I'm an artist and maker living in Scotland, UK.
For a while now I've wanted to make some images of nettles. Nettle cordage seems important in the era of Maskwitches, and I keep seeing nettles on my walks. Nettles also loomed very large in my childhood, as perennial enemies, so they'r a resonant plant in
We're delighted to have been invited to be a part of this year's ENnies Emporium. As a nominee for the awards last year for Best Art, Maskwitches will be a part of this "ready-to-ship" event. This seems like the very best place
I’m thinking a lot lately about creativity. Making things has always been something I’ve just undertaken, very naturally and often without much self examination. But over time, that self examination, that reflexivity seems to just grow from the act of doing. As the act of making comes naturally,
Working on a thing. A bag arrived. Check it out.
I've been working with resin to help generate various in-camera effects and in-world objects, but I have also been thinking about crossing the threshold of in world artefacts which also work as gaming tokens. Perhaps just for my own table, perhaps something that people can buy.
I’ve been really enjoying working with resin in my small moments of spare time. Here are the latest shots from this very morning. I’ve also set up a couple of landscapes with figures. The next Maskwitches book is growing considerably as in addition to a new story scenario,
Resin pouring will continue until morale improves... I do find this stuff strangely affecting. As a child I was obsessed with things like reflectors on bikes. There's something about that glowing orange. Behind the scenes... Fresh from the mould. I singularly failed to take any images of the
And they were all of them deceived for another disc was made.... well to be fair no one was deceived and no one will be surprised by the existence of a second resin disc. This time with mini rocks in it. I spent a bit longer mixing the resin for
It's been a while, but never mind about that. A story best told in pictures. This is just the beginning of the hottest in-camera special effects that 1930 has to offer. Stay tuned. While you wait, ponder Pepper's Ghost.
Maskwitches has been nominated for an ENnie award for Best Art, and voting is now open here. I don't mind playing the ENnies game - it’s one we voluntarily sign up to play. I also don’t take it too seriously. It’s nice to win awards, of
What an appropriately-named place to host Making Maskwitches. Going forward, all the behind-the-scenes thoughts and updates will occur here, rather than at the old blog on Substack. Being hitched to SS has caused real problems in regular updates, and I struggled to make time to get off
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Hello! It's been a moment since I posted hereabouts, but lots has been going on. I took a little break around the actual kickstarter campaign for Maskwitches, and time has flown.