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A friend requested a UFO tapestry, and I had to create a new one after my cat tore apart the original. Happy with how it's evolved after a few years of experience!

Prairie Whales

Size: 16" x 10"

Medium: Acrylic

Support: Canvas

When I stand at the edge of a field out in the belly of the Canadian prairies i can't help but think of the ocean.  The way the grass waves in the wind. The distant whine of working farm equipment.  The dappled sunlight coming through scattered clouds. 

I love this painting because it feels like a dream, but also because it's the first I've painted my backyard.  Well, the field behind my backyard, and there's no whales out there. 

Probably.

I built this case to support mATX and ITX motherboards. designing it for casual and office use rather than heavy gaming. It’s a custom SFF PC case for a casual build, featuring a bottom intake ventilation system to help with cooling.

Doing some material recovery work a few months ago I got a pile of balustrades from a business moving out of their space. Otherwise everything was going into the rubbish.

Since they're all uniform in length and shape, my first thought was to make all the regular polyhedra.

Here are the first 3.

This bag is cut and stitched by hand. I don't ever use machines in any of my projects.

Fun fact on this project. I stitched in black, hated it. Then stitched in a matching brown which was alright. Then I had a khaki colored thread come in the mail and thought, "god dammit, now I have to unstitch the bag again". So I ended up stitching this bag 3 times. All told it took about 16 hours to make from all the unstitching I to do.

I'd love to know what you all think since you're the experts on handbags!

My son and his wife are expecting a girl in Aug. I saw this on Pinterest and figured I’d try making it. The top is crocheted with cotton and the skirt was cotton fabric from my grandmother’s trusseau that I’ve been holding for a special occasion. I lined the seam with velvet ribbon so it’s not rough on her skin. It’s sized for a 12 month old. It’s the first time I’ve ever attempted anything like this.

The top hat is made with layers of felt hand stitched together. Inside the brim is a layer of paper board from food packaging for stiffness. There are also two rings of the same board at the top of the hat and under the ribbon for added stability. Brim is the size of an old candy tin and the tall part is the size of my salt shaker. She got the monkey lamp online somewhere.

Dunce cap is to replace a paper one I made as a joke. It's from the same sheets of felt as the top hat. Unfortunately you can see the pen under the first few letters. It lives on her soap dish in her bathroom.

This is an older project, but I finally got around to showing it off. My dad designed and crafted this backpack (with me helping out on the build). We used a mix of nubuck and veg-tan leather, and hand-stitched everything with 1mm thread. The Loxx fasteners were a game-changer for quick access. Really happy with how it turned out what do you guys think?

Sharing more of my work! I made this piece a couple years ago and loved it so much I've committed to keeping it for myself. This is fully hand embroidered with single strand DMC floss, finished in a 6 inch hoop on cotton fabric. The reference image was shared with me by one of this cat's former zookeepers, from which I drew the stencil myself to start this piece. This took me about two months to complete.

36" diameter

Not buffed or polished yet but the sun hit it so good I had to show it. Lmk what you think. I know Im not the greatest this is just my style.

My friend's cat passed earlier this year at 17. She asked if I could make something to remember him by, so I spent a few weeks working on this wool portrait.

The two rings around his neck were the hardest part — I re-did that section twice to get the spacing right. The eyes took a few tries too. Getting the expression to feel like him and not just a generic cat was the real challenge.

Made entirely from wool, no armature. Core wool base, hand-painted watercolor eyes sealed with resin, individual wire whiskers. About 80 hours total.

There are things I'd improve next time (the ear placement still bugs me a little), but overall I'm happy with how he turned out. Would love to hear what you think.