Another finished creature!

He came out pretty closely to how I imagined he would, except that after I finished him I decided that he needed a mohawk and eyebrows!


Eyebrows.
Cammi

What have I done??

What have I done?? I don't know why that question has to be dramatic. What I have done is make the armature, sew the body fur, feet and prime the face for my creature. Max sculpted the face so I just have to paint it and get it ready to be attached to the body.







That's what I have done.
Cammi

2013 is not the future!!!!

I spent the last night of two thousand twelve singing What a Wonderful World in my best Louis Armstrong voice at a Karaoke bar. Okay maybe not my best Louis Armstrong voice but it was pretty good. We've been busy on our break but there are big plans for Gravlax this year. The plans will be revealed at the end of this post.

 This is a little sketch for another creature that I'm making:

Oh and our big plans are to make more creatures, dolls and other stuff!!! I like to say plans and not resolutions because resolutions are so resolute and that's just too much PRESSURE!!! What if I don't go to the gym every day?! Am I supposed to feel bad? I don't even have a gym membership!! I guess my resolution could be that I just go and sit in the parking lot in my car. I could do that!

I like the way 2013 looks. Happy New Year everyone!

Cammi

BIg Blue Monster Goes to the Store

I just finished a new creature and we decided to take him on a trip to the store. Don't worry, he behaved himself!

He found a chair that was just his size!

"Such a good boy!"

"No sweetie, we don't need batteries. We're just here to weird out the other customers!"

What a big boy!

"We can't get it now, but maybe for Christmas?  (Unless someone buys you first...)"

Fingers crossed!
Cammi

The Bigfoots Are Finished!!!!!!!!

It was raining out so they had to play inside.

No one knows what to do when Carl plays dead.

Family portrait!

Oh and I made an octopus beanie:

Finally!
Cammi

Circus Sideshow Nesting Dolls

These are a set of sideshow nesting dolls that I just finished painting. I used acrylic paint and then coated them with crystal clear. They were really fun to paint and now I want to paint more! It's so much easier to buy and paint the wooden ones than to sculpt my own!

I've always been fascinated with circus sideshows, but not necessarily circus related things in general. The fact that humans were on display like they were monsters horrifies me. It's definitely appalling but what fascinates me is all the reasons that those people did that. Sure, some were sold to the circus against their will, but so many loved that they found a place where they were not only accepted but exalted for what made them different. There were even people willingly doing things to themselves to become "freaks".

Not that I could possibly understand what some of these lifestyles would and can be like but a small part of me can relate. As a child I had very light blonde eyebrows, eyelashes and hair (which has not darkened as much as I'd hoped it would) so a lot of  kids in school often asked me if I was an albino, or they would tell me that I was. And I wasn't so sure that I wasn't:

I've never been the epitome of grace. Why did they let me pose my hands like that?!!

If I was around in the late 1800s and had any musical talent then maybe I could have been in this albino sideshow act band:

A girl can dream.
Cammi

Easily Amused

When we're not making these weird creatures we're playing with them! The hoofed guy is the new one that Max made and as soon as I posted him on our etsy page I regretted it. He should stay here :(

Ok, back to playing!
Cammi