ARGH Matey!

Here's a Boo teaser for the imminent update on the Queens Marketplace! He's a pirate skelly ornamant who's passed on of scurvy about 250 years ago.  He's about 10" high with the hanger.  He's got a gold tooth, an eyepatch and breath like death.  Jack Sparrow he ain't, but he's still pretty gnarly!

Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peek at a piece I just started.

This was fun because I just grabbed my bag of clay, a coyote gourd and my favorite sculpting tool and started playing without a thought in my head as to what i was creating. I made a wizened little human-like face then played around with what type of ears looked best & settled on mouse ears. I mounted the head on another gourd for a potbellied mouse but he decided to become Alice in Wonderland's Dormouse (after the Mad Hatter & the March Hare stuffed him sleeping into the teapot. He's just awakened and is peering sleepily out of it.

He's actually a good bit further along at this point as his paws are sculpted and he has fur so stay tuned....

A New Group & Misfit Toys

Okay....so it's been awhile. But I've been very busy as I'm sure you all have been. In fact I haven't even decorated inside yet and I'm only halfway finished with my shopping. Currently in the works is an ornie of Scrooge. My love for outrageous facial expressions makes this one a natural for me : )

Anyway, the most time-consuming endeavor has been one of the most fun; I, along with another ebay artist -Tammy of LightandShadowStudio, have started a new ebay artists group-this has been in the works for about two months prior to its debut but we finally rowed up our ducks. We settled on the name Because We Believe-Art (BWBA) to encompass all the Holidays and even some non-holiday ideas like Pink Elephants and the Bluebird of Happiness.

Our first event that is open for the whole month of December is Misfit Toys. I have an extremely hard time conjuring up 'cute' or even traditional since I have such a strong affinity for Halloween but for many of our members this is not a problem.

My entry is "Phil Knotts" who, as suggested to me by our group moderator Karen of idrawpix, looks like the love child of Don Knotts and Phyllis Diller.
Here is a link to his auction-- Phil Knotts and of course if you type in bwba in the ebay search window you'll see all that is offered by our talented members.

We're hoping to offer a diverse choice of art and have recently added some talented doll artists to the group--Come check us out!