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Lark
From the great expanse of southwestern United States (somewhere between Tucson and Las Vegas, don't ya know), may I introduce Lark! Oh, she seems very busy, darting here and there, but she's very serious about her running. Part roadrunner, you understand. She wouldn't say no to a race, of course, but once the morning run is over comes the afternoon cold drinks and sandwiches in the shade, where she's more than happy to discuss whatever you might fancy.
The idea was more roadrunner than chocobo, but apparently the chocobo took over quickly. No complaints; Lark is as dazzling as she is enthusiastic, sporting glass beads and swarovski crystals on one side of her tail and wing feathers, and soft sparkly painted details on the other side. Wired tail feathers, toes, legs, neck and head make her fully poseable, with a hinged jaw and wing feathers that can "open up" or "fold in" to give her extra expression. Made of some of my seemingly endless old stock of both acrylic and mixed wool and recycled acrylic yarns, and stuffed with polyfil, she's more than sturdy enough to hold up many poses with a gentle hand.
As for the sweater/shawl/poncho, well, it gets cold in the desert at night! She needs something on those morning runs, so a crocheted shrug of one kind or another suited well enough. As for the clasp, it does indeed resemble the "air freshener tree". In truth it was a piece of wood I found in the yard that had been chewed up by a lawnmower, but in such a perfect way that I had to clean it up, drill some holes, paint it and make it into the perfect button. ...Well, I think so, anyway. Found art. Kinda. Environmentally friendly!
As for total measurements, Lark stands at a full height of 12.25 inches to the tip of her crest, roughly 13 inches from her chest to the ends of her tail feathers (when up but "relaxed"), and has a full wingspan of 13 inches.
Soon to be available during Desert Bus for Hope!
Dream Eater Jacket
Admittedly this idea has been in my head for a few years now, since I came across this almost-new jacket at a Savers when secondhand stores were still, you know. Affordable and not super trendy. (That's not even old person talk, that's just a thing that's happened the past few years.)
REGARDLESS, I'd wanted to smack a Dream Eater symbol (ala Kingdom Hearts) on the back of this beautiful soft dark maroon-ish microsuede, but didn't quite know... how. I finally decided on "holographic dot (polyester) velvet", which was incredibly stupid. These are two very thick, very tightly-woven fabrics, one stretch and one not, so I decided it was going to be "easier" hand sewing. Maybe it was, I couldn't say for sure, but I didn't break a needle, so... success! Such as it is. The symbol got sewn in place with regular black thread, then I decided that I really wanted it to pop (yeah,I know) so out came the rainbow "holoshimmer" thread. For obvious plastic thread, I have to say, it actually holds up incredibly well and doesn't knot or kink too dramatically as long as you take your time... so I had mostly no problems.
Of course, patches were necessary. The official Loungefly Oblivion Keyblade patch was admittedly from Hot Topic, oh... I have no idea how many years ago. Many, unfortunately. The"press triangle to Sora" patch made me laugh, so I had to buy it from Dead Cute Pins.
And now we will all sit back and pretend that I'm not seriously tempted to embroider a particular phrase along the bottom in Scala ad Caelum text.
Elegance and Expletive
Naturally, the moment I found out that the Kingdom Hearts fan community had actually cracked the Scala Ad Caelum language/font, and it was based on the English alphabet, I knew that what I really needed to do was take this elegant writing (based on the font openly available here) and use it for a beautiful expletive. It started some experiments with stenciling, and while the result here is a little rougher than intended, it is obviously human-made and I liked the look of it enough to follow through and finish it in... a relatively simple way.
Yes, the word is all-caps "FUCK" because I am predictable and in "Riku colors" because I am always mentally in the "Let Riku say 'fuck'!" space while I'm playing the games.
Available for Sale
Elegance and Expletive
Naturally, the moment I found out that the Kingdom Hearts fan community had actually cracked the Scala Ad Caelum language/font, and it was based on the English alphabet, I knew that what I really needed to do was take this elegant writing (based on the font openly available here) and use it for a beautiful expletive. It started some experiments with stenciling, and while the result here is a little rougher than intended, it is obviously human-made and I liked the look of it enough to follow through and finish it in... a relatively simple way.
Yes, the word is all-caps "FUCK" because I am predictable and in "Riku colors" because I am always mentally in the "Let Riku say 'fuck'!" space while I'm playing the games.
Available for Sale
Dandelion
Dandelion quite joyfully embraces what she calls "the finer qualities of weeds". She's also kind of really interested in dandelions as snacks, so it's a good thing they're relatively easy to grow.
The simplest of desires were latched onto this year: 1.) RAINBOW, 2.) using up some old yarn and using a lot of other materials I've had around for quite a while. Alas, this is mostly acrylic yarn, but the beak and feet are a wool acrylic blend. Stuffing is polyfil because shredded cotton was a little too heavy for what I had in mind, and the glass eyes are positively ancient by anyone's standards. Tail, primary feathers, neck, feet and toes are all stainless steel wire armature, the jaw opens and closes, upper and lower beak moving independently for a few possible expressions, and the primary wing feathers can be tucked in or arranged in various stares of openness. Lots of posing options! There's a little something new with "softer" back toes, because I'd noticed the balance could be thrown off way too easily when the back toes were a little too rigid. This way she's much more easy to "shuffle" into a more sturdy standing position.
I also decided that I couldn't let her go without an accessory, so I did some stainless steel wire wrapping on an amethyst heart. A little bit of "fire in the heart" as a concept-ish. Of course it's possible to remove and put on another cord or chain, she wouldn't mind sharing.
In all, she is 11.5 inches to the top of her crest, has a full wingspan of 11 inches, and from chest to tail is 6 inches. ...We will not discuss whether she will fit in the shipping box yet, but technically yes.
Auction won by emthemarvelous for $2,805.00! Thank you so much for your generosity!!!
Flower and Cross
I felt like I'd been keeping the majority of the shiny components together for more than long enough and I really needed to do something with them. The decision to use satin ribbon was a bit of a last minute one that came with starting at the two tiny belt-style clasps I'd been holding on to as well, but I really enjoy the way it turned out.
Sold.
Flower and Cross
I felt like I'd been keeping the majority of the shiny components together for more than long enough and I really needed to do something with them. The decision to use satin ribbon was a bit of a last minute one that came with starting at the two tiny belt-style clasps I'd been holding on to as well, but I really enjoy the way it turned out.
Currently both are available for sale.
Shades of Control
Well. I got the urge to revisit one of my old FFVII SOLDIER logo designs... and then decided I also really wanted to tack on a couple of very subtle Shinra logos. They might actually have turned out a little too subtle unless you know what you're looking at, but that's also kind of perfect.
Because I am me, a few new things were tried on the "floating steps", and I did get the hang of something that's technically a little easier on both my fingers and the beads themselves... but it left a couple of slightly loose-looking beads framing the negative space and it annoys me. Greatly. Not that it affects anything but me personally, but still. Now I know how to avoid that for next time, anyway.
Currently available.