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In 2006 we lost the shelving unit we had been using for our witches kitchen. It had fallen over in storage and was broken beyond repair. (wasn’t in good shape to begin with) So we were going to need something to replace it.

I made these shelves to replace the broken one

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I never seem to have enough skulls come Halloween, they are great ‘fillers’ in any display.
Pictured below is a polyurethane foam skull I recently cast from a dragon-skin mold. The skull was carved with a dremel and painted with acrylics.

I very much enjoy the looks I get from people who come to see what I am working on and find these on the workbench. Side long looks, raised eyebrows and comments like ‘thats so disgusting! Why would you make that??’ and ‘that’s so wrong’. It’s quite entertaining. These particular hands pictured were sold.

Hemlock Dench.

Mr. Hemlock Dench is my cemetery grounds keeper or caretaker.
He is a knavish, creepy little man. Bow-legged and hunch-backed, he grins fiendishly out into the darkness at passers by….

Mr. Dench was my first project for 2007. This was the first full bodied prop I attempted. He is made almost entirely of recycled materials. Continue Reading »

I wanted to add some sort of small creatures to my witch kitchen display in 2006 that wouldn’t necessarily take up floor space…as I don’t have any to spare.
I made four winged demons, the largest being almost 3′ across. Each is constructed from recycled paper and wire, and can be hung on the wall so as to take up very little space.

Want one of your own? I may periodically have new ones for sale in my shop.

Every witch needs a kitchen… and a cauldron, and some shelves, and some potion bottles, and a spell book.. and pets….

Visit my shop to see if there are any potions ready for purchase, or read on and learn to make your own.

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