Ludo

I present to you the most lovable beast from the 1986 movie Labyrinth: Ludo.

Ludo is 6" tall and comes with a 3/4" tall base (total on base 6 3/4").

He has been meticulously sculpted over a heavy wire armature in a blend of merino and New Zealand Corriedale wools in nutmeg, brown and grey. Ludo's fur is a layer of New Zealand Corriedale wool with an overlay of hand rooted Tibetan mohair. He can be posed gently.

His horns and fangs are sculpted of paperclay and have been painted in acrylics.

Ludo has expressive orange/amber acrylic eyes. His face was sculpted over many hours to capture his warm features.

His base is wood painted in layers of acrylics and has been distressed. It is backed in felt. His plaque is hand drawn in archival ink, gel pen and coloured in pencil on artist's grade shrink plastic.

Ludo is a show piece intended for a mature collector and is not intended as a child's toy.

Ludo is available for purchase in my Etsy shop.

Fairyspit featured in the Etsy Storque!

I am absolutely thrilled, pleased, ecstatic, and lots of other adjectives to announce that I was featured in the Etsy Storque!

Sheila was featured among other great items by very talented artisans from Down Under in Etsy Finds: Upside Down. Check out this amazing collection of items.

Thank you and welcome to all of my new customers and fans gained from this showcase. Your dolls are on the way!

~Irma

Tweaking my Etsy shop

Today I gave my poor needle poked fingers a rest and decided to tweak some things with my online presence. I've been really trying to make this work as a part time career, and really wish upon a star I can do this full time at some stage in my life. I've got a great job and all, but this is where my true passion lies, and I can only get better with time...

I've been adding to my deviantART and Elfwood pages in the hopes of getting some more fans this way. The Facebook page has been generating some fans too. Please send a link to anyone you think may be interested as well :)

Today I took to the Etsy forums for advice and I got some really great pointers that I implemented straight away. I got a new program called GIMP at the advice of a fellow Etsian and created a new banner for my page (pictured above). What do you think? I love it!

I've also made a few other tweaks to some descriptions and shop announcement and finally got my Google analytics set up.  Fingers crossed!

My custom baby dragon listing has been featured in this Treasury of Australasian artists!

Sunny, Faerie Bearie #2 is featured in this Summer Colour Treasury!

My custom baby dragon is included in this fantastic Dragon Treasury.

Constance the dragon is included in this lovely soft treasury I Think I am In Love.

I've got some great ideas for some new felted friends, so tomorrow maybe one or two will be posted depending on my progress.

Stay tuned...

My Etsy shop