My coloring book is now available!!

I've been working on an octopus themed coloring book, and I am excited to announce it is now available on Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/When-Octopods-Dream-coloring-everyone/dp/1514271389

Cute octopus

Dumbo Octopus

Isn't he cute

I am so gonna make some serious octopus stuff!

http://www.notcot.com/archives/2011/01/maximo-riera-octopus-chair.php

OMG OMG OMG

OMG OMG OMG
Originally uploaded by Zoeowyn

I was definitely surprised!
I won Silver in the accessories category with my "hair piece."

In so stoked.

Now how do I top this? (get it its a hat how do you top a hat--yeah ok lame)

Cephalohenna

Working up some tentacle henna designs

Cephalopod Medusa

Ever since we saw Percy Jackson on Monday I have been thinking of a Medusa, but instead of snake with tentacles. I just happen to have the face already molded and cured. So I played with the clay that was out and made todays cover model.

My Thing-a-day is continuing well. I'm not posting every day, but thats ok.
Friday I made a piratical hair clip, skulls and scrolls. Its black and purple and midnight blue-green. Lets just say it does not photograph well at all.
I *get* why they discourage all black collections on Project Runway: you can't see the details in black.
Friday I also completed most of the frames with little pictures--mostly fairies and vintage belly dancers--and little art bits and RESIN!
I'm having a lot of fun with the resin. I also learned with the frames its best to start with a picture in mind, and/or create the frame using a removable piece of thick paper that can be used as the image template.
Also I need to stick with traditional based frame shapes. The paisley one looks more like a craft fail more than anything else.

Worlds cutest squid

Well maybe not, but that was the goal. I was going for major awww factor.
It just barely passed with my 7 year old.

Last month at a craft fair my vending neighbor saw my cute octopus and asked if I could do a squid.

Since vending at Two Roads Cafe in Lebanon (next to Sherlocks Book Emporium) is happening again this weekend, I figured I had better get working on cute squid.

Here it is, looks like a she, don't you think?

Cepholapod Coronet

My mermaid with the octopus crown made it in to the current (August 2009) issue of Polymer Cafe. It was killing me to not post images of her on the internet, since they say no previously published images, and posting it on flikr is "publishing".
Well here she is, this is another view from the magazine. I was trying to show off as many different textures on her as possible.
The challenge was for texture.
The face and arms are poceline, I did not make them, the rest of her is pretty much polymer clay using different sculpting techniques.

cephalopodteaparty

yes cephalopods
tentacled critters
MY kracken vessel was on there the other day
Cephalopodteaparty
I was most thrilled.
There is some absolutely great tentacular art featured on this blog. I was thrilled to be part of it.
Check out the posts, there are some fabulous things to find, cute little guys on ety all over the place.
Of course this dress is my personal favorite!
I want

makes the Ursula the sea witch costume I did years and years ago look like a wet paper bag in comparison.
This is just too cute!