It's a Patch!

Embroidery floss, wool felt, and a few hours of geekery equals, well, this. Admiral Ackbar is approximately 4" tall and wants you to beware of Imperial traps.

Chritsmas Mice: A Hat

In November I posted the beginnings of a hat project here. Today I thought I'd get around to posting the final product, which I wore proudly to work for a silly christmas hat themed event.

The hat is made with a piece of shaped buckram, covered in white felt. There is some stiff wire that I machine zig-zagged around the edge of the platform, then covered with a one-inch wide piece of white velvet ribbon. This thing is really heavy, it is mounted to a headband and also an alligator clip, and it still needs to be repositioned every hour or so. Not exactly a practical accessory! 

The 'snow' that the mice are sledding on is a twisted pile of various white trims including several different laces, ribbons, cord, a huge white rick-rack, a fake pearl string, pom-poms, sequins, and more - everything I could find in white, went on this hat! Although I am normally a huge hater of glitter, I even added glitter glue to this insanity.

Hex Nut Jewelry

Last night I spent a couple hours braiding cotton cord and hex nuts. This is the results.

Roadkill Rabbit Necklace

I made this as a christmas gift for a friend. The base is comprised of several layers of lace fabrics sandwiched together and embroidered. The rabbit is raw silk and about 1" tall, and the intestines are made of satin cord appliquéd onto the lace. I also added beads and chains to make it look a bit more like jewelry, and it closes with a heart shaped toggle.

I've been making progressively smaller rabbits in this style for a couple of years, this is by far the tiniest I have ever made. This is just a very quick snapshot I took before giving it away, sorry for the poor quality.

Zombie Silhouette

A small painting I did this afternoon. I started out just trying to get a nice gradient in the color as a test for a different piece I'm working on, and I liked the results so I decided to keep it. The zombie was a quick stencil with a few details added in afterwards. It's acrylic on a 6x8 canvas panel.

This is inspired by a few small paintings I saw on the wall in a hostel in L.A. I'm afraid they weren't labeled with a name, so I can't credit the original artist with the idea.

Edison Beetle

This is a prototype I've been working on. The problems haven't quite been ironed out, but I think it's cute. This is a repurposed sewing machine lightbulb, with wire legs and wire mesh wings. The edges of the mesh are covered with a silver colored metal tape. The electrical contacts on the base of the bulb make this little bug look like it has a quizzical expression, which I think is pretty cute! I am going to try another version with a slightly smaller gauge wire.