Sinister Snowmen Sculpts on Etsy

Posted a few papier mache snowmen on Etsy...these guys are about 13 inches tall and packed with detail. Check out my shop here.

Stockpile

Some people stockpile food, water and weapons for the coming zombie apocalypse..for me it looks like papier mache pumpkins are my choice.

New pumpkins now available in my etsy shop.

The Wall

The wall in our garage dedicated to works in progress...the goal is to keep the wall filled with projects throughout the summer. These guys should be done by the end of the week then they go to my Etsy shop.

Great Moments In History STOLLOWEEN Style

Table Full Of Pumpkins

Black and Blood

Some new black and white pumpkins splattered with a healthy dose of blood.

Apocalyptic Sale

Now thru October 21^st, 2011 you can save $21.00 on pieces priced over $100.00.

Also, all items priced under $100.00 have been reduced by ten bucks!

Save before the world ends …after all what are you going to do with your money once you're toast?

Happy Halloween!

More Treasuries

More collections of Etsy goods all with a common theme. 

Its Got Bite

Braiiins!

Enter The Lab

The Tangled Web

Treasury Treasures

I’ve become a big fan of Etsy, besides it being a venue to sell my papier mache wares it is  also a great showcase for creative ideas.

One of the Etsy features is something called a “treasury” which is a collection of items all belonging to a singular theme.

You can browse the treasuries or create your own.

Lately I’ve found creating treasuries to be a very relaxing and fun pastime, sort of like playing Sudoku with images.

The treasuries can contain 16 images arranged in a 4 x 4 grid, the theme can be anything from color to emotion.

Here are a few treasuries I have created; clicking on the image will take you to the treasury.

"Nothing Rhymes With Orange" 

"Like Dust In The Wind"

 "Demons In The Shadows"

 "A Very Wise Treasury"

 "Verge Of Darkness"

"Shiver Me Timbers"

Doodle Flapper

Been looking for a way to add a special" thank you" when I ship orders. 


Considered throwing in a small bag of candy corn. 


The problem with that idea is that if I have candy corn I eat it. I'm a candy corn pig.


So instead......I've started to write my thank you notes on the inside of the box lids. 


One thing leads to another and pretty soon I've doodled all over the box flaps.


Guess it makes me a Doodle Flapper.

Perpetual Motivation

The last couple of days have been spent working on some new Etsy products, more tortured pumpkins.

Twenty plus pumpkins are nearing completion, it wasn’t my intent to make more pumpkins this year but it seems that my Etsy customers like these….so I have to make what works.

Some new twists with these pumpkins and I’m finding myself sort of excited to see them completed…and as always the process has generated a lot more ideas.

More ideas and more motivation, more creations and more ideas and so on and so on and so on…perpetual construction. 

Blood Cankor

The Blood Cankor features some really awesome textures around the eye sockets and on the skull. Add a "brain clamp" and the result is pretty hideous. The Arsenic Asylum Collection offered me a blank slate, a chance to just create without a predetermined destination, sort of like three dimensional sketches. 

Inmate #015 was confined to Arsenic Asylum in 1908. Surgeons removed his eyes and used an experimental “brain clamp” in an attempt to alter his aggressive tendencies.

Arsenic Asylum Characters are made from papier mache and miscellaneous recycled materials. Each character is unique and created by hand. 

The Blood Cankor was designed to be used as a hanging decoration and measures roughly 24 inches from the top of the head to the bottom of the cape.

The cape is made from recycled fabric which has been distressed, dyed, painted and layered with painted cheesecloth.

A wire loop is embedded in the top of the skull to allow #015 to be suspended from a hook or cord.

Arsenic Asylum Characters are designed for interior use only and should be kept in a dry environment. The Blood Cankor weights approximately two pounds.

Visit www.arsenicasylum.com for the dark and horrifying history of Arsenic Asylum.

Available at the STOLLOWEEN Shop on Etsy.