The Monsters in Your Head - Tentacle Eye Patches

So here's the scoop: new creative eyewear from j-han!

This time I've got eye patches with a twist of course. They've got these crazy tentacles busting out of them. I hand sculpted the tentacles out of polymer clay and painted them gold. Then hand cut and hand finished each eye patch from leather. I am quite proud of these little puppies.

Bubble Lens Monocles

Goodness gracious I am so bad at blogging. I mean look at this, posting about my Bubble Lens Monocles so long after they've been made. The fact is that they haven't been as popular as I thought they would be. Although at this point the two gold monocles have been sold, and now only the silver ones remain.

Oh, and modeling these monocles is the lovely Modded Minimee Head of Aoi of Gazette fame. I am by no means a fan of Gazette or of j-rock for that matter, but the head was practically a steal! And since I really needed a modeling head I couldn't pass him up.

So that's what's been up in my dollie world. Hopefully I'll be cooking up some new dollie crafts to send out into the world very soon~

Fantasy Goggles

I finished up making the masquerade-ish goggles that I've had in mind for a while. They're more appropriately titled "Fantasy Goggles". There were supposed to be 3 originally, but I ran out of ribbon on my 2nd goggle so it's only a 2 pair collection: the Phoenix and the Unicorn.

They're both pretty elaborate. I feel like this goggle collection is more art than functionality. I fussed quite a while before I got them the way I liked on my model. I modeled them on my feminine Kamen, and he looks so gorgeous.

I need to get more product pictures, but just my luck my camera's battery ran out. It's charging right now... I figure I'll just display them here for now and post them on DoA in the middle of the week sometime.

Animal Masquerade Masks

I present to you the masquerade masks!
The Lion and the Bird... I can't decide which on I like more.
Each mask is handmade from white vinyl, ribbon, sequins, thread and superglue... oh, and little bit of wire and some jump rings on the lion mask.

I might make more if I can think up more animals^^

Brass Spectacles

Here are the brassy SteamPunk inspired spectacles.
I think they turned out nicely.
And I finally got around to giving my Shiwoo Dreaming a face-up.
There he is modeling the first pair.

School's OUT!

Now that the semester is finally over...
I have the time to get back to business.

The spectacles are coming along...
I'm still fiddling w/the prototype pair,
and they look pretty neat~

I have the vinyl masks
and the masquerade goggles
on the back burner at the moment...
I don't have the appropriate ribbon and
some gold jump rings haven't showed up!

I've heard from home that my Bobobie Erin has arrived!
I hope to see her soon.

I need to give my boys new faceups,
but I need to get some more paint medium.

I still really want a Petit Blythe!

In any case...
Christmas is only a week away!!!

Bulb-UP! on "short" Hiatus

I've got finals coming up in two weeks which means it really crunch time!
I won't be able to work on any doll projects during this period...
but the good news is that it'll be winter break after that~
I'll have practically a month to devote to my vice of choice - bjds.

Upcoming projects include...

...the spectacles I've been talking about.
I've finally received all the materials.
I'm pretty excited about them.
I hope they turn out better than I expect them to.

...some new goggles. I'm naming them Masquerade Goggles.
I've decided to break down the Fop & Dandy Necklace Collection.
(Since they're so unpopular.)
I'm using the components to make some different goggles.
I tried to find some white leather, but was unsuccessful.
Instead I got some white vinyl, and OH MY!
Vinyl is so much easier to work with~
And since vinyl is cheaper than leather...
I have a remnants to make more stuff!

...animal masks! Masquerade style.
I'm experimenting with the white vinyl.
I'm really excited about this project.
I feel it's the one that everyone should be looking forward to.

I've got a lot of things on my plate for the break.
My last final is on the 15th so I'm counting the days.
I'm so excited about it all that
I'm forgetting the hell I'll have to go through to reach the end.

Well, hope your December is off to a better start than mine~

Eye Patch Goggles Remake?

I've been getting some questions about whether or not I plan on making more of the Eye Patch Goggles...

The answer for now is, "Probably not."

This was a OOAK collection, not to mention, I don't have any of the materials on hand to make more^^ However, I can't say for sure because I really do like doing remakes, usually with a twist. Maybe in the future they'll be a Eye Patch II collection, but I can't say for certain because I can't see into the future...

Like it says above, "illuminating one bright idea at a time"...

Eye Patch Goggles SOLD OUT! updated with owner pics

Thanks to PixielatedTink & Heceta.


The Eye Patch Goggles were sold out in a matter of a day. I think that's the most successful sale I've conducted yet. I guess it pays to have a unique product ^^ (On the other hand, the Fop & Dandy Collection, perhaps in part due to its simplicity isn't as popular-__-;;;)

In any case, I'm that much closer to buying my DIM Robel!

My next project won't be goggles but glasses. Still sticking with the eyewear~ I'm thinking about working out some SteamPunk inspired brassy spectacles. I'm still in the process of gathering the materials... Updates will be forthcoming.

I'm so thankful for all the positive feedback on these goggles.
Warm and fuzzy feelings along with a slightly bloated head are being experienced.

Commissioned Goggles - updated with owner pics

Commissioned goggles for K_en on DoA.




See more pictures on K_en's gallery thread on DoA.

Original Goggles - updated with owner pics

The original goggles that started it all.





thanks to Clam Wings

See more pictures on Clam Wing's Gallery Thread on DoA.