Kat recently dusted off the GameCube to play maybe her favorite Zelda game, Twilight Princess. My favorite part is the Arbiters Grounds, I think Kat's is Snowpeak Ruins or Zora's Domain (she loves waterfalls 😋).
Hand carved wand by Kat. This was made with three other wands that are long gone about 2 years ago. She found some sticks on the ground, sanded and shaped them, did resin pours on the broken ends, sanded and shaped those parts, and finally added custom, hand carved designs around the wood.
Pictures from the moments before we received satisfaction 😋
The next step was a silicone pour. Always satisfying in my opinion. Next she will work on a system to cast the mold in a way that will let her make switch plate or outlet covers from this same mold. I don't understand the plan but I trust the artist lol.
A 3d print made form 4 unique designs. The stump, mushroom, frog and gnome are all different, unique digital sculpts. They were merged in the printing software so they come out as one piece. Then they were given a human touch with a custom paint job done by hand. Pretty sure Crow did this one, since gnomes are his jam.
Final version of this switch plate? Kat is making small edits right now to prep it for the mold process, but I'm pretty sure this is the final design. Up next is making the holes for screws, switches and outlets (there will be multiple plates at the end), then we get to the ever exciting, ever satisfying silicone pour.
Update: After being away for a night, I come back to petals, petals, and petals, some leaves, some blossoms and a crow skull. Work has ground to a halt until a craft store trip can be made. Special glue (oven bake clay adhesive) is needed since ours dried out between the last adventure with clay and now.
Watercolor painting done by Kat last year. The original has a wood slat frame around it. I've always loved her striped stockings and jagged wing tips.
Fan art done by Crow a few years ago. If I recall correctly this was one of his first attempts at adding color to his wood burnings. Its hanging in my hallway right now.
Kat is back in the studio, working on light switch and outlet covers. She is going to hand sculpt them from clay, do her wizardry so all the holes align properly, bake the end products to set the master copies and finally make a mold out of silicone. I will keep the updates coming from her and Crow, who is working on his own versions as well.
Another painting by Crow. Forest lovers always gush over this piece. The original also had a custom frame made from branches thats now hanging in someone's house. If I ever find a picture of it I will be sure to post that too.
An oldie from Kat. Candy Girl was started years before ot was finished. Kat did the sketch, then Candy Girl was tucked away with all of the other wirks in progress until last summer she was finally resurrected and finished.
Moonrise by Kat. I've always enjoyed the sleepy kitty on a nice soft cushion in this piece 😋
A pair of sketches Kat's brother requested back in 2016. I just visited his new house and there they were, hanging on his half painted walls already.
Most of our house is far from being decorated the way we want, despite having lived here for 8 years. This little nook is the closest we have the getting the Twilight Cottage vibe down. We still want to paint the walls behind it and we're always on the lookout for more cool stuff, but this is my favorite corner of the house that showcases our vibe.
Swamp Dragon was sketched out by Crow at one of our early, unsuccessful festivals. He didn't intend to make a new piece but the sketch came out so good that he took it home and painted it to make one of the most unique dragons I can remember seeing.
Kat's Luna Moth magnets vs a real Luna Moth I encountered outside of a hospital at 4am. Very serendipitous in my opinion 😋
Small wood burning made by Crow some years ago. This was part of a larger set of loosely related images that are long since sold and hanging on someone's wall.
