3 Billy Goats Gruff Scene

This is the largest and most complex thing that I have ever made. I did the goats first with pipecleaners, then the troll and added denim from jeans as well as hemp twine, jute twine and cotton string and some beads. The upper background is purple paper wrapped around cardboard. I then used watercolors to apply a base coat and applied some crayon. Finding this too dull and muffled, I edged with marker and brightened things up with some oil pastel. The bridge is popsicle sticks glued together. I tied them with pipecleaners. The pipecleaner waterfall is on top of a heavily sculpted carboard base section. I did paper mache on it which I painted a dark greyish brown and dry-brushed highlights on.

Three Billy Goats Gruff Part 1: Goats

So, I had the brilliant idea to make a 3 billy goats gruff scene, complete with goats, troll, bridge, water and hills. This is officially going to take forever. I am absolutely not uploading all 30 production photos of the goats.

Seymour Library Display

My display is now up at the Seymour library and I fit everything I could find into the display case. Mini-Death sold on ebay, Black Dragon is probably crushed and thrown away in the city somewhere and my old buddies, Maxwell and Marilyn Manson are most likely hiding in the attic somewhere with an unknown amount of other creations.

Full Current Collection at Seymour Library in July

My work will be on display for the month of July at the Seymour Library. I am being granted one display case in the front of the library and will be displaying as many creatures as I can fit in the case. The library is at 161 East Avenue Brockport NY 14420.

Black Dragon

I made this big black dragon a few years ago, probably 2011 or 2012. I ended up giving him to the son of some crackheads that I lived with for a few months. The eyes on stalks were added temporarily. When I decided that they looked goofy, I took them off.

Potted Flowers

Completed 12-23-13
I made my mom some flowers for Christmas. It started with one, but when my dad's present took like 10 times the effort, I had to add some more.

Ford Model T

Completed 12-24-13
This is an antique car that I made for my dad's Christmas present. It took about 4-6 hours total. It came out kinda wonky because pipe cleaners aren't made to craft precise and angular mechanical objects.

Last Winged Unicorn

Finished 5-10-14
The body and wing frames are pipe cleaners. I used cotton twine for the mane and the tail. The wings are covered in marabou feathers and the base is painted cardboard.

The Maxx

I was in 4th grade when Image comics made their Maxx series and it was a memorable part of my childhood. Crafting the big, purple super hero took about 8-10 hours and left me with kaka-loads of neon pipecleaners. The hair is made from jute twine.

and why are there 2 incomplete pictures at the end? Why does what I type look like a link? Ask blogger!