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I’ve just added this sailboat and lots of other things to my shop.

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Being made from bits of  an antique dress and bodice.

And A new owl - pecksniff - a character of dubious integrity.

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I made this painting a little while ago for Partners & Spade.

You can see it installed in the mantle in the NY Times today or in person at 40 Great Jones Street in New York.

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A new owl - mr. guppy.

He’s made from an antique flour sack and dress makers scraps from the early 1900’s among other things.

He also has some 19th century thread sewn into his ears.

The threads are courtesy of stephen szczcepanek and I love them. I’m not sure what circumstance he finds them in but they absoutley belong in owl ears and probably some other places too.

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And some amazing kimono sleeves my friend stephen sent me.

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A little spider, out for a stroll among the mushrooms.

Away she goes, showing off her fancy posterior.

* learn how to make your own paper bag mushrooms here*

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A beautiful and wonderfully expressive, melancholy little bear, will, a christmas gift handmade by my sister becky (note on the picture- taken using the handiest little tripod ever - a gift from my sister Catherine).

And a couple new owls in progress.

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I finished the owl in the post below - rodrigo is in the shop now as well as a few more birds and a paper mache sailboat.

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I’m working on a few things for the shop ( including some birds). I’ll post when they are available - definitely before the weekend.

* If you’re waiting to hear back from me hang in there - I’m going to spend a lot of time over the next couple weeks catching up on email.

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Deb of bonbon oiseau has assembled a lovely collection of things in a great basket that is being raffled to benefit the food bank of NYC.

I’m very happy to contribute a pair of birds - pearl and minter

pearl has a fancy corsage.

You can get all the details about the basket and purchase a ticket (ten dollars online and five dollars in person) right here. You have until 5pm on December 21st to enter.

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The gjoa

and the little diorama it became part of.

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On a stormy winter sea. That ship met with a mishap a while ago and I intend to fix it soon but I like it’s ruined state and wanted a picture before I repair it.

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Across the ceiling for just a moment this afternoon.

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I finished my second cardboard castle and it’s in the window at Johnson at 179 Orchard street. There are also some doug rhodehamel style mushrooms and a couple little creatures roaming around. I had lots of fun making it and it was good thinking exercise for my sometimes too buttoned up brain. I took some pictures of it here before we brought it over.

The back of the castle has some little holes you can peek into. I couldn’t really properly photograph what you see inside, there are ghosts at a ball in one,

an enchanted horse in another and miss haversham is held prisoner in a tower (her picture didn’t turn out at all).

The castle will be in the window at Johnson until October 31st . Unfortunately this is my last window for Johnson, Mrs. Johnson is closing at the end of the month. I’ll really miss doing her window. I started doing it for fun and it ended up changing my life in interesting and good ways, Thank you MJ.

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