PLUSH-IT!

A while ago I was contacted by Serena Kuhl to participate in Plush-It. What's cool about this show is that everyone was given a template to work from. You can see the template in the background in the first picture. I really wanted to do something different with the template. And after staring at it for a long time I noticed that when the template was turned it kind of looked like a fish. So that's how that came to be. Here's some pictures of the process.




This guy measures about 12" across. I decided after he was complete that he needed to be displayed upright so I made the stand and added some plush seaweed. I wish I had some video of his tail moving back in forth because it really looks like he could swim.
I've got one more fish guy I'll post later.

OFF TO PLUSH YOU!

I'm finally posting a pic of Hansel and Gretel and their stand. I officially sent these guys off on Saturday and let me just say it was not cheap. I'll think twice before making something that big again.
I so wanted to make the witch too, but I just didn't find the time. But I'm still happy how these guys turned out, even without the witch looming over them.
Their stand is just made out of some scrap lumber and dowl rods. I had some scrap 1/4" plywood laying around that I made the shrub behind Hansel with and attached it with nails. I also made some little candies out of felt and attatched them to the base.

ART UNLEASHED

This is my fifth year donating work for Art Unleashed. Art Unleashed is a silent & live art auction benefiting the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City. It's being held at the Uptown Theatre this Friday starting at 7:00pm. I won't be able to attend this year, but it's a lot of fun. Check it out if you're in KC!

BIG FOOT THAWING IN FREEZER

Most know I have an interest in cryptozoology. So as I was reading CNN this morning I stumbled across this story.
Supposedly Bigfoot has been found in northern Georgia. A press conference has been scheduled for this afternoon in California to share the details. You can read more about it here. If this is real...WOW!

STILL IN A CIRCUS MOOD

It's a bit of an obsession I know. I get drawn into my circus obsession about once a year. Last years it was when I was working on the Side Show Freaks for Plush You 2007. This year my PT Barnum zombie has thrown me back in.
Last week I saw an ad for Keds.com that says you can design your own shoes. It's pretty cool! They are working together with Zazzle.com. You can choose three different shoe styles and upload your own images or use theirs. You can then choose your inside color, thread color, binding color, soul color, laces color, etc. There are even quite a few fonts on the site you can use. These are what I came up with. I have an old circus clip art book that I got the images out of. Scanned them, colored them and added some scanned textures. Once you upload your images you get to place them and the site shows you what your shoe will look like. I hope they look this good when I get them. I'll post a pic when I do.