Gradually Jayne is building a button empire, with buttons coming in from all directions she has been kept busy grading them into colours and sizes for ease of use. It's amazing at the variety, all different shapes, sizes and colours, from the beautiful mother of pearl type to the hideous brown buttons resembling crap chocolates they are all here.
What I didn't expect to turn up is eyes. No silly, not real eyes but plastic ones including the googly type ones that I originally based the Impossimals eyes on. Googly eyes, especially mine, seem to be the fashion at the moment with childhood memories shattered at every turn so they seemed quite apt. You will be telling me next that a popular moustached wrestler much admired by young fans has made a rude video. Oh no!
Anyway, plastic eyes used to fascinate me but I don't know why really because they are not realistic are they and they have a peculiar glazed look that gives any stuffed toy a bit of a sinister feel. Still, I popped them in a jar for later, you never know they might come in use for Halloween or something.
As you can see today's blog is a ramble again as I have been in the studio painting a few things for next year gradually going stir crazy, one favourite I have been painting though contains bunnies.
I have only just started this one so its going to take some time to complete but I wanted to show an entire family in one piece adding all the elements from previous work with the addition of a brand new colour palette to show them off. It's been a busy few months, this is one of six other pieces I have been working on along with other side projects to compliment them and should form part of my Impossimal releases some time in 2013.
In an update to the Christmas Impossimal Children's Competition in association with the Evergreen Art Cafe, see www.petersmithcollective.co.uk for details and click on the link, we have also planned two special Christmas With The Impossimals events, one to be held in Chester and a second in Solihull, more details a little later but they should be great events with plenty of fun to be had and of course oodles of Impossimals too!
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