A Little Stranger » octopus

Droplet Custom

Holly — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:35:59 +0000

I’ve just put the finishing touches on my custom droplet for the series 2 Launch party on the 6th February, if you’re in the Bristol area you should come down and check it out! The Droplet toy itself is very simple so it has a lot of scope for customising and I had a lot of fun making this little guy. I’ve seen a few sneaky pictures of how they’re doing up the gallery on Gav’s twitter, I’m really looking forward to meeting all the other artists and seeing how they’ve customised their Droplets.

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He stands on his own and for the show he’ll be sitting on a mirror so you can see all the detail underneath. It took forever to sculpt all the suckers so i want to show them off! The tentacles have a wire armature inside and were sculpted in polymer clay over the top. See his progress here and here

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For size reference, this is how big he is. I’m a bit sad now that i have to pack him in a box for his adventure to Bristol, but i’m sure he’ll have lots of fun with the other Droplets

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Some close ups of the tentacles and suckers. You can just make out the blue/pink pearlescent powder in the lacquer.

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The Tentacle collection

Holly — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:24:16 +0000

Pink octopus necklace

I’m very excited to introduce my first jewellery collection! The Tentacle collection features original handmade jewellery inspired by my favorite sea dweller; the octopus. I love the texture and movement of tentacles flowing in the sea and i’ve tried to capture this in each piece. They are all hand painted with vibrant metallic and iridescent paints that shimmer and sparkle as you move. The collection is limited to 11 pieces; 3 large necklaces, 7 smaller necklaces and one pair of earrings.

Each piece is one of a kind and not to be repeated, entirely hand sculpted and totally unique – no molds were used or taken.

Edit – All pieces in the collection are sold out, thanks for everyone who bought one. To be the first to know when new pieces go on sale join the mailing list.

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Single tentacle pendants

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Curled Tentacle earrings

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Golden Octopus Necklace

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Pink octopus necklace

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Squid-ish Necklace

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Octopus Necklace

Holly — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:00:00 +0000

I’ve been wanting a big octopus necklace for forever, so i got busy making this little (or rather, big) guy! I sculpted him in polymer clay and then painted him with lots of fine layers of metallic paints. He’s finished with a durable glossy laquer to really bring out the depths of the paints i used. I’m working on a couple more, and some smaller items that will be avaliable in time to buy as Christmas gifts

Before i painted him:

Holly xox

Jellyfluff

Holly — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:32:18 +0000

What do you think of him? I’m thinking of making a couple more to put in the shop?

Yay Friday! Today im finishing up some custom orders and working on a new bunch of bunny brooches. The little white guy on the left is a Jellyfluff, i made him last night

A close up of the Jellyfluff – i like how his little legs are curling up here!

Heres some stuff im working on right now – a couple of custom squeaky buns, some brooches and a big flower brooch (for me) Hopefully ill get some nice pics tonight before i get too drunk and have a smooshed up grin in all of ‘em!

Holly xox

Florence the Green Octogirl

Holly — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:34:09 +0000

Heres some pictures of one of my newest plushes. Her name is Florence (ala Florence and the Machine <3 <3 <3) she is a octogirl who never fitted in at the bottom of the sea, so she came to land to make some friends. She smokes Marlboro reds. I wanted to make another octo-girl along the lines of the one i made for the APW gallery show last Halloween (more pictures here ) but with a more jellyfish’y vibe, so i gave her lots of glittery holographic wiggly tentacles as well as her fluffy green ones.

Naughty and Nice

Holly — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:00:00 +0000

Here is my second Octopal ‘Naughty’. She follows Nice around making weird “clack click clack” noises. Nice pretends not to care but secretly is scared to turn around They are both me testing out a new pattern i made, but i am thinking about making another so sell. For the next one i will pick two colours for each, dark for Naughty and light for Nice, as i think these ones have got a bit too much going on!