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I'm not creating anything inspiring this week at all, though I do like the way this newest little dragon mask turned out...
It has a cute little face I think.
Doesn't it look clever and smug?
I, meanwhile, am neither clever nor smug. I'm preparing for another trip & so, in the interest of making sure my Etsy shop is well stocked while I'm gone, I raided my stores & found several barrettes.
Here. Look at them. The barrettes.
More fantasy stuff than you can shake a stick at.
Although I'm not crazy about making barrettes, I have to admit I've always thought the griffin was a pretty neat design. Some of my best design work has been turned into utilitarian accessories that I've sold far too cheaply. Don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed about that.
Dragon barrette...one of several. I think I must have made all this stuff for I-Con. It has a "fantasy convention" feel about it.
To be honest I'm not so sure I'm going to continue making things like this very much anymore. It never feels right when I do. I don't mean to sound snooty...I just mean I think I'm outgrowing the genre.
Besides, I shoot myself in the foot every time I make something utilitarian out of leather. On one hand I work so hard to ensure that my art is taken seriously, because my choice of media has such a strong "craft/utility object" connotation attached to it. I like it when people are surprised to discover that the masks are made of leather & not resin or polymer clay. I feel like I did a good job when I get that reaction. So to make belts or barrettes just feels like an easy out for me. Sure it'll sell because leather accessories always sell. But not for much, you know? 'Cause there's only so much you can charge for a belt or a barrette.
At any rate all this stuff & more is on Etsy. I'm filling orders like crazy too. I wish I had time to make something really cool just for myself...I'm itching to do another "big" piece but it's a luxury I can't afford right now.
In other news: People who I thought were grumpy turned out not to be. People who I thought were happy turned out to be very grumpy indeed. Charlotte (who I thought was happy) has had a long pouty red-eyed sobby day...complete with a sulky refusal to share with me the reason for her sulkiness. She all but said that classic teenage mantra "you're not the boss of me!" which of course made me laugh, which of course only made her sulk harder. Some days you just can't win.
I think the grumpy person is me.
It has a cute little face I think.
Doesn't it look clever and smug?
I, meanwhile, am neither clever nor smug. I'm preparing for another trip & so, in the interest of making sure my Etsy shop is well stocked while I'm gone, I raided my stores & found several barrettes.
Here. Look at them. The barrettes.
More fantasy stuff than you can shake a stick at.
Although I'm not crazy about making barrettes, I have to admit I've always thought the griffin was a pretty neat design. Some of my best design work has been turned into utilitarian accessories that I've sold far too cheaply. Don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed about that.
Dragon barrette...one of several. I think I must have made all this stuff for I-Con. It has a "fantasy convention" feel about it.
To be honest I'm not so sure I'm going to continue making things like this very much anymore. It never feels right when I do. I don't mean to sound snooty...I just mean I think I'm outgrowing the genre.
Besides, I shoot myself in the foot every time I make something utilitarian out of leather. On one hand I work so hard to ensure that my art is taken seriously, because my choice of media has such a strong "craft/utility object" connotation attached to it. I like it when people are surprised to discover that the masks are made of leather & not resin or polymer clay. I feel like I did a good job when I get that reaction. So to make belts or barrettes just feels like an easy out for me. Sure it'll sell because leather accessories always sell. But not for much, you know? 'Cause there's only so much you can charge for a belt or a barrette.
At any rate all this stuff & more is on Etsy. I'm filling orders like crazy too. I wish I had time to make something really cool just for myself...I'm itching to do another "big" piece but it's a luxury I can't afford right now.
In other news: People who I thought were grumpy turned out not to be. People who I thought were happy turned out to be very grumpy indeed. Charlotte (who I thought was happy) has had a long pouty red-eyed sobby day...complete with a sulky refusal to share with me the reason for her sulkiness. She all but said that classic teenage mantra "you're not the boss of me!" which of course made me laugh, which of course only made her sulk harder. Some days you just can't win.
I think the grumpy person is me.
