Craft Boston...dragons, stories and eyes oh my!

 A quick post as I get ready to set up for CraftBoston this weekend: www.craftboston.org

I've been busy since ACC Baltimore.  The storyteller above is
honoring the year of the Dragon , sporting a cape which came
from the land of dragons. The bright hand woven fabric was
gifted me by friends who enjoy traveling in the Far East. 
I'm still working on a name for the new figure. It comes with
three masks and lots of story shards in the leather trunk. Here
is tale teller donning the dragon mask. with a mini dragon
book looking on.  Name suggestions anyone?


I've also been refining my "eye" designs for e-readers,I-pads,
and smart phones.

I still have envelope type pouches, but have additionally
designed covers for I-pads and e-readers which are more
book-like than pouches.  E-reader covers come in two sizes
 to be able to accommodate the range of readers out there.


Re phones: To help solve the problem when you want
to bring along your phone, but your pants don't have
pockets,  I've made some small leather pouches with straps,\
the perfect size to slip any smart phone in or out.
(Of course they also would be good for other "eye-catching"
uses.)


For those who prefer a little color, I've incorporated
the bright colored eyes from Kelly Kotulak and added
a bit of paint!
 

If you're in the Boston area, please drop by over at the
Seaport World Trade center this weekend. I'll be in
 booth #347 - Hours:
Friday 10-6, Sat. 10-6 and Sunday 11-5

Attending Craft Boston is always  inspiring. I'll
see whom I can find there to share in a future blog.
In an effort to try something new, Sunday has been
designated steampunk day.   Anyone who shows up
wearing a steampunk outfit will get $5.00 off admission!

Adventure on...and over!  Wendy

All eyes on ACC Baltimore - collaborations and more

 
ACC Baltimore is this coming week: www.craftcouncil.org/baltimore.
I'll be there for both Wholesale on Wed/Thurs Feb. 22-23 and
retail Friday-Sun. Feb. 24-26 in booth #1200........with LOTS of
new items - sculptures and functional leather items - some the
results of collaborations.

The photo above is one example - A collaborative project with
Regina and Dan St. John of Chena River Marblers: www.chenarivermarblers.com   
At the Paradise City Arts Festival last fall, Dan showed me
some papers they were creating which looked like eyes...and
the wheels began to churn.  The end result: custom journals of
graph paper which they cover and include their eye endpapers.
I, in turn, have created leather covers for the journals.  Here's
a second view of the end product:




Most of my journals will still be blank pages, but for those
graphic designers who prefer graphing paper, we are ready
for them!

 In addition, I'll have new custom eyes for  items thanks
to collaborating with Kelly Kotulak:www.kmkotulak.com  
whom I met last year at Arisia.   This year at Arisia we
firmed up ideas.  Kelly agreed to make some custom
colored eyes for my work.  (Check out her jewelry
and other work on her website!)  The eyes (much
more magical in person than in these photos) arrived
just in time to incorporate into some items for the
ACC show. Newly  designed  cases  for  smart phones
and cases for e-readers and some journals will have them.
Creatures will get them for the next show. 
Here are a couple examples of the new items:  

I've discovered e-readers come in lots of sizes. The
one pictured above fits a kindle touch. 

This is an image of the phone cases with more traditional
eyes. I like both, but  it's fun to have choices.

And...finally, as you might have expected,  I've created cases for
I-pads... I was convinced at Arisia, it was really just too logical
not to  make some custom ones.  Here is the sample I have come
up with to show at Baltimore: 

 
Time to pack up....Please if you can...drop by booth #1200 in Baltimore!!!

Adventure on!    Wendy