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Cat's Chimerical Creations March Meet the Maker: Colour

With my particular brand of silliness depending on which kind of soft toys I find in thrift shops and at carboot sales, I don't always get to pick a specific colour to work with.

My personal favourites are blues, greens and purples; if I see a little friend sporting one or more of those, chances are he's coming home with me!

For this prompt, I'm sharing a couple of my most colourful guys: Tll Paul the Turkey Griffin and Oil Spill the Fricken inspired by Seanan McGuire's Incryptid series:

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Cat's Chimerical Creations March Meet the Maker: Brand Re-Introduction

Cat's Chimerical Creations is a one-person operation based in the Isle of Man. I use second-hand plushies from local charity shops and take them apart to make strange new creatures.

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Cat's Chimerical Creations March Meet the Maker: Decision

Because my funky little beasts are made from second-hand plushies, what's available in my local charity shops directly influences what I create.

Sometimes when I'm picking through the bins, I'll have an idea of what I'm looking for.

Sometimes, I'll see a plushie and know I want to use them for.

And sometimes I'll just pick them up on spec, taking them home with no plan on the creature they'll eventually become.

For example, when I bought a little plastic baggie containign five McDonalds Teenie Beanie Ostriches, I did not think I'd eventually be creating Sprouts:

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Cat's Chimerical Creations March Meet the Maker: Style

Whenever I'm explaining my Frankenplushies to someone for the first time, the first thing out of my mouth is usually some variation of "Do you remember Sid from Toy Story?"

However, Sid is more comfortable with mixed media than I am, since he uses plastic toys and action figures while I've only ever used soft toys. In fact, I'd say softness and cuddlability is at the core of my work - I like my plushies to sit with me on the sofa, so rigid or pokey bits are a no-go.

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