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DeadSpider — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:43:56 +0000

Some more creations for your cauldron spells…
Soon to be listed on Etsy

Potions Potions Potions

DeadSpider — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:44:30 +0000

A few new potion bottles ready to go…

Clotted and Curdled Coagulum

DeadSpider — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:34:38 +0000

Tried something a little different with this bottle. It’s topped with a polymer clay sculpted claw, painted with acrylics.

Making some new witchy potion additives…

DeadSpider — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:19:40 +0000

The studio isn’t done, but it’s beginning to be a usable space. I have been slowly moving boxes in and filling shelves, and have three 8′ tables where my work benches will be. Found most my supplies for making jars, and a bunch of matching tiny jars, so I made this set of 12 potion additives. I had almost forgotten how fun it is to make these!

Making fingers is one of my favorites… they look so nasty.

Teeny Tiny Witch Jar

DeadSpider — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:42:19 +0000

Recently I exchanged some emails with Kate of Whittaker’s Miniatures, who has some really fantastic miniature dollhouses, including a Harry Potter themed house and a haunted house. She has been looking for miniature labels for some 1:12 scale jars. She saw my witch kitchen labels and asked if they could be made super small. I converted 20 of the Thirteen Raven’s potion labels into miniature and sent her some sample labels to see if they will work.

In doing these up, I seem to have caught the miniature bug, and I would love to make up an entire scene for a house… though I have no house to put it in. I took one of the draft print labels similar to what I have sent to Kate in England, and stuck it on a tiny bottle. It measures 32mm high. I’d like to find some bottles that are even smaller.

Skull Beads

DeadSpider — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:15:02 +0000

I have not been making anything yet this year as all my supplies are temporarily boxed up while my new craft room/studio area is being built.

I recently lucked out and found a bit of fimo clay in the upstairs office. I decided to make some little skull beads with it. (pictured below with a Canadian quarter for size reference) They still need paint… I like how they are all unique.

Tiny skull beads with a Canadian quarter for size reference.

Paper Skull

DeadSpider — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:20:32 +0000

A tiny paper pulp skull residing in a little glass box….
This little skull was an experimental sculpt made entirely of paper pulp. He is currently looking for a new home.

Small Skull

DeadSpider — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:20:56 +0000

In October I tried making a little skull with plasticine clay. Though its not exactly a correct skull and it has odd teeth, I was pretty happy with it.
I made a mold, and cast it in resin. I made a few solid resin casts and a few foam filled. I love the weighty feel of the resin ones!

This little guy is just drying now, I will probably put him into my Etsy shop after he has been sealed.

Vintage Jars

DeadSpider — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:48:54 +0000

I made a couple sets of new Witch Kitchen potion bottles from vintage spice jars. They are listed in my Esty shop.

I like the “Severed Fledgling Finger” and the
“Blood of the Undead” in particular…

Skull

DeadSpider — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:29:16 +0000

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.