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Wee mini pottery!!!

10/27/2019

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So this months obsession has become mini pottery. I was watching a Twitch stream by creator The High Palladin. She makes a lot of small mini things that are useful. One of the things she has gotten is a mini pottery wheel. It is sooooo cool! I love it! She got me so obsessed, I got one of my own so I could give it a go.
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I went to Blicks, a local art supply store, and got some air dry clay to play around with. I suck.....big time....but it is so fun and so zen. I may eventually get to a point where I have something useable. I have never actually done pottery before. I have watched many people do it. I have read books. Once I ordered this wheel I watch a bajillion YouTube videos of people doing it. Amazingly enough that is not the same as doing it. :P That is fine. I will continue to try. Eventually I will get it.

About a week after this one showed up, a second wheel showed up. When I was ordering my wheel, the first one I ordered ended up coming from China, and listed the shipping as 2 months out. So I cancelled that one and got the other one. Then while I was playing with the other one, the first one I ordered showed up. Even though I canceled that order. THey already gave me my money back. So I guess I have 2 mini wheels now.

​Ok...so now pic dump of wheels and attempts.
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Now I just need a mini Doctor......

4/5/2012

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I looked through my script and through the book and I couldn't find anything I needed for this video. The drawers idea looks awesome, but has some serious altering that is needed and I am too tired to do that today. It shows you how to make a dresser or drawer cabinet with matchboxes. They use the large ones. I have the tiny ones, though they are still a bit big for my 1-1/2 inch guys. I would need to cut them in half length wise and width wise, which would lose the drawer-like quality of the matchbox. I need to go to the dollar store to get some groceries anyway, so tomorrow I will see if they have smaller ones. If not, and I have the energy, I will see if I can take one of the matchboxes apart and make a shrunken pattern from it.

So instead I tried to make a mini replica of my David Tennant era Sonic Screwdriver. Here are the results, for better or worse:
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Here is the original....
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And here is my attempt at a replica.
Yup...the original is 7 inches, and my replica is just over half an inch. it is kind of hard to see. The top has blue paint on it. I plan to enhance that with GIMP magic when I do the actual shooting. the original has a blacklight on the end that glows blue. It order for it to glow I pretty much decided when I wrote the scene that it was going to have to be enhanced. I may try to do another one, just to see if I can get it carved better. I really am not a sculptor.  It was completely square when I started.

And I did this:
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That is going to be the remote control. I haven't decided if I am going to attempt to add button like things or not. It is so very, very tiny.

And that is all the energy I have. I was up until 3am last night. Stressing about not having a job yet is effecting me in a big way. I had to get up this morning, though, to fill out applications and resumes. I think I did ok with them. I hope I did not say anything stupid in my sleep dep state. But I got a few in for places I really want to work, so please send good vibes from wherever you are. Employments is a must. At least the cancerous looking lip scab is gone, though I still can't move my lip correctly.

Ok, lastly but not leastly, you can still go vote for my Douglas Adams Video.  Ten more days and voting will be done. I just wanna know already. Apparently grouchy tired Eleanor is grouchy and tired.

EDIT: OK, I had to do it. I took pictures with the guy and the Sonic Screwdriver.  Here's the best one. Look at these pictures, though, seems I am going to have to take a whack at making another one. The black part split.
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But, but, but....I am the craft WINNER!

4/3/2012

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OK....I am going to admit here that the reason I haven't updated in a few days is because I wanted to have the last post on top, and get people to go vote for my video. But now I have something I really REALLY want to post about, so I am biting the bullet and posting. You can still go vote for my Douglas Adams Tribute Video. If you do I would be really really appreciative. And I promise not to hold any more posts hostage for it.

This weekend my friend gave me this:
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This awesomely wonderful book has ideas for different miniature scenes and how to make each of the elements in them.
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This is so cool! Look at these teeny tiny containers!
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They are made from the clear plastic tops from those sample lipsticks from Avon. And little pipe fittings. Though it is easy to over clutter a scene, I feel a set feels more authentic when you get more detail in that is organic to the scene. Obviously not all of these things were meant to be used. In fact, most of them aren't. Some of them can easily be modified to be utilitarian.
Looking through these pages I have a lot of ideas of what I want to do. It shows how to make lamps with beads, how to get mini curtains to hang naturally (which has been a mystery to me up till now), and other stuff. I have always thought of myself as a creative person, but sometimes it is nice to have something that can help you kick start yourself. Priming the creative pump, so to speak, to use a cliche and all that. I am all excited now. A bunch of this stuff I already have sitting around my cluttery craft area. Or sitting in boxes. Or resting in the back of drawers. See, I am not a craft hoarder. I am an economical crafter. :)
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Random Dalek Says To Go To Bed Now

3/15/2012

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I just checked the Douglas Adams Video Tribute Contest page, and the views of my video have gone up by over 100 in the last 24 hours. That is good, right? Right now I am #1, but I keep waiting for the other submissions that will be slicker and prettier than mine to show up. :P

Getting frustrated with the new one though. I am having a harder time than I thought I would finding voice actors.  Quite frankly I am amazed that none of my acty/performy type friends didn't just jump at the chance to say shitty dialog into a microphone for coffee and carrot cake. And that there is absolutely no one on craigslist who wants to contact a stranger for same. I mean, I made the cake from scratch and everything. Maybe I need to move to the ad to a different category....

I am not sure where to go from here. I don't want to make a nuisance of myself. I could beg and plead and cajole and bully, but I don't want to do that. It is a little project that has nothing to do with anything important. I am not getting paid for it nor am I going to pitch it to anyone.  It isn't even going to be entered into a video contest. It is a learning tool for me.

So while I am figuring that out, I am busy making a list of the props and set pieces I will need. Somehow I am going to have to figure out how to make myself a mini squirrel phone. And a mini turkey. A lot of the scenes are set in the living room, so the number of sets will be low. I have decided to try to make a new computer. The old one is off white. And huge and clunky. Looks very 90's. Though I suppose lots of people still use the clunky 3 foot deep monitors. Do I want to do another paper one, or do I want to try sculpting one? These are the hard decisions one must make as a director, producer AND animator. *hand to forehead* However will I muddle through? :)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Ok. enough silliness for one night. I need to try to sleep tonight. Insomnia is a bitch and makes the days hard to focus on. Tonight I am arming myself with lots of benedryl. Allergies are acting up again, so I might as well kill 2 birds with one stone. I leave you with a picture I have entitled "Sad Dalek Just Wants To Go To Bed, Damn It". Enjoy.
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Score! And it continues....

12/2/2011

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So, now that the last one is done I am itching for a new one to work on. I can only hope that the more I do this the better it will get. And now I have to talk about my haul. And wish for more paychecks.....

I am fortunate enough to have a part time job within walking distance from my home. Between my work and home is a small locally owned toy and hobby shop. Usually things there are so expensive. Well, for some reason the other day I was drawn in there, and I noticed that their dollhouse miniatures, at least some of them, are small enough to work with my little guys. I had one in my pocket, so I looked through their cabinet. And guess what? Held over SALE! Score! So I grabbed a few things.....
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Not a great picture. But what I ended up with is 2 full sets of silverware, 4 table settings, a serving plate, 2 goblets, 2 wine bottles and 12 mini dice. All for $8. And they aren't plastic. They are metal. Well, except the wine bottles and dice. Those are plastic. But the plates, bowls, goblets, and silverware are metal. And if I don't care if they use the wrong fork or spoon I can get 4 out of that. This is exciting. I need to rebuild the couch, build a table and chairs, and some other furniture. I have modeling clay so I can make food. Hmm...I wonder if I can make loaves of bread that small. Oooo! I can even do a picnic thing. OK....so now as I build furniture I should decide on a story line. so guess what I am doing this weekend? :)
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