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365 Monsters Days 87-93

April 22, 2012 in 365, Crafts, Drawing/Painting

Day 87 – 4/15/12 – Woodburned Angel

woodburning

I used my weeping angel stamp on my woodblock and then traced the lines with the wood burner pen. Granted, the ink and the burnt wood were about the same color so it’s hard to tell, but it was fun!

Day 88 – 4/16/12 – Evil Flan

Pencil

Chu’s request: an evil flan.

Day 89 – 4/17/12 – Thom Monster

Pencil

This monster is inspired by the works of the elusive Thom May. I miss Pihakwa.

Day 90 – 4/18/12 – Pinata Plan Monster

Pencil

Day 90 said to make a pinata, and I very much want to take part in this task… But current housing situation is not ideal for papier mache and baseball bats. So I took a cue from Viva Pinata and made a confused… bird… thing.

Day 91 – 4/19/12 – Croissant Dough Monster

Croissant Dough

As I was fretting about what monster to make next, Chu called me into the kitchen where he was kneading a massive batch of croissant dough. A few strategically placed punches, and a mushed up face appears!

Day 92 – 4/20/12 – Time Monster

Pencil

The prompt for day 92 suggested writing a letter to yourself, past or future, but I decided to make a monster out of time. Stepping away from Dr. Who though, I aimed for a monster emerging from a clock.

Day 93 – 4/21/12 – Nuts and Bolts

I raided the toolbox for loose hardware for this guy. How prickly!

Not sure what’s going on? Check out my 365 Monsters Intro as well as the Make Something 365 Blog for more information and inspiration of your own!

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365 Monsters Days 24 – 30

February 19, 2012 in 365, Crafts

Day 24 – 02/12/12 – Foamy

Found

Another trip to Cafe Dodici in Washington, IA, this time for brunch. I found this beast in the bubbles left over in my brother-in-law’s cider glass.

Day 25 – 02/13/12 – Mini monsters

Plastic #6

Today is for Shrinky Dinks! I wasn’t sure how edges would be handled during the shrinking process, so I made two: one with sharp pointy bits, and one with a rounded border. When I was cutting the mouth out of the sharp one, it made a huge tear into its face, which initially made me sad. But I shrunk it anyway, and I’m really happy with the result. It reminds me of the death gods in Death Note…

Day 26 – 02/14/12 – Vigne Snatcher

Polymer Clay (Fimo & Sculpey)

Make something portable. I decided it was time to make something with a purpose this time around. And so, I made a coaster. With feet. I had been pretty pleased with the Vorpal Snatcher (Day 15), and the form lent itself well to a coaster. The feet were short and sturdy, and it was already round, so why not?

I made the disk and lightly baked it so it would stay flat and could handle being mushed on as I added appendages. The red Fimo and white Sculpey didn’t want to stick to each other very well, but they seem to be holding up ok since baking them. Overall: fairly sturdy coaster.

Day 27 – 02/15/12 – Yarn-a-pillar

Assembly

I really wasn’t feeling very well, so I grabbed a few things that were lying on my desk and assembled this temporary creature. Featured is a skein of Caron Simply Soft and a stitch marker and interchangeable needle set from Knit Picks.

Day 28 – 02/16/12 – Parrot-Saurus

Plastic #6

Tonight was another Shrinky Dink night. No mishaps in cutting tonight and all spikes intact. He had already gotten the name Parrot Saurus because of the bright coloring and long tail, but I was extra amused when I realized he had shrunk to just the right size to sit on his own shoulder!

Day 29 – 02/17/12 – Raptori

Woodburning

An overwhelming Friday led me to want to burn stuff. I found that woodburning is quite therapeutic. As long as you don’t burn yourself. (I didn’t burn myself.)

Day 30 – 02/18/12 – Transformer

Assembly

Chu and I invited a bunch of friends up for a game night, and before they left I had them help me with the prompt: Play with toys. I don’t have a whole lot of toys, so I was going to make an assembly out of large stuffed animals, but then I remembered that one of my friends carries around at least one Transformers figurine with her at all times. She had 4 (but one was breaking so I didn’t want to use it), and I had one of those pin thingies that Chu and I won at an arcade. If you squint you can kindof see the bottom two figures make a heroic looking robot, and the top figure makes… I don’t know… a hat blowing off in the wind?

Not sure what’s going on? Check out my 365 Monsters Intro as well as the Make Something 365 Blog for more information and inspiration of your own!

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365 Monsters Days 17 – 23

February 12, 2012 in 365, Crafts, Sewing

Day 17 – 02/05/12 – Plushie Gangster Monster

Recycled Shirt

This was made from less than one sleeve of an extra large shirt I got for surviving one summer of detassling corn. Naturally I want nothing to do with this shirt (or the smaller identical shirt I got because they had extras), so the neon yellow atrocity went straight into my fabric bin. I almost learned how to adjust the tension on my sewing machine because it kept trying to eat the fabric, but I forgot where the knob was until after the photo shoot. (Hint: it’s in the picture on the left, right above the needle.) I also didn’t think to add the features before sewing the front and back together, but in retrospect, that was probably a good idea, since stitching through all the poly-fill gave the face a little more dimension. Nyeh, see? Nyeh!

Day 18 – 02/06/12 – Bra Bug Chu

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In which my husband turns an old bra into eyes. He is the genius behind this one. I just insisted that photos be taken and put up on the blog. Because I’m an awesome wife like that.

Day 19 – 02/07/12 – Flott

Polymer Clay (Sculpey)

The prompt for day 19 was to make something that floats. This immediately reminded me of this infuriating 8th grade science project where we had to make a boat of modeling clay that would hold 10 or more pennies without sinking. I was not one of the victors of this project. However, I do know that larger surface area means a wider distribution of weight, etc etc, and so I built this guy like a flat bottom boat. The boueys are unnecessary, but i thought he needed a little something extra to make him look like more than a worm in a bowl. Not my pride and joy, but a success in polymer clay floating.

Day 20 – 02/08/12 – Snorkle

Polymer Clay (Sculpey)

Much cuter, and quite boyant. This guy features innards made of aluminum foil. I built a mini armature as a way of using less clay and hopefully causing some floating, and success happened! He’s not an olympic swimmer, but he’s definitely not a sinker!

Day 21 – 02/09/12 – Gargoyle Bead

Polumer Clay (Sculpey)

One thing that’s been rolling around in the back of my head has been making stitch markers for knit and/or crochet. Going along with this, I decided to try a bit of bead making. Super simple, and maybe a little large for stitch markers, but a good first step. The cones are “supposed” to be claw or fangs, but they’re mostly just cones. I’m pretty pleased with the face though!

Day 22 – 02/10/12 – Bernie

Wood burning

I went to Michaels looking for more Sculpey, since I’m starting to run low on some of my colors, and just around the corner from the clays I found the wood burning department. Man, I haven’t done wood burning since I was 10. Or younger. I needed this. The pen I got came with 4 nibs, three of which are used here. I look forward to experimenting more with this medium!

Day 23 – 02/11/12 – Can-O-Lantern

Recycling!

Today’s prompt was to use something from the recycling bin. A simple attack with a kitchen knife mauled this can of Blue Sky Cream Soda (mmmm) into a deformed and angry looking Can-O-Lantern.

Not sure what’s going on? Check out my 365 Monsters Intro as well as the Make Something 365 Blog for more information and inspiration of your own!

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365 Monsters Days 87-93

Day 87 – 4/15/12 – Woodburned Angel

Day 88 – 4/16/12 – Evil Flan

Day 89 – 4/17/12 – Thom Monster

Day 90 – 4/18/12 – Pinata Plan Monster

Day 91 – 4/19/12 – Croissant Dough Monster

Day 92 – 4/20/12 – Time Monster

Day 93 – 4/21/12 – Nuts and Bolts

365 Monsters Days 24 – 30

Day 24 – 02/12/12 – Foamy

Day 25 – 02/13/12 – Mini monsters

Day 26 – 02/14/12 – Vigne Snatcher

Day 27 – 02/15/12 – Yarn-a-pillar

Day 28 – 02/16/12 – Parrot-Saurus

Day 29 – 02/17/12 – Raptori

Day 30 – 02/18/12 – Transformer

365 Monsters Days 17 – 23

Day 17 – 02/05/12 – Plushie Gangster Monster

Day 18 – 02/06/12 – Bra Bug Chu

Day 19 – 02/07/12 – Flott

Day 20 – 02/08/12 – Snorkle

Day 21 – 02/09/12 – Gargoyle Bead

Day 22 – 02/10/12 – Bernie

Day 23 – 02/11/12 – Can-O-Lantern

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365 Monsters Days 87-93

Day 87 – 4/15/12 – Woodburned Angel

Day 88 – 4/16/12 – Evil Flan

Day 89 – 4/17/12 – Thom Monster

Day 90 – 4/18/12 – Pinata Plan Monster

Day 91 – 4/19/12 – Croissant Dough Monster

Day 92 – 4/20/12 – Time Monster

Day 93 – 4/21/12 – Nuts and Bolts

365 Monsters Days 24 – 30

Day 24 – 02/12/12 – Foamy

Day 25 – 02/13/12 – Mini monsters

Day 26 – 02/14/12 – Vigne Snatcher

Day 27 – 02/15/12 – Yarn-a-pillar

Day 28 – 02/16/12 – Parrot-Saurus

Day 29 – 02/17/12 – Raptori

Day 30 – 02/18/12 – Transformer

365 Monsters Days 17 – 23

Day 17 – 02/05/12 – Plushie Gangster Monster

Day 18 – 02/06/12 – Bra Bug Chu

Day 19 – 02/07/12 – Flott

Day 20 – 02/08/12 – Snorkle

Day 21 – 02/09/12 – Gargoyle Bead

Day 22 – 02/10/12 – Bernie

Day 23 – 02/11/12 – Can-O-Lantern

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