Monster in the kitchen

My talented housemate Ryan has come up with these hilarious drawings throughout the year that I thought I would share with y'all.

A monster in the kitchen munching on Pringles.

A sea creature being disturbed in the bath.

A gingerbread man meeting his milky fate.

And a monster in the cupboard.

That's my food cupboard by the way.

And it was just after Christmas which is my excuse for all the chocolate!

You can see more of Ryan's work here.

Homemade rubber stamps

Making stamps out of a rubber/eraser is so easy.

I first did it on my foundation course during the textiles rotation and we used proper lino cut tools but this time I just used a craft knife which worked just as well.

I made buttons...

...a heart and star...

...and a feather.

Then I printed them onto these brown tags.

I don't have many ink pads so I just used acrylic paint which I applied directly to the stamp with a small sponge.

I love the homemade feel of them and the way I can create loads of different patterns with just a few stamps.

Pink and Purple

Here's a new painting I did just for fun.

It's the inside of a flower and it's oil paint on a little canvas board so I thought it was perfect to go on my little easel.

Then I realised there were some other things in my craft space that matched the colours.

Like this painting I did a while ago.

I got the idea online where they had used masking fluid to block out the face and then painted over it with watercolours, but I didn't have any so I used a candle to create a wax resist.

The effect is pretty much the same, it's just not quite as neat.

And then there's this pink and purple felted rock.

It's the only thing I've ever felted and I'd like to do more. 

Miniatures on the move

Before putting my miniature creations away for the summer I thought I would use them as sets for some short stop/start animations.

(Wait for them to load so they move!)

For the first I used the hospital room I made and the miniature scrubs I put together.

Then I thought I'd use the miniature coat I made for my little studio space and the miniature letterman jacket I made. The secret is pipe cleaners!

And then I made a spooky little animation using the shoebox office scene which I think I could make into a longer animation, but I never take enough photos for it to be really long.

Maybe next time.

What do you call a mushroom that likes to party?

That's right; a real fungi (fun guy)

Ahahaha, I crack myself up.

And speaking of, here are some toadstools!

I had this piece of wood lying around that I was going to use for something else but that never happened, and I had to idea to make little toadstools out of drawings pins (or push pins or thumb tacks) to attach to it.

All I did was paint the underneath and the pin part with white acrylic paint and then paint the top red with white dots.

Then I quickly made a little fairy to sit on the toadstool out of paperclips, a bead, crepe paper and felt.