Showing posts with label santa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label santa. Show all posts

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Enchanted Woods

I've been featured in a TREASURY on Etsy!!! Woot. Check out the Enchanted Woods treasury here:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=90490

My Santa Wood Spirit driftwood carving is among the twelve selected.



Loads of talented Etsians in there, I'm quite honored to be in such company. Treasuries are a venue for Etsy members to select several products within a certain theme, out of the hundreds of thousands of products on Etsy, that they really love and show them off to everyone.

The treasury was created by Snippetfairy, who has some really cool stuff in her shop,
like this little felted monster: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29915395

Monday, October 12, 2009

Long weekend with no updates...

Sorry 'bout that folks. Didn't go anywhere terribly exciting, but I did get quite a bit done, as you've surely noticed if you follow my Etsy shop.

I had been racking my brain lately trying to come up with something I could offer for a much lower price than what I had on offer up until this weekend. It would have to be something I could carve relatively quickly. Filing and sanding would be out of the question. It would have to be smaller than my less inexpensive carvings. It would have to be something i could do over and over again, yet still be unique and different every time. Up until Friday, the lowest full price carving I was offering was $45. I was getting lot's of compliments on them, but $50 - $100 + is understandably a big leap of faith on the customers part.

With Halloween/Dia De Los Muertos/Samhain approaching, I've had monsters and skeletons and zombies on my mind as of late. So, naturally, my solution to my pricing dilemma currently comes in the form of..... Monsters, Skulls and Zombies. Little ones to be more specific.

Here's a quick preview of the little creepies that have been sneaking and creeping around my shop the past few days. they can be seen in much more detail here: http://seangrady.etsy.com

Photos will link to my flickr account, via the rules. Click on the description below to go to the items Etsy page.

Pretty Pink, a cute little, freckle faced, one horned, smiling monster for only $25
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A Dia De Los Muertes skull for only $25

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A horde of tiny skulls, a ghost and a zombie, priced $12 - $15.

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Nobody seems to love Spinky the Shocklops as much as I do....
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And just to make my Mom happy, I finished and uploaded another Santa.
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I appreciate any and all feedback on these and any of my carvings. Good is great, but I would especially like to hear some honest constructive and even negative criticism beyond my wonderful Mother telling me I should stop this nonsense and only carve Santas... If you don't tell me what you want to see, it'll take me a lot longer to figure it out through trial and error.

Oh but that's not all! I know, you were really hoping this was over, but bear with me...

My painted carving Huck got a little recognition this weekend when he was selected as a Moderators Choice on the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Art website Elfwood. It's nice to get some recognition on that piece considering how much time went into the carving and especially the painting of him.

ok, you're free to go!

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Santa

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Alaskan cottonwood bark. Hanging. Entirely hand carved, hand sanded and painted with acrylic. Finished with a coat of polycrylic.

dimensions:
H = @ 14" high
W = @ 2" wide
T = @ 1 1/2" thick

SOLD!!! Make It Alaskan Festival

email for more info or to purchase: an.rothar.donn@gmail.com

Santa

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click on image for a larger photo. you will be taken to my flickr account.


Alaskan cottonwood bark. Hanging. Entirely hand carved, hand sanded and painted with acrylic. Finished with a coat of polycrylic.

dimensions:
H = @ 8" high
W = @ 4" wide
T = @ 2" thick

available at http://SeanGrady.etsy.com

email for more info or to purchase: an.rothar.donn@gmail.com

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Wood Spirit/Santa

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click on image for a larger photo. you will be taken to my flickr account.

Bering Sea driftwood, unknown type. Freestanding. Entirely hand carved, hand sanded and finished with 2 coats of polycrylic.

dimensions:
H = @ 9 1/2" high
W = @ 2" wide (base)
T = @ 3" thick (overall)

can be seen/purchased at the Make It Alaskan Festival this Fri/Sat/Sun. see link

email for more info or to purchase: an.rothar.donn@gmail.com

Santa

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click on image for a larger photo. you will be taken to my flickr account.

Bering Sea driftwood, unknown type. Freestanding. Entirely hand carved, hand sanded and finished with Danish Oil.

dimensions:
H = @ 14 3/4" high
W = @ 1 3/4" wide (base)
T = @ 2 1/4" thick (base)

can be seen/purchased at the Make It Alaskan Festival this Fri/Sat/Sun. see link

email for more info or to purchase: an.rothar.donn@gmail.com

Santa

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click on image for a larger photo. you will be taken to my flickr account.

Bering Sea driftwood, possibly black spruce. Freestanding. Entirely hand carved, hand sanded and finished with Danish Oil.

dimensions:
H = @ 9 1/2" high
W = @ 4 1/4" wide (base)
T = @ 2 1/2" thick (base)

available at the http://seangrady.etsy.com

email for more info or to purchase: an.rothar.donn@gmail.com