Tuesday, 28 August 2007

collaboration ...sneaky peek ...


this is art bear he looks super and is made by wendy-matilda
... although he is not finnished as he needs a little more input from 'me', and now the seafest is done and dusted (apart from the matter of a large cheque), i can work on cute again, yippeeee!

art is pictured with the charming 'figgaro mouse' made by me and adopted by wendy... and i love this image she sent me as they look so great together ...

so lets shrink the world :-) one bear at a time ....

Saturday, 25 August 2007

velvet ginger and a mohair friend ...

just listed on bd for bears last night .. -here- ...and yipppeee - a bid !
little white mouse is going to go to canada next week ...

Thursday, 23 August 2007

about time i made something small and cute again ...


wendy-matilda send me some fabrics to recycle, one oft hem was this stunning vintage velvet...

Monday, 20 August 2007

Friendliest lobster man, ever!


friendliest lobster man, ever!, originally uploaded by RaggyRat.

shane made a great lobster, and i managed to snap a few pics at the fetival tho it was a bit wet for cameras. i had been worried about shoving someone into a ton of costume on a sunny day, but our lobster was quite happy and warm and he made a great greeter, and smiled all morning.

i was very proud. louise is holding a competition goodie bag. she came away with quite a few bits and bobs...

Friday, 17 August 2007

Finished!



Its been a busy week !
too busy to let you peep at my work - ie take pics and upload.
i made my deadline and i made steve, louise and jo from IVY smile ...
as you can see - jo makes a good lobster :-D

yippeeeee
finished !

tired ....

Monday, 13 August 2007

Catching up - some recent pictures ...

louise and tompot blenny in the dorset echo last friday night...they didn't mention her name, nor the maker of the puppets. boooh!lobster trousers hanging up in my workroom ...
scarey lobster lady emerges into sunshine ...
saying goodbye to the blenny, matty and daisy give him a few pokes before i have to take him and the cuttlefish along to the marine week launch on chesil beach...
matty has a good look at the cuttlefish - she must be really impressed with the piecing used to create his head ...
sea creatures can die in hot cars ....a yummy jellyfish cake for eating after the mayor of portland has finnished speaking ...
some of the wonderful junk found on the beach ready to be used for sculpting, along with a propper artist.
the echo shelter providing good sunshade and shelter from portland type winds. my car was fitted with a lovely handmade staff parking sign just for the event...
hilda from the echo makes notes while mums, dads and children make some art from the flotsam and jetsam. finbar webster was there to take pics for the paper, and he recognised me. there was i with my hands up 2 sea creatures but did he take a pic? nope. booooh!
i didnt take any more pics after this point as my hands were buried in my puppet creations, and then i had some cake. i will probably take some more next week when i come back with louise and the lobster costume.

Sunday, 12 August 2007

LOBSTER


LOBSTER 01251A, originally uploaded by Nihihiro & Shihiro.

inspiration found on flickr ... thankyou :-)