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rinted header card 18 each limit one per household please strawberry milk pipsqueak 2 25 tall approximately solid yellow resin with acrylic eyes bagged with printed header card 18 each limit one per household please share via facebook share on twitter pin on pinterest share this post no comments thursday october 15 2015 big halloween sale preview big halloween sale thursday october 15 at 10 00pm est the shop is here www bindlewood com note the items will not appear in the shop until the time of the sale not sure what time this is in your time zone try this site with a handy time zone calculator i am located in ohio usa which has the same time zone as new york city http www timeanddate com worldclock converter html these are the items that will be in the sale halloween edition toss cushion two sizes small approx 10 35 large approx 15 55 cushions are designed by the artist and professionally printed on linen cotton canvas appliqued onto black wool rayon felt and stuffed with natural cotton for a dense weighty feel smokey quartz belfry 18 each limit one per household please glow in the dark pipsqueak raw glow color with silver micro glitter glows in dark and under blacklight 18 each limit one per household please smokey belfry and glow in the dark pipsqueak two pack 36 limit one please hand painted belfry with custom wooden coffin storage display box gray 4 available 100 each hand painted belfry with custom wooden coffin storage display box purple 5 available 100 each share via facebook share on twitter pin on pinterest share this post 2 comments wednesday september 23 2015 asiapop comiccon manila 2015 the stage area was like something from mtv this past week chris ryniak and i joined thousands upon thousands of comic art and movie fans in manila for asiapop comiccon this event was not only the inaugural asiapop comiccon but also one of the biggest events of this type ever held in manila one thing i really love about my job is that it takes me to so many new places many of which i would probably never get the opportunity to travel to for any other reason i love traveling however some places are easier to travel to than others manila is far away from me like far far away it took a total of about 19 hours of flying not including time spent in 4 different airports to get there that s a pretty intense amount of travel but i suppose the idea that you can literally go to the opposite side of the entire world in less than a day is fairly amazing plus i got to catch up on a lot of movies while in the air we signed so many thimblestump butts the major caveat to traveling across the globe for events like conventions is that you actually don t get to see very much of the surrounding country the more of these things i am fortunate enough to do the more i feel that i m getting a small glimpse into what a lot of celebrities not that i am one not even close have to do all the time you re shuttled from the hotel to the convention center for a whirlwind experience and after it s done you leave it is actually very un glamorous for the most part i shared a booth with chris ryniak in the guest area a large expanse of black carpet toward the back of the convention hall that was lined with booths around its perimeter in our area we had artists youtube personalities models and cosplayers from the time we got to the convention center in the morning to the time it closed every day at 8 pm we were busy our table was rarely without people in front of it and at times we were five people deep with folks waiting to purchase or have their program signed it was intense with no exaggeration i d not be surprised to find out that i signed well over 1000 things over the course of the convention it was that crazy the independent toy production panel with me chris ryniak jryu and simone legno from tokidoki one major thing i learned about the philippines the people there are some of the nicest warmest and friendliest people i have ever met everybody wanted to say hello and people were so excited we were there it was really an incredibly welcoming feeling here in the states i think we take a lot for granted we have big comic cons in almost every big city and we have access to so much of the entertainment industry it s easy to assume that it s like that for everyone but it s not this was the first convention of its kind in manila and everybody was very excited to be there and they totally deserve more of it that enthusiastic and positive energy was just so tangible and electric it was a really fun show things i learned while in manila 1 los angeles traffic even at its worst has nothing on manila traffic it s amazing and somehow people still get where they are going 2 the fruit oh my gosh the fruit i ate so many mangoes i think it may have been the first time i have ever eaten a truly ripe mango and it was glorious every day i stuffed my face with mangoes pineapple dragonfruit mangosteen and coconut here in the northern u s we have some choice fruits that we re proud of cherries strawberries apples but when your growing season is pretty much all year long you re blessed with an abundance of amazing produce 3 the heat is no joke i wondered why the air conditioning was so blasted cold in all of the buildings i was about freezing to death the first day of the convention until we had to walk to a nearby mall less than a mile away in mostly shade and were sweating profusely and thought i was going to die at 9 00 am 4 the cookies are all made of dust we were gifted a lot of snacks and it seemed like every cookie or candy that i had looked like it was solid but when it got in my mouth it just sort of dissolved into a powder and coated the entire inside of my mouth they taste awesome but you really have to be careful not to inhale at all while you re eating it learn from my mistakes 5 the raindrops are the size of ping pong balls or larger when it rains in the philippines it s serious business don t look up or you might drown i suggest ducking into the nearest shopping mall which is itself the size of a small city 6 4 164 912 philippine pesos equal 1 us dollar well not really but it felt that way when handling all of those bills with so many zeroes thank you to everyone who came by our table to say hello and to everyone who was so helpful and warm and welcoming i sincerely mean it when i say it was one of the friendliest places i ve ever been and though we sold stuff and did our jobs there the people are definitely what i d go back for i truly hope there is a next time clover loves halo halo and so do i share via facebook share on twitter pin on pinterest share this post 6 comments labels art shows food friends travel wednesday july 22 2015 creative mornings cleveland edition last friday chris and i spoke at the cleveland chapter of creative mornings creative mornings is a breakfast and lecture series held in cities worldwide where creative professionals or anyone interested in creative or artistic ventures can go to meet other creative folks have a locally catered breakfast and coffee and enjoy a short lecture from someone in the creative community chris and i are wanting to be more involved in our city as both of us have lived in cuyahoga county for some time but aren t incredibly active artistically here we want to meet some new people here despite what a lot of out of towners think cleveland is like there is a lot of great stuff here i mean yeah it s a small city on a huge lake we have brutal and depressing winters and our river did catch on fire that one time but cleveland also has an amazing emergent food scene tons of incredible historic architecture close proximity to beautiful natural parks and some really unique neighborhoods it s a place i ve lived for a long time but now i really want to get to know it better and what better way to get to know a place than to get to talk to a bunch of its resident creative professionals in a great space over amazing coffee and good food the theme for this month s lecture was collaboration which conveniently is something chris and i know a lot about we spent some time talking about thimblestump forest which being our most recent collaborative project was easy to use as an object lesson we had over 100 guests in attendance and really enjoyed getting to know everybody we talked with it was a great experience and i m really glad we made the time to prepare for it a small display of our toys as visual aids there will be a video of the talk released soon and i ll make sure to post it up here so those who couldn t attend can see the talk too just pour some coffee and make yourself breakfast and it will be just like you were there special thanks to thomas fox for organizing the event and rosetta agency for hosting us in your beautiful space all photos are by aaron erb topics of our talk included trust communication and making lemons into lemonade thomas fox organizer at creative mornings cle with me and chris share via facebook share on twitter pin on pinterest share this post 2 comments labels art as business thursday july 16 2015 comic con reflections chris and i went to san diego comic con last weekend to promote and celebrate the debut of our collaborative vinyl blind box toy series thimblestump hollow produced by cardboard spaceship we were only there for about 2 5 days and it was a whirlwind trip in fact it was such a whirlwind trip i actually don t have much in the way of photo documentation of my experiences as i was much to busy actually having the experiences to take pictures of anything i came away from the con with a lot of thoughts and feelings the first of which was a profound sense of gratitude toward all of the people who made and are making my first experience in mass produced vinyl an amazing one the team at cardboard spaceship who spearheaded and handled the logistics of this whole thing are amazing guys and without their interest in our artwork and their trust in us as well as their confidence that it would be a success it would never ever have come about secondly the collectors both experienced and brand new who purchased anywhere from one figure to five cases of figures made both of us feel incredibly humbled and very grateful on both friday and saturday chris and i were stationed in our booth and available for signings chatting and doodles and that is what we did for upwards of four hours straight at a time i spend most of my time in my studio working and i don t get out much the number of people i interact with on a weekly basis is low enough that i can probably count it on my fingers so to have so many people waiting in line so patiently to come back and get toys signed and hang out with us was just so so amazing to all of you thank you from the bottom of my heart your passion and enthusiasm for this weird little art form we love is the only reason we can all do what we do and it s recognized and appreciated more than you know i think thimblestump hollow is doing really well we had a lot of really positive input from a huge array of different people and it was great to meet folks who had never even seen a blind box toy before let alone get excited about buying one i think that kind of transcendence of scene borders is something chris and i were striving for in this series these guys are all weird little creatures they don t know what s cool or what isn t they have no clue about pop culture they just exist in their own plane and are way stupid cute and i think they re something that everybody can like that s not a marketing thing either it s kind of how i like to fit into my own world chris and i and adam savage at the tested party and me drawing in a sketchbook in the cardboard spaceship booth another thing i was thinking about the whole time i was there is just how strange and lucky and fortunate and amazing it is that i am able to do a whole bunch of cool stuff just because i make things i mean seriously in the next year i will be traveling to 3 different countries to do art related things i ve had the privilege of visiting major movie studios and have been able to meet and talk to so many amazingly talented and fascinating people in the arts and entertainment industry just this last trip i was fortunate enough to meet both frank ippolito and adam savage at the tested party and this is all because i come up with dumb scenarios in my head and find ways to use my hands to get them out into the world trust me i am as surprised as you are that this works when i go to conventions and art entertainment related get togethers one thing i always notice is that no matter how high their professional station people who are makers of one thing or another always like to meet others like them put a bunch of working creatives in a room together and just watch how fast they start to talk shop even if they ve never met each other passionate and creative people love to talk about their passions the more influential people i meet the more i see this to be true and that is most likely a key part of what makes them so influential and successful they have an incredibly infectious sort of passion for what they do that people around them can t help but feel it too it s a totally passive sort of influence it s awesome how i try to live my life more than anything these kinds of events because they are so dramatically different from my day to day reality get up coffee work on stuff wine go to bed make me think and plan at a frantic pace opportunities can be difficult to come by in the art world so i m trying to capitalize on them as much as my body and mind will allow me to i m not in my twenties anymore so my days of coffee fueled all nighters are over but i m trying to keep my mind clear my body healthy and my production schedule full and exciting there are so many amazing things on the horizon and i ll never not be truly thankful for them ps super mega thanks to jamey nick and derek from cardboard spaceship for all your hard work to make thimblestump hollow what it is chris for being my partner and putting up with my crises frank ippolito for bringing us to the tested party ayleen and george gaspar for inviting us to be a part of the independent toy design panel and every single person who stopped by to pick up a figure or just say hello while we were at sdcc it was so nice to meet you all hope to see you again soon share via facebook share on twitter pin on pinterest share this post 4 comments labels art as business friends thoughts travel older posts home subscribe to posts atom contact amanda name email message hello i m amanda i m an artist and designer and creator of dust bunnies art dolls my instagram feed subscribe via rss posts atom posts all comments atom all comments connect with me the maker film browse by category thoughts art shows inspiration art as business promotion week in photos process color materials travel antiques collections friends personal essential tools film nostalgia 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