- Dorothy & Friends -

I finished it!

This is by far my largest piece to date. I started work on this late last year. I finished the Tin Man in November-ish (I've gotta work on putting dates on things better.) Then I saw a Call for Artists and worked day and night to get it done by the January 17th deadline. I just squeaked in. I finished Toto that morning and did final placement that morning. I wisked it down to the show so fast I barely got to take pictures of it. Now that I'm done I don't know what to do with the brain space this project (which I had codenamed ProjectFBaum) had taken up. I'll relax for a little bit with making before I dive into a new idea.

Dorothy and Friends will be on display at Capital Community College in Hartford, CT for the National Arts Program from January 19th-February 4th, 2017.

You can see more pictures of this in progress and completed on Flickr.

-New in Town- The Player

A photo posted by Becca J (@minifolk_art) on Dec 2, 2016 at 11:37am PST

I've been working for the last few months of a few new minis. I completed a graduate and a tiny Stacey Rebecca. This is the latest:
The basketball player (as yet unnamed). Did I intention for him to kinda look like a UConn player? No, but when you live in CT your entire life the teams are a part of life. He's been a WIP for months (MONTHS) and I finally finished him last night. Lots of details and figuring went on with this (honestly, that happens on every one.) I had to make the basketball twice because the first one rolled off my table at some point and I haven't seen it since. His shoes were a feat (eh, eh) of engineering. Figuring out his arms nearly broke my brain. However, like always, when all the pieces at last came together...I smiled and danced in my chair.

Edit- 2/3/17 His name is Anthony.

- Brogan -

Seeing Brogan by chance is slim
He dashes 'round on a whim
his pot of gold
would yield riches untold
if only you could catch him.

The latest Minifolk art piece is Brogan the Leprechaun, complete with his pot of gold and rainbow. He is available now on Etsy.

- Captain Jonas and Sammy the Parrot -

Avast, here be a scallywag
a pirating buccaneer.
Captain Jonas's name is well-known
and never fails to inspire fear.
ARGH!

I was calling him 'project argh-some'. I don't like to give everything away at once. He's a larger piece, mounted to a chunky 4" wooden base. His vest is made from one of the papers I got from a local paper shop. It's a little touch that I'm proud of. (go, indies!) There is a process a piece goes through for me. When he made the final turn into a real finished piece, I did a little happy dance in my chair.

Captain Jonas on Etsy