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Playing in the mud...

3/29/2022

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​Yes, I got my hands into the muddy part of making my dolls! *lol*

I am keeping my fingers crossed too that I can get these hands out of the molds when I am ready to pour them in porcelain.  So many things to think about when making hands that will be casted in a mold... like even how much can I bend a finger in relationship to the other fingers so the hand will come out of the mold when poured.  I am glad my Fae decided they only wanted to have three fingers instead of four (*smiling*).
See, this is a messy part of the job but necessary if I want to work in my favorite medium - porcelain.  

Does it take long?  Yes, it is an all day projects especially when working with two characters at the same time.
After doing  this a couple of different times because this is the process we do for just part of each mold.  (Meaning if the mold has three parts, then that means we clayed up, boxed up and poured for a total of three different times).  Do I get to put my feet up yet???  Nope, one final stage yet to go.
Next I am off to the sink to wash up each mold to get rid of any residue of clay left behind using a soft bristle tooth brush.  Once all of them are cleaned then they are set out to dry. 
Now, this is where I get to go play with my new magical fabric that is just waiting to be explored while these pieces take the week to dry out. Yep, about that long before I can start pouring the liquid porcelain into them and moving onto the next stage.
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Who is in the Garden???

3/22/2022

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As Ffion watched the strange creature in her special garden (well, it wasn't really 'just hers' - but she was in it the most so in her mind it was 'hers'), she knew she needed to go home and tell her father so he could do something about it.  "After all," she thought, "it wasn't like she invited the creature in the first place."  Seeing her father sitting in his chair, she started to tell him what was happening "Father, father, there is..." but before she could finish, Hunter, the Shadows' King, stopped her. 
"Ffion, that is no way for a faery princess to enter a room." ​

​"But Father, there is a stranger in the garden!" Ffion wailed.  "It came out of the water and is walking over my flowers!"

​"Are you sure it isn't just Scarlet gathering moonflowers for the Nytemares?" he asked.  "Or maybe even Sneefle as he showed up to deliver a message from the Dowager and might be picking a few flowers?"

"I know what Scarlet and Sneefle look like father!" Ffion said as she stamped her foot.  "I have never seen this stranger before."
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Now the Shadows' King knew that it couldn't be Druzzy, the Troll King, or Hir'aeth, the Gooblin King, or even one of their minions as Meen had just updated him of their whereabouts after telling him what happened at the weekly COGS meeting.
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​"Could it be the Baron and Dowager?" he wondered, as his observers lost them after they entered the forest of the Sleeping Sisters.  He thought that only for a second as he knew that they had been walking when they entered the forest and it would be very difficult for them to have reached the garden from where they were last seen.  "Besides," he thought, "they are probably still wandering in the forest trying to find the Sisters".
He also knew that Hewy, Efem, Parsley and Cornelia were busy helping Hungry, the young Wish Dragon, to learn his lessons.   "So it wouldn't be one of them," he reasoned.
​"What are you going to do about it?" he heard his daughter ask while he was mulling over who it could be.  Vaguely he heard her saying something about the stranger looked like it had a tail... 
If it had a tail then it didn't sound like Dewin's Spite either.  "I need to remember to call her Sprigg'n from now on," he reminded himself, "besides she is never very far from the wizard, Dewin, or The CAT and Hunter knew that Ffion would have mentioned The CAT if it was in the garden.
"It's dressed up funny too," said Ffion.  "It's wearing a jacket with lots of pockets on it and has a funny looking hood that looked like it has two pointy ears".
​Jumping to his feet he started towards the garden while his startled daughter followed him close behind.  "What is it?  What was the going on?" Ffion asked.
"Show me this stranger," was all that the King would tell her as she tried to keep up with him.  As they started to leave the throne room, the King told one of his retainers to summon Dulbbe and send him to the garden as soon as possible.  "And tell him to bring his special looking glass too."
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What happens when one becomes two???

3/15/2022

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​My latest character, the Nyte Shade Ffion (pronounced "fee on"), has been shown with a few sneak peeks as she is being sculpted, but what you don't yet know is that before I was even finished with her-- she was telling me about a new character that I needed to meet very soon as well.  
​Now, I don't often try to sculpt two characters at the same time because something usually happens to the first head while I am working on the second.  But when they are willing to reveal their lessons to learn and things they want to tell me (especially when they come in strong to tell me to get started making them like Dulbbe did) then I better listen.  Dulbbe has some interesting things to share that I'll be telling you about later on but can you tell which one was the hardest for me to sculpt?
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Just like my children, these two each have their own personality which I needed to find and bring out in them.   So yes, they are as different as night and day but that is what makes them fun!  (That is also why my husband calls them characters as each one is a 'real character'.)   
So, as I finish sculpting Ffion and Dulbbe's heads, I also have doubled my workload since I now have two sets of hands to sculpt instead of one as they both are telling me that they want to come out and play.​ 

Must be the call of Spring speaking to them *smiling*.
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Walking Down the Rabbit Hole....

3/8/2022

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As the Baron wondered how much farther he would have to walk to the home of the Sleeping Sisters, a line of purple sparkles suddenly appeared on the side of the trail leading off into the undergrowth.  "It's about time," he grumbled hoping this was it.  Without a word, the Dowager started following the sparkles and soon they were standing before a tree house with a small door.
​"Not very big," thought the Baron as his mother started to lift her hand to knock on the door.  But before she could knock the door opened and there stood one of the Sisters.  "Awena awaits you in her chambers."
Unsurprised, the Dowager nodded her head in thanks and the both of them followed the Sister through a series of hallways until they arrived at an ornate set of doors.  "The place doesn't look this big from the outside," the Baron muttered, only to receive a look of reproach from the Dowager.  "Do I need to leave you on the doorstep?" she asked him in a frosty voice.  Realizing he had best just keep quiet and listen with his mouth closed he gestured for her to lead the way.
Sitting in the middle of the room was a Sleeping Sister who was meditating and it appeared she was totally unaware that they had entered.  A flickering magical light was floating above her hands and before it went out it flashed once brightly.  Opening her eyes, the Sister smiled as she saw the Dowager.  "It has been a while since I last saw you," Awena said.  "And this must be your son, the Baron?"

​​Yes, there were a few things he did not know about his mother the Baron was beginning to realize and that maybe there was more to his mother than he thought.  "I must find out more about this," he decided.
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"It is a pleasure to meet you." the Baron said as he bowed.  " I am Belvedere Allowishes Theodore Steffon, but you may call me Baron since I am one," he told the Sister removing his hat, "Or by my nickname BATS."  Smiling, Awena introduced herself and proceeded to give Griselda a brief hug.  "It has been way too long," she told the Sister, "but as usual, sadly my coming here is not just a friendly visit."
As the smile left Awena's face and by the look on Griselda, Awena knew that another big event was on the horizon.  "Come, sit with me and we will get reacquainted and then you can tell me what troubles you," she told both of them.  Trying not to be noticeable, the Baron quickly glanced around for a chair as he did not relish the idea of sitting on the floor for any long period of time.  Ignoring him, Griselda lowered herself gracefully to a pillow and waited for the others to join her.  Groaning silently to himself, "I think I have just gone down a rabbit hole here!" and not as gracefully as his mother, the Baron sat on an adjacent pillow.  "I hope I can get up when this is all over.  My knees aren't what they used to be," he continued thinking to himself.
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As the Dowager and Baron explained to Awena all that they knew about the tablet, those hunting for it, and the book they borrowed from Atian's library, just like the Baron, Artie was also wondering if she had just come through a rabbit hole???
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Where is Arnie???

3/1/2022

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​As Arnie was heading to the hole by the old oak she had fallen into when she found the Dragon tablet, she was totally unaware that at that moment she was the most popular being in all of the realms.  Everyone (and every thing) was looking for the Borrower with the Dragon tablet.
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​High above in the sky was the Gooblin King's mechanical birdseye viewer, Rave, searching the realms in search of any Borrower it could find and hoping it would lead him to the one holding the tablet.  The Troll King's minion, Drat, was also busy trying to talk to a Borrower - any Borrower - but they all seemed to have disappeared.  When normally they were trying to avoid Borrowers, now when they wanted one, there just wasn't any to be found.  
Even C.O.G. (Cooperation of Organized Grunts) had called a special meeting to see if anyone knew where a Borrower could be found.  It was all very frustrating and not just a few tempers were short...
​"Haven't you found any of them yet," grumbled Hunter at Meen.  "Are you telling me that they just up and vanished?  Usually we can't get rid of them as we try to keep them out of the good silverware.  Where did they go?  And you checked with your friends and none of them have seen a Borrower?"  Meen only shook her head from side-to-side and waited to see if the Shadows' King had other instructions for her...
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And across the Realm, two more of the searchers were on a mission of their own. 

"Tell me again why you think the Sleeping Sisters will help us?  I mean, they usually don't get involved in any of the events of the realms.  Why this one?" asked the Baron as he and his mother, the Dowager Griselda, were walking to the Sleeping Sisters house.  "Also, I would like to know how you know where they live.  Hewey, Efem, and the others had to be lead there by a bird."
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"There is a lot you don't know my son, so don't let it fret you.  Let's just say that the Sisters and I go back a long way and leave it at that," answered Griselda.  The Baron knew he would not get anything further when his mother decided it was none of his business so he decided on a different approach.  ​"I wonder if I can get my fortune told.  I heard they were great at predicting the future," he mumbled, knowing he was loud enough for her to hear.
Stopping in her tracks, the Dowager turned to face her son.  "They don't do that," she growled at him with irritation in her voice.  "The Sleeping Sisters have been guardians of the realms as long as I can remember and they know of many secrets and prophecies which they study and explore to keep all of us safe.  Now, if you would be quiet for a while as I think on how to approach them, it would be appreciated!"  Getting a nod from her son who decided it was best not to say another word for a while, they both started back down the trail.
While on another hillside overlooking the waterfall, something was watching Arnie as she stepped through the water and started exploring around the pool.  "How dare someone come into my garden," it thought.  "Something must be done about this..."

For little did it know or care that at that moment it was the only one who knew where the Borrower was ~ even though it didn't know it was a Borrower.  It just knew someone was in it's garden!
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