Naughty and Nice

Merry and Scary!

I'm back to making patterns and booking shows.  Building up my inventory and maintaining the quality of my work with caution I booked 3 shows. 

 I could not have chosen shows that were more opposite! One Halloween show, one Merry Christmas show and one Merry Krampus show. Can you do Merry and Scary at the same time?  I am going to try!

I have already done my Halloween show, so I will leave Frankenstein, witches and pumpkins at home. 

Now I'm getting ready to do my Christmasfair  show, at the Ohio State Fair Grounds November 18th and 19th.

Since my work has a light humor merry and scary I decided to divide my booth in half. One side Merry the other side Scary, or if you prefer Naughty and Nice. 

Here are a few of the Nice pieces.  Sorry I can't show it all but I'm still working on some new things.

These are my adorable Unemployed Fairy Godmothers, all looking for jobs!  They come with complete resumes and are looking for work.  They will work for love!

There are Holiday happy Hobb Nobbers with jingle bells that hang on a door knob, tree or chandelier! As you know when ever you here a bell ring this time of year an Angel gets their wings.

There are Hobb Nobbers that are long the heads mounted on fabric covered cones and others with just the heads ready to be tied to a tree. 

Angels, Elves and Snowmen - Everything I make is designed and sculped and signed by me!

I like have items that everyone can afford and find a place in
their home they don't have to find a space for. This little Odd Fellows are only 3 inches tall and can stand on it's own or hang on a tree  

I have much more but lets move on to the Naughty that I made for Merry Krampus, Columbus Ohio at The Kee * December 9th 2023

For those of you that have gone to the past Merry Krampus's the venue has changed so make sure you look at the information for 2023. 

So here is a preview the Naughty - not so nice.

A few little goth gals 

The Christmas show is in November before Merry Krampus

Which is odd since Krampus comes and collects all the bad boys and girls a month before Christmas.....

Mine is not to reason why.

There are more Odd Fellows but these are not so nice guys.  I try so hard to make creepy and scary but in the end I fall in love with the pitiful little guys! I named this one Jeff. I think he may have learned not to be naughty anymore........

Then there is this little Odd Fellow "Patches"

All my odd fellows stand up 3 inches tall.

I love inventing new characters. 

I will have all of these things along with my

Noot, 

Bat-Tina,

Wild Eyed Willy, 

Scary Wine bottle holders, and so much more

I will have Merry and Scary at Christmas Fair 2023but only the scary at Merry Krampus cause Krampus is only looking for the Naughty!

Some more fun fabric art sculpture to see.

Horas a Devilish little Imp.

 

Wine Bottle holders

Wild Eye Willy

Bat-Tina

Come and see us during the Merry or Scary holiday

Dragan my attitude around the Dragon

Don't Give Up Never Surrender

Final sculpted parts and pieces

      The last half of 2022 has been a whirl wind of important issues needing my attention. This is of course life and it didn;t include any creative endeavor  such as, pattern making, fabric sculpting or art in general.  I did managed to get enough sculpting done for one Christmas show.  I had to push myself through every stitch.  Every artist goes through this. Life happens and when you get back to art you just can't be creative.   I thought I would never get my mojo back but to my surprise I did. This is about not giving up. Just  push yourself through the mind block weather you want to or not. 

     My husband collects dragons,  I make him at least one a year. Several weeks before Christmas I sat down and drew out a dragon pattern. My heart was not it it nor was I in the mood. There was no more time to waist. I must admit the pattern was not thought out very well. I usually spend several weeks thinking it through.  After cutting, sewing, messing around with the results it was obvious the parts and pieces were better suited for a sea horse than a dragon. I chucked all the parts in my abandon body parts box. (I can tell you about that box at another time).

Pined together and ready for assemblage 

I took some time and thought about the style and type of dragon I wanted to make, I then sat down with more resolve and purpose.  Taking a breath thinking each body part through I went back to the drawing table. Not only did I draw out body parts, I drew out more parts than I needed just incase I wanted to change the design.  When in the middle of sculpting I don't like to stop and make more pieces.  The pieces I don't use always go into the "Abandon Body Part" box.  =t.  

I like to sculpt details giving texture, It comes to life and gives it depth.  Each pieces is wired for strength, including the claws. As the individual parts were sculpted I started to feel my creative juices flowing. I just could not wait to get it done.  I am always excited when I making a new sculpture and this feeling was a welcoming feeling.

I am no longer Dragan my attitude around the Dragon So if you are dragging around with you creative slump, keep on trying, I just about gave up but here I am,  at the completion on this project I am renewed and ready to dive into my sketch book and see which sketches  I can make come to life. By the way my husband loves his dragon. - Cyndy