#oddityart

[diy-punx]

Also been working on some pretty cool stuff 🦷

Available for purchase Aug 4th!

[sulkyswan]

Sensitive Oracle print on etsy.com / limited left. Oracle is sparkly grey.

[averoseart]

Been thinking a lot about my dear friend who passed away July 19, 2018. Long live the legend of @jonschnepp. Jon, thank you for sharing your talents, friendship, and your deep passion for art and life! We will continue to spread your magic! This is a sculptural portrait I created of him for the amazing memorial art show that Holly @bettydrapers_fatsuit (his widow) organized for him in 2018. Originally I just wanted to make something as if he was still alive and it would be his birthday gift. I knew he’d love a demon with a badass weapon. I didn’t plan for it to be a portrait, but as the pieces started coming together, surprisingly it started to look like him. Materials: skunk vertebrae for the hips, squirrel paws for the feet, lizard claws for hands, arms, ribs, and spine are bat bones, ermine jaw for mouth, I used a piece of lizard skin for the tongue, coyote vertebrae for the head, frog vertebrate for the forked part of the weapon and sting ray barb as the sword part of the weapon. Garnet eyes. #schneppdemon #averoseart #jonschnepp #oddityart #jonschneppthelegend #jonschnepptribute #bonecollector #sweatynerds #metalocalypse #metalocalypsecreator #kingofsweatynerds https://www.instagram.com/p/CRSDMhMjcFx/?utm_medium=tumblr

[alexakarabin]

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Gearing up for my shop update tonight at 7pm. I hope you will take a look! I’ll try to get some content up on my blog too. . . . . . #artstudio #artwork #painting #100dayproject #kalamazoo #lakemichigan #chicagoartist #portrait #the100dayproject #my100daysofpainting2020 #insectart #mothart #oddities #oddityart #artinthetimeofcorona #masks https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Fd8-XnrK8/?igshid=1ruex7hn9gwir

[spicyhoneyheart]

Hustle

Hello! We've got a bit of a snow-in! My trip to the studio today has been cancelled, but at least it's given me time to refine this post. I have to realize though that I want to offer the sequence of topics up to you again since I'm a hybrid artist with many skills! In-depth explanations of mediums will start next week, so be sure to vote on my stories on Facebook and Instagram to help me decide. I'll just run through my current projects! Glass-/Kilncast-related work is always ongoing when I go to the studio in Aylmer, where I build up my mould library. As I mentioned last time, I'm currently working on a modified clawring of my own. 3/4 of the components have their rubber castings, while the fourth is a bit of a doozy. The pieces have been adorned with symbols relating to death and the Cycle, and I have to work through this last one so that the sculpting is readable. At that size, I have to be very particular of what symbol I end of choosing. So far I have Ouroboros snakes forming infinity, but I'm still brainstorming the middle piece. After that's done I have to sculpt it with a suitable unity within its space, which is shield-like/coat-of-arms-y.​

The end game is to make a gauntlet out of impact beads or pewter. Then I plan (once my nails grow out and I take better care of my hands) to “wear” them and hold varying objects in a batch of alginate. I'd riggle my hand out (theoretically), leaving the gauntlet pieces and object wedged inside. Then I'd pour plaster to take the form of my hand, bonding with the object and pieces as well. It's obviously gonna take some trial-and-error, which is often my favourite part anyway.

I figured out what I'd like to use for my objects: small bottles with hollow-core sculptures! Pretty neat idea inspired by something in a game I play in my spare time. I have yet to work through my cores, but I've started collecting bottles to rubber cast. I've been meandering between thrifts stores scouting for interesting shapes of this size. They have to be a comfortable size to hold but not too small that the cores are impossible to read. At this scale they can be worthy tests!

For other wax/glass-related projects, I'll delve deeper into for the appropriate post. ​My Lonely Hydra project will finally be underway this weekend! I have both the blasted and laser-engraved plates for proofing. I'll be picking up the press from my collective later today when the snow dies down. I'm also hoping to pick up a tripod from my friend to record my process more easily. I considered maybe streaming the process live, but I'm on the fence. My workspace is not really that special and I tend to suffer from interruptions. I might change my mind, we'll see! Again, stay tuned for my stories for that.

With the press in my possession I can also revisit from old prints of mine and replenish my stock. There's something going on April 4th... clear your calendars for that date! Lastly, on the illustration front, which includes both traditional and digital stuff. Traditionally I don't do much except for commissions or my own pleasure, unless it's for a stained-glass project but I'm not putting that on my plate right now. What I have going on (for months!) is a personal ukulele. It's basically just a precious object decorated with my favourite things. The back of it is a bit complex so when I start painting, I can't be stopped or else it takes forever to actually cover ground. Once it's completed I'll string her up and finally start fiddling with it. I grew up playing piano but I did have some affinity with the guitar. A uke would be a nice thing to play with in my down time, too.

Digital stuff is still on the go, basically whenever I have an inclination to sit at my computer all day. I have never been one to run out of ideas, and in fact, I get so many that I have a hard time completing one at a time. That's something I hope to improve on. Online shops have been a bit quiet because of it. I did however play around in Art of Where, one of my store platforms, because I do enjoy its design space. Both “Gafferdite” and “Gurasu Gods” have been renewed, this time in tandem with my shop's name, Spicy Honey Heart. I think they look pretty cool! I'll need to draw up an image logo to go along with it. I have a period of time coming up that'll be perfect for drafting these sketches.

Okay yeah I think I've prattled long enough! I'll post some polls for the next blog topic shortly after this one goes live. Stay safe out there! Take care, Gosia

[victorianbones]

True love never dies

[sprigofsage]

Something slightly different but it's my art and this is the place I put that so.. 🕸️ #art #artsy #artist #artistsoninstagram #oddity #oddities #odditiesandcuriosities #oddityart #tarantula #shadowbox #flowers https://www.instagram.com/p/BwQP7ucAw0T/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pqgwsmm0voqc

[mosieatsalthair]

This little guy is goin to its home this week 🥰 #deadstuff #taxidermyart #taxidermy #seahorse #shells #butterflywings #naturalart #nature #odditiesandcuriosities #oddities #oddity #oddityart #tiny #sold (at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFdRPbBhrr7/?igshid=5095atwxzghv

[floofyfaceart]

Create something you love and the rest will follow #odditiesandcuriosities #art #twoheadedcalf #oddityart #drawingforme https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCVUl1lmoU/?igshid=1o4nh0dxe0qi4

[odditytattoo]

This is going to be an awesome piece. Can't wait to see it finished. By @nategrecoart #odditytattoo #oddityart #sarasota #hivecaps #sarasotafl #siestakey #siestakeybeach #longboatkey #lakewoodranch #bendersonpark #nbp #octoskull #octopustattoo #downtownsarasota (at Oddity Tattoo Studio and Gallery)

[tfigueroaart]

Consumed by anger. (work in process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #firepainting #mixedmediart #mixedmediaartist #mixedmediaartists #wrath #anger #humanemotions #darkpainting #darkartwork #darkart #workinprocess #artistprocess #artistmind #visualpoetry #paintingprocess #artonig #artoninstragram #artofday #figurativeabstraction #creativefreedom #oddityart #oddity #weirdartwork #artefigurativo #artdetail #artdetails #expresiveart #ontheeasel #arteplastico #künst (at Saint Petersburg, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTDIdcgrqta/?utm_medium=tumblr

[trevorjamesfoster]

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A Blue Ringed Octopus has enough poison to kill 25 humans within minutes. Raw and glazed cobalt on Japanese porcelain. #ceramicart #ceramicsculpture #ceramics #contemporaryceramics #porcelainart #porcelainsculpture #ceramichandmade #aritayaki #vanitas #momentomori #oddityart #oddities #odditiesandcuriosities (at 有田駅 (Arita Sta.)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9E6unjn8zq/?igshid=84w0bdgg69o8

[averoseart]

Battle Imp has been sold! I will be dropping him off to his forever home tomorrow. Battle Imp is the companion piece to Pixie Warrior. I’ll post the Pixie Warrior video tomorrow. In the 3rd photo you’ll see a close-up of the weapons for both the Pixie Warrior & Battle Imp. This is his story: This is no ordinary imp. This tiny demon has been bewitched by a sorceress and set upon the task of invading the pixie fields to steal magical objects for her. Imps are normally solitary creatures but can have a strong bond with a bewitched battle bat that the sorceress has given to him to help him accomplish his duties. Even if the bewitchment is broken the battle Imp and bat will continue to be bonded for life. Now a Battle Imp, he carries a sword on his back made from a stingray barb and enchanted to shield against the power of a pixie’s pneuma wand. This battle Imp and bat has just emerged from the beautiful but dark lands of mushrooms and fallen bones. Where glittering stones are scattered among spiked flowers twisting out of fractured jaws. Where crooked red horns and smoky crystals grow from the cracks in the ground. Materials: animal bones, preserved bat parts, devil’s coral, rubies, garnet, quartz crystals, rainbow hematite, pyrite, red dwarf tea tree flowers, antique bronze base with bronze mushrooms. Created January 2018. Measurement: 22” x 17”x 12. #averoseart #battleimp #oddityart #movingsculpture #automaton #automatonart #darkartist #demonartwork #fantasyartist #tinydemon #batart https://www.instagram.com/p/B67GGYgDJlc/?igshid=1l8kl9izdm9bz

[alexakarabin]

Getting my #inktober on. Everyone in the house has a bad cold. We have been sniffling and sneezing and snotting everywhere. Even date night was canceled (our first one in like a year 🤒🥴😷). I will hopefully finish the bat tomorrow. 🦇 . . . . . . . #batart #bat #bats #animalart #oddities #oddityart #inktober2019 #inktoberbat #handmadeink #inks #inkart #inkpainting #painting #art #artstudio #watercolorpainting #wings #nighttime #moonart #naturalhistory #watercolorartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Gq9LhnJ88/?igshid=yzkv8wbyzm0i

[symmytry]

There are only a few days left to scoop up some amazing artwork at @laluzdejesus annual coaster show! You can email them: info@laluzdejesus.com or give them a call at: (323)666-7667 Mine are still available, along with many other awesome pieces! #laluzdejesus #coastershow2017 #coastershow #coaster #loverseyes #teeth #teeeth #weirdo #weirdart #darkart #popsurrealism #darksurrealism #contemporarysurrealism #contemporaryart #oddityart #affordableart #neovictorian #wunderkammer #curiositycabinet #supportthearts #visionaryart (at La Luz De Jesus Gallery)

[jennascuriocabinet]

SOLD- get in touch for your custom fairy! Https://www.etsy.com/uk/Shop/jennascuriocabinet #jennascuriocabinet #curiodisplay #entomologyart #boneart #boneartist #insectlovers #curiology #macabreart #curiosita #wunderkammer #productoftheweek #photooftheday #beautiful #beautyindecay #beautyindeath #fairy #oddity #bonearticulation #curiocabinet #oddities #cabinetofcuriosities #odditiesandcuriosities #curioushandmade #oddityart #curiocabinet #taxidermy #darkart #staycurious #insecttaxidermy https://www.instagram.com/p/BpkWsB2nYbt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o8xlq95cjmjg