Spooky blackstitch completed! Only took a few evenings as it’s quite small. Done using white DMC on black 16ct aida in two thread thicknesses (single and double threads).
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Non-zero progress on Miwak’s skull hat!
I reinforced all the joins with worbla strips, then sanded down with the dremel/by hand. The friction heat from sanding was an advantage for blending the seam lines together somewhat. I used the last of my foam clay to start sculpting out the details which will later be covered in worbla. Gotta order more clay now.
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I’ve now installed the pads and readied everything for final assembly.
I’m now sewing in palm pads unstuffed then stuffing through a horizontal cut near the bottom seam; this gives all the benefits of an easy install & reduced annoying lump from the stuffing seam. The finger pads I will continue to sew in stuffed so there isn’t an uncomfortable lump under your fingers from a later stuffing closure.
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Working on a new & spoopy blackwork pattern.
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Some more progress on the commission paws. All the fur pieces have been assembled and the pads/claws are now prepped for installation.
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A natural coloured bear in progress. Here’s a look at all 52 pieces, which took about 5 hours total to cut and prepare for sewing.
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A lot of modifications later and I’m pretty happy with the form now. The eyes are just placeholders until I settle on a colourway design – until then, this is being set aside.
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Personal paint of a #WindstoneEditions pyo to resemble my companion parrot.
Painted using atelier acrylics & folkart metallics, with antiquing & wash shadowing in 7 different colours, drybrushed highlights/blending, and sealed with an archival satin varnish.
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Sandwiching the pieces and joining together into the mask form. I somehow ended up using 2 pieces of worbla with slightly different softening points; the lighter one needed more heat but the darker one melted really quickly! Have to shape now before adding details.
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Commission work. Although this is a simple 3 colour paw design, it actually requires 60 separate pieces.