#going to sell the extras

[vulpiximisa]

My pulls from Set 9. I was only planning on getting one box and my hopes were to get the HiroSky and the HR Wing and Butterfly but they couldn’t even give me Prism and instead gave me two Nyammys in the same box 😭😭😭

[claypigeonpottery]

thanks everyone for all the bunny votes and suggestions! I ended up doing a bit of everything (and speed drying my bunnies because mania)

the moon and starry sky bunnies won the poll

black with skeletons was 2nd (plus a sad bunny just because)

a couple people suggested Watership Down El-Ahrairah bunnies

I got a suggestion for trans bunnies (the grey will lighten to white once the clay is dry)

for black and tan bunnies

for a white bunny with blue eyes and a pink bunny

and delft bunnies! these ones were time consuming lol

and some delft pigeons too! these turned out nicer than the bunnies, more space to work

[hellenhighwater]

Have you taken any pottery classes or were you entirely self taught? I REALLY want to get into it but classes are quite expensive

I took some sculpting in undergrad, but it was in the context of casting and mold-making, not ceramics. So I'm fairly comfortable with clay as a medium but not so much with clay as an end product--not being able to do armatures and having to think about firing is weird. (If I had the opportunity to do bronze casting again, though, I would, no hesitation.) That puts me in the minority of my current pottery peers, who are largely self-taught or only learned in our studio.

I do pottery now at a co-op studio space, and technically that means that I'm taking classes there--but the classes are more like guided lab time? There's not really assignments or anything, and there's only a couple other people who sculpt, none of whom are in my class. Mostly the class just means that the person in charge demonstrates a technique or two once a week and then lets us do our thing.

Personally I think that shared studio space is the absolute best way to go. You spend less in startup costs (kilns are EXPENSIVE, running kilns is expensive, glaze is expensive) and it plugs you directly in to a group of fellow artists who can help and support you at whatever skill level you're at. Yes, classes are expensive--my class is $250 per season. But for me that includes lab space, 50 lbs of clay per season, almost all of the glaze I use, kiln time, and other people doing all the maintenance and kiln loading/unloading etc. Very much money well spent.

Artist-run shared spaces are often not turning a profit on anything with studio fees, just covering operations costs, so while it's pricey, it generally is just...what it costs to do that hobby. And it is sooooo much easier to be motivated when you're going to what is, basically, Grown-Up Art Club.

But if costs are prohibitive for you to do pottery via classes, and you want to learn to sculpt, then get some polymer clay and see what you can do. It's a different game than actual clay, but form is form, and the medium is secondary to figuring out how to translate an idea into reality.

Polymer clay is relatively affordable and doesn't require nearly the infrastructure of ceramics. If you can't spend the money on classes or a shared studio, then polymer clay is a great way to develop technique and an eye so that when you're in a position to spend the money, you already have the skills to make it worth what you're spending.

[bamsara]

if yall have any recommendations for stores or shops that sells lots of cute little stationary stickers and washi stuff pls drop a link :P (NOT those Amazon 50pc things full of stolen art tho please)

[the-snowfall]

design for a techno lanyard keychain i was working on

[shinesurge]

oh shit hey i just twigged that a new book coming out soon might necessitate a reminder that kc's Various Funding Efforts have a book club tier (essentially: you get anything i send to print while you're supporting). If you want to start supporting OR upgrade to get on the list for that in time for Volume 4 coming out you should do that in like. The next week or so lmfao

Volume 4 is also gonna be the first print book with a supporter credits page, so if you wanna get in on THAT now is also the time to get your $2 donation set up. Additionally: I have lowered that perk to 2 dollars because, as I am fond of saying, literally everything helps so I would like to credit everybody. If you don't remember me talking about this at all it's because I announced it in the newsletter back in February when I didn't think I was printing anything this year. I'll elaborate on the logistics a bit later, but I figure if that's something you really want you know it already, so get while the gettin's good.

You can read up on how to help Kidd Commander keep getting made on the site's support page, which is also a good place to subscribe to the newsletter so you can keep up with where we're at financially. The newsletters ARE publicly archived and you can see all of them here.

I get asked about it a lot so while we're at this: as far as it goes I've sort of been trying to encourage the Ko-fi or Paypal instead of Patreon since they don't skim so much off the top, it's probably not such a big deal for other creators but if we're gonna make that December deadline every dollar counts haha. Whatever works for you works for me tho, and all the rewards are exactly the same on all the platforms so follow ur heart. Thanks!!

[rudeboimonster]

YESSSSS my Halloween order from @waywardstation came in!! Picked up some charms for a pair of friends to take advantage of the discount, oh these are such cute charms, I'm so glad I managed to have a lil spare change for these!! ;w; The bat clips are such a lovely little touch, and these definitely feel like sturdy lil guys!

And omg, all the little bonuses were such a pleasant surprise!! (Editor's note: the joltik plushie was not included in the bonuses lol I've had that for like 7 years.) The joltik clip is also so cuuuute, I'm tempted to super glue a magnet onto it so I can put it around my desk :3c

[thegreatyin]

and thus it begins.

[deoidesign]

Guys you're not gonna believe this. The books are wrong again

At least this time I didn't even get half of them and half of what I did get was damaged...? So I only have another 70 books to deal with... This time they're soft touch......

I've got so many of book 2 it's not even funny

[fictionadventurer]

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[angiestown]

[overallsonfrogs]

Day 10 of me checking the Rainbowcrate website every day to see when the AFTG special edition preorder goes up

[lopez-richter-fangirl]

Really pissing me off that people are replying to TCB’s mask tweet saying it’s not common to wear masks in the UK anymore… as if it is in the US either?? That’s why they have to ask

[intotheelliwoods]

Are you going to sell the leftover charms if you have any?? I missed the preorder period and I really want a little guy 🥺

Yup! Def planning on it- I think I have uhhhh... 200 something??? B-Grades?? That need loving homes? So yes! Please take the B-Grades at least off my hands! Take 20 or 30 off my hands if you can even haha

I will put up a listing for them (at a mad cheap price...) sometime next week after I get the preorders finally out and shipped :)

[nabsthevulture]

I will probably be selling some things i don't want to sell but hey 🫠

[youredreamingofroo]

everytime I'm like "I should play skyrim" I just think about all the traveling I have to do... 😭 like my quest rn is to go meet the greybeards but I don't wanna make that stupid trek all the way around the mountain.. 🥲