Friday, February 15, 2013

Stuffed with Madness

This Valentine's day I received an emergency commission for a stuffed platypus.

Give that a moment to sink in.

Yes.  A platypus.

Lucky, I am what can be called "clever" and "resourceful" when I want to be, and I managed to create this with one part crafty-ness and one part engineering...

He's been named "Beethoven", he's the approximate size of an NFL football, he's very cuddly, and he's very loved by his new owner.

A posting of Beethoven's picture to my Facebook page started a huge outpouring of interest and links flying and requests for other bizarre animals (for example, narwhals).  In the midst of the frenzy, it occurred to me that while I post a lot here about my costuming adventures, I'm pretty poor about posting my "Stuffie" adventures.

In the past, I've posted about Professor Bear, the Forest Nymph, and the Christmas Bears/Lion, but here are some things that I haven't posted about before...

A penguin, made for my Son for Valentine's day last year.


A fox, custom made as a prize for winning an Arts & Sciences challenge I put down.


A barn owl, version (A) and version (B).  Version (A) read a bit more penguin-ish or baby owl-ish, which precipitated the need for version (B), which the intended recipient liked much better (and I agreed!).


This doll has a removable beard to create "Season One" (unbearded) and "Season Two" (bearded) Commander William T. Riker from "Star Trek: The Next Generation".  It was a Valentine's day gift last year for my Beau.




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