Watching Game of Thrones (one episode every few days) has been part of our ritual for a few months. With our two year anniversary approaching, this was an obvious concept on which to base my gift to my husband. The gorgeous spinning Astrolabe in the TV show intro depicts the events from before the story [...]
Kirin is a flashy dog brimming with attitude, and I wanted to make him a special collar that represents everything that he is. Kirin's name is derived from "Qilin", a Chinese mythical beast. Kirin's collar features his namesake creature on an Art Nouveau style background, with a real moonstone as the centrepiece. I was inspired [...]
Years ago, I sated my appetite for creative art by doing complex digital paintings and photo manipulations of horses. I've always had a great appreciation for horses, so I was excited to be commissioned to do a horse collar design. My little Etsy business has been doing phenomenally well, so I haven't had as much [...]
My brother was thrilled with his birthday present! The belt depicted the final level in the Nintendo Super Mario game, the one where Mario finally rescues the princess (after many failures in other castles). He was speechless, and insisted on wearing it on top of his extra long T-Shirt. He was flabbergasted that it was [...]
Above is my first photo of a Super Mario belt work-in-progress: My earliest memories of my brother are of his silhouette jumping up and down in front of the TV. He was 5 years old, playing a Super Mario game on Nintendo. He jumped every time his mustachoid hero jumped, on his quest to rescue [...]
