Finally back at it…

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I haven’t used the studio for much more than a storage/household dumping ground for the past 4 months. It was getting to the point where there were so many boxes etc in here that I couldn’t even walk from one side of the room to the other!
Over the past couple days I mucked out the entire room and even reorganized some of the cupboards. Things are all in order and with clean workspace all around I can finish what I left over winter and get on to some new items.

Today I have been having fun with some small classic potion shaped bottles, making aged and distressed labels and completing some clay polymer beads, which look extremely bland and white in this first photo…

Out with the Old….

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It’s December 31st! Happy New Year Everyone!!

I have been meaning to get my studio cleaned up and functioning again but things keep coming up to distract me.

The latest: MICE in the storage room!!
… and that would be where I keep most of my paper mache Halloween props.

Needless to say, the mice were having a feast. SO… instead of mucking out the studio, I have been re-organizing and mucking out the neighboring storage room instead.

Today was the trip to the dump day… and with Happy New Year gusto… out with the old props and in with the new… the hag I made a few years ago was very badly eaten, the winged demons I made many years ago, a large spider, and others. The workers at the dump came over to help off load my garbage and posed for pictures with a few things. Not every day someone wants to pose for pictures with your garbage when you go to the dump!

… I think I am going to venture to a different medium and try Paverpol or similar, instead of mache! in case any mice are ever able to find their way back into my basement!