e6000, rhinestones, spare findings

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sketches from london! although i didnt get as much time for sketching as i had hoped, i tried to carve out a little time every day to do some drawing

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mini project: pocket sketchbook/journal!

thrifted wallet and elastics. and it's big enough to fit my passport too!

hoping to get some good sketching done on my vacation! :)

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more soda can crafts! I've been really having so much fun doing this. makes me feel a bit connected to mexican hojalata art...

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soda can crafts!

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finally got inspired to work on this again. not sure what im gonna do when I fill out the bottom...

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First attempt at free-motion embroidery! A new pouch for my 3DS :)

Scrap fabric, buttons

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bah! i forgot to share last year's christmas card, and it's already time to share this year's!

watercolor pencils and ink

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denim repair process. messy, but excited that my jeans are wearable again!

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wanted to try homemade porcelain clay and had a great time. tried a recipe without heating and it was a bit difficult to get the ratios right.

cold porcelain clay, acrylic paints, UV gel polishes

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hello :)) my apologies if this is something you don't know anything about, but have you ever used the plastic doll armature for any of your projects?

i've been trying to make a creature with this but for the life of me i can't get anything to stick to the plastic and hold on. i'm using sturdy wire for the limbs of my creature but they don't stay still or attached to the "spine" (plastic armature) lol.

if you don't know anything about this feel free to ignore this 🫶 you're the only doll person i know of who will reply to questions :P hope you're having a wonderful day or evening

talking about this bad boy ⬇️

I have not used plastic armature, but how I think I'd do it- take two (or more) lengths of wire, (or one really long length folded in half- you get the idea) put them on either side of the skinny part of a segment, and twist either end so that the plastic spine is perpendicular with the wire limbs- it might spin a bit, but once you get a covering over the top, it should keep it all in place! If needed, use a softer and smaller gauge wire to wrap it up even more right at the spine. Good luck!

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I had success with drilling holes into the end segments to feed stabilizing wires into it and sculpting apoxie around it. no pictures of the hands or face in progress, but this is what my esquie doll is built around!

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Bonjour, mes amis!

this is what I've been working on lately. handmade art doll of esquie from Clair obscur: expedition 33!

hands and face are sculpted from apoxie sculpt; silk ish fabric with hand drawn patterns.

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knit pin pennant inspired by these kick-ass mushroom pins from @gawki :)

freehanded loosely off a chart; random scrap fabric, tree branch, acrylic yarn

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jester costume!! handmade by me :○) the stars on the hat tips have squeakers!

made with thrifted men's dress shirts mostly, some scrap fabric, lace, bells

(counting this as a clown costume tho it's closer to jester)

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knit stardew valley bag!

never posted these -- tot a bit embarrassed w it bc i blocked them by ironing w steam and i hate the way it made the duplicate stitches look, AND it also put some rust stains on it

freehand knitting, acrylic yarn, random stash fabric