Something-New Sunday

Tall, orange, and handsome!

At 26 inches tall, Octavio is a big guy. A green-eyed hunk of tentacular gorgeousness! He's jointed all over the place-- shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles-- and we have been having too much fun playing with him. 

You can see more of Octavio here.

Sneaky Peeky

Here's a little peek of tomorrow's Something-New.

Have you hugged your skeleton today?

A handful of Halloween!

Too soon? Who says skeletons and pumpkin heads belong exclusively to October? Halloweeny stuff is probably our favorite to work on. It's just such a friendly holiday, with just a little touch of creepiness. A chance to take candy from strangers and say thank you. And skeletons don't really seem exclusively Autumnal at all. I mean, everybody is walking around with one in them right this minute.

Inspired by the traditional Dia de los Muertos candies, I did my own version of some sugar skulls this week. They're made of wood, with little paper clay noses. I hadn't tried sculpting paper clay right on wood before, but it worked like a charm!

Francesca and Ferdinand

Humphrey and Molly

Hope you're all having a friendly day.