Production Run

I did a couple of days going around shops and testing the water, people where so positive so I started a production run of around 144 pieces. I have a huge range of colours now, but not much black, 

some of the peachy colours where striking as where the ivory and whites with pearly lacquers.

"Mucalinda"

 I opted for this ace filed curb chain, I got 4 sizes in gold silver and black plated, great stuff and made in England.

" Fools Gold"

this one I made for Hailey for her Birthday, she got my best Fools Gold chunks.

"Mucalinda"

peachy creatures, look so young and tender . . . . . . 

"Kanaloa Encircled"

                                              " Fools Gold"                                        

"Buddha Beheaded"

these Buddhas in white are great, I'm looking forward to doing a lot of black very soon, and exploring that end of the spectrum.

"Kanaloa Encircled"

"Kanaloa"

I am going around the shops now looking for some serious stockists. So if you want me now is perfect time to pick me up and love me,
                                          Miles

Hands and Fists

This was made to go with Louise Rileys' costume that she was wearing when  creating art at the Hospital club last week, The fists is not  stained and lacquered like the others. I put maximum amount of blood for Maximum Drama, gold plated chain apparently. It really made the costume.

The ''fools gold'' piece is so loved that I made this one, using some 10mm glass eyes lent by DnA. The hands are painted silver and then lacquered as a test, in the future I shall probably do metallic looking casts but it means using different materials and it is a  real mine field. I used sculpey to make the flash part of the eyes, this is a one off unless any rock stars or consultant surgeons want one.

I wanted a better image of this piece online. I am desperate to make some Halloween pieces but instead have been focussing on finding better and more durable ways to make the blood and source better materials. The whole thing of making something Arty and Beautiful and then be able to make it in quantities using suitable materials at a reasonable cost is a really hard job.

I spent a couple of sessions visiting well chosen shops and they have all really loved the work, all I have to do is go in wearing the fist on black and I am in. I am waiting for some very important people to get back to me, . . . . . . and in the meantime starting the making of a dozen of the most popular-straight-forward-to-make pieces.

           Miles over and out 

Sample Range

Greetings, I have decided on a limited range of pieces which I am putting into Sample Production, These are all titled in bold and have secret double letter codes, as I struggle to figure out prices.

37. AU .''Kanaloa Encircled'', Male version pictured. There will be a female version on a  long light chain.

Kanaloa is the Hawaiian Creator, who appears in the form of the octopus.

'the present cosmos is only the last of a series, having arisen in stages from the wreck of the previous universe. In this account, the octopus is the lone survivor of the previous, alien universe.'

Now if you think that is fucked up then go here and read the rest !!! Insanity ! ! !lovecraft eat yer heart out !!

http://rustyidols.blogspot.com/2008/08/research-octopus-god.html

there will be a variety in length and weight of chains, giving male and female versions. I am gonna make a  dozen of each type at least. There should be curbed chain in chrome, gold and gun-metal (very dark), and filed curb chain in the 3 colours. I know a metal plater so I could get really into it and have any finish imaginable but not yet.

And I will make the sculptures in a range of colours using new dyes.

So I will have pieces to sell soon.

36. Bloody Hands Earings.

The Bloody Droplets: For these I have been using beaded curtains which I have painted in glass lacquer, they are great but i dont know how they will last so I have beads on order for making up the droplets, its gonna whack up the price, but they will be much classier and I will have total control of the size of drops etc..
These japese beads come in white gold and silver and then they are dyed to order, so my blood red would be dyed over the gold, WOW so exciting.

More Pieces

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33. MU. ''Mucalinda''  The God-King of the Cobras, he protect Buddha from a raining hot coals while he reinforced his enlightenment by touching the earth, I think.

32.RI. ''Kanaloa'' Only a short version of this one.

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18. ''Mucalinda''  The God-King of the Cobras. MU. 

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16.''Mr Cat'' RO

15.''Mr Cat'' RO

14.''Mr Cat'' RO

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Morning Of First Show

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Gonna finish some pieces and pack up, and try to t edit the pictures i uploaded drunk and tired last night

HOW ?

Dear All,
         Some people have asked how I have made the small sculptures-beads-pendant things.

1. I model a small sculpture using Sculpey, which works like Fimo but is a much more usable texture. When finished this is then cooked in the oven, then I carve it and polish it etc . . .

2. Then I make a mold of RTV rubber, I use a vacuum chamber to remove any air bubbles from the rubber. The Simple objects are one piece molds using the softest rubber, the snake and octopus are 2 piece.

3. Then I cast polyurethane copies, using the chamber again. With some of the objects I then make a second mold to cast them 4 at a time using the first copies made from the first mold.

4. After casting each sculpture is then cleaned up using a knife and-or a grinder. Then they get polished a little using very course canvas. They get a gentle cooking in the oven to assist the curing process.

5. Then I paint them with a very hard wearing glass lacquer which I then wipe off to give the aged look. The lacquer is super gloss so I mix up a satin lacquer and give them a coat of that after.


6. If they are gonna have jewel eyes I then carve out correct size hole and superglue in a jewel, the jewels backs are pointed which makes them glitter better and makes them more secure.

 As the pieces are worn they will change their appearance a bit, in a good way.

SCULPEY:  sculpey make a range of products in different textures. I find Super-Sculpey or Super-Sculpey-Firm the best. If you want to make some small things for yourself they make a multipack of coloured Sculpey III blocks which for £20 is a great deal. This is apparantly the same texture as Super Sculpey but in pretty colours. Super Sculpeys main disadvantage is that it is translucent so you have to mix in white and black to make it a better colour for modelling .

Okay thats how I make them, god it makes me feel tired just seeing it like that, Err did you say you wanted a discount ???

I will stick in some pics soon,
                                    Over and Out M

SHOW DETAILS

Incase it is not clear the show is opening this Saturday at 4 in the afternoon till late, in Hampstead. 19 Swains Lane, N6 6QX, Next to Tescos (almost).

opening times: thursday, friday, saturday and sunday in the afternoon, I will try to be there on the sundays, drop down and hang out,

xx must Rush M

Continued

8.''Fist Of Glory'' RU

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6.''Fools Gold'' Short versin only. ME

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3.''Kinbaku-bi Encircled'' AT

2. ''Buddha Beheaded'' MT

First Jewellry Show

1. The Fist Of Power. RU 

I just made one of these for Louise Riley to wear while sewing at the Hospital Club, the fist in Ivory, chain slightly shorter, with as much blood and as long as possible, the fist looks even better the other way around so you can see the fingers.

Miooooowwwww

Greetings, I have made a vast selection of cats, many beoing clours stained over ivory or white, for a while I am making a much reduced range over colours, the silver and gold below plus black and extreme pink !!

Silver Pearl over White

Gold over Ivory