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dark owls

annwood — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:32:23 +0000

The dark things collection begins appearing today with owls. ( I don’t trust the little one on the right).
The next updates will be this Wednesday and Friday – there will be spiders and bats and some suprises.

dark things

annwood — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:49:33 +0000

Please join my mailing list if you would like to be notified when new things are available and check back here for previews of the dark things collection ( available on October 31st).

new in the shop

annwood — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:33:36 +0000

I’ve just added some new bats, perching owls and songbirds to the shop.

perching owl

annwood — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:12:44 +0000

A new owl shape. He’s made from a variety of antique garments and his eyes are antique faceted glass buttons. (please join my mailing list if you would like to be notified when perching owls are available in my shop )

You can see the beginning of the thought for him (and a couple other projects) in pages from an old notebook here (click the image for a larger version).

sinclair

annwood — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:15:25 +0000

* Update: sinclair and a couple other owls and spiders are available in the shop.

Sinclair is made mostly from this midnight blue antique wool and velvet jacket.

I had hoped to make two or three owls from this jacket but it was too fragile – sinclair was kind of impossible and he will be the only one.

new owls and spiders in the shop

annwood — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:35:45 +0000

“He looked and smelt like Autumn’s very brother”

Giles, 2 other owls and some new spiders are in the shop now.

gentleman sailor

annwood — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:44:48 +0000

He is made from vintage feed sacks and ticking using my new owl pattern. I intended to use these round little owls only as passengers in paper mache ships and boats but he was such fun to make I think I might make a couple stand alone fellows.

autumnal owl

annwood — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:26:26 +0000

I’ve been saving the buttons for his eyes ( I only have 2) for 3 years. I started putting fabric aside for him about a year ago – bits of quilts and blankets, a tiny piece of threadbare russet velvet from a crazy quilt and linings from several garments. And just lately I found the last thing I needed, the heavy dark brown cotton his body is made from, lining an antique walking skirt. I’m hoping to finish him today.

mostly creepy shop update

annwood — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:15:42 +0000

(click for larger image)

There are spiders and lots of new things in the shop.

Estella (bride of pip) is made from the edwardian ball gown. And Melchior has fancy lining in his feathers.

Happy Halloween!

a beast and a ballerina

annwood — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:17:28 +0000

She is silvery. I feel like there should be a rule that if I get a little fabric bird to balance on her glittery toes I should be able to take the rest of the day off. But it doesn’t work that way. Today will be long and I’m making a big mess ( you can see a bit of it here) getting things finished and photographed for the shop. You can join the mailing list or check back here if you’d like to know when new things are available.