Kind of Strange

Expect plenty of pics of the new items shortly, as well as their addition to the store.

Special for those that saw me at the show:  If you can prove you were at SakuraCon and really want to buy a piece from the store, I’ll give it to you for convention pricing.  Just email me with some manner of verification that you were there and I’ll give you the same deal as the show pricing up until Friday, April 4th.

Nearly finished with this one.  He was a surprising amount of work, though I think the next time I make a similar pendant it won’t be as complicated as I learned quite a bit in his construction.  Tricksy little bugger, he is.

PMC3, which means he’s .999 silver.  I buffed up most of his front considerably before applying the staining element, so his hunched up little back is particularly nice to the touch. 

Not ready to show the new OotB pieces just yet, but in the meantime I have a few other things to show.

In progress shot of the ‘Happy Fox steals the Moon’ in PMC:

He still needs a bit of work before going into the kiln, but thus far I’m pleased with the results.  The ‘moon’ at his tail is a dichroic glass cabochon and has flecks of purple and blue within it.

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The kiln has been acquired!  There was much celebration at its arrival as I pulled it from its mighty FedEx box, and subsequent ‘removing the cat from the kiln box’ shortly thereafter.  The fat one, he covets the cardboard sanctuary so.

First firing of said kiln will occur this weekend, under my paranoid supervision and self-imposed house arrest.  I have an insane amount of projects that need to reach completion in time for SakuraCon, so I’m not allowing myself the leisure of tooling around away from the workbench for any extended period of time this weekend. 

Expect some new pics over the course of the weekend.  I’ve got more than 30 OotB pieces to finalize, so there will be something to show at some point soon. 

Speaking of the OotB, three of my little guys have gone on to new homes recently.  The First Bone Son, Cross Bone and Earring have all gone to new owners.  I’m surprised at just how hard it was to let them go.  It’s nice to know they’re going on to people who will appreciate them though, as that is what they’re meant for.  Bringing a little bit of surreal specialness into the lives of others and all that.