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Fate Loves the Fearless

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It was just a phrase in a magazine artiFate Loves the Fearless flying turtle snow globe Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Coloradocle, reading casually, waiting for my hair to be cut.

“Fate loves the fearless.”

I wish I could remember who said it and in what context, but I’ve lost the source.

The phrase stayed with me, reminding of some other words to live by, including “You miss every shot you don’t take, ” attributed to Wayne Gretsky.

Why a turtle? I don’t know: Perhaps the gentle sea turtle always appears to be flying and I took it one step farther, with a couple taking a leap of faith together, fearless and bold, holding on for the exciting ride ahead.

“Fate Loves the Fearless.” Ah, yes it does.

Fate Loves the Fearless flying turtle snow globe Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado detail Fate Loves the Fearless flying turtle snow globe Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado

 

 

“Fate Loves the Fearless” custom snow globe with flying turtle and tiny human couple along for the ride. When shaken, the liquid sky fills with shimmering glitter of daybreak.
All photographs, images and designs are copyright (c) 2015 Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado USA.

Perpetual Penguins

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Adding and subtracting, combining and reducing, twisting and turning … Yep, art’s like that. We like M.C. Escher and his drawings of fantastic stairways where one climbs endlessly.

We like ice storms.

And we like penguins.

So what if you took penguins+icestorm+escher staircase and made … Perpetual Penguins.

Hey, nobody’s going to stop us, right?

Perpetual Penguins ice storm

The staircase is made of clear acrylic, with painstaking effort to cut each tiny stair to the perfect size and shape. When shaken, the globe bursts with the light of the Aurora Borealis reflected in the shimmering, dancing snow. And the penguins keep marching: up, down, sideways in the endless twilight. Perpetual penguins.

All images and designs are copyright (c) 2015 Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Open Studio and a snow globe cake pop

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Well, I should have been in the studio making snow globes, because I owe a few to people I’ve promised, but I needed to create something special for tonight’s open studio in Denver’s RiNo district. (First Friday, November 6th, See Festivals and Events tab for more info.)

So I was in the kitchen instead. This is what I learned: If you add a Reese’s peanut butter cup (mini size) to a round cupcake and add frosting and sprinkles, you get …

 

 

snowglobe cake pop

 

 

I hope they taste as good as they look.

Rock Lobster

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There was a lobster. There was a guitar. They made beautiful music together.

Rock Lobster sparkle snow globe, Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh yeah, there was a snow globe with no snow. It had beautiful aqua liquid and when shaken, sea creatures and musical notes floating in the chorus. Shell we dance?

 

 

“Rock Lobster” snow globe with miniature lobster, guitar, tinted liquid and sea creature confetti. All photos and designs are copyright (c) 2015 Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado USA. Rock on.

Heads of Clay – work in progress

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I have a file on my computer called “Heads of Clay.” When you peek inside you see all the progress I’ve made, learning to sculpt exactly that.

These tiny clay skulls are less than two inches tall — it might be easier working life-size (or not), but the glass globe always dictates just large a piece can be.

I’m in the studio today, trying to get better at my craft. (Okay, not technically in the studio as I write this, but I am taking a quick break. You understand, right?)

Sculpting the heads is one thing, but sometimes (no pun intended) they take on a mind of their own. Like this one: Shrink Wrap.

Will I be the only person to think it’s amusing, the visual pun, the play on words? See, there’s a tiny figure of a “shrink” sitting atop a head, which is wrapped. With shrink wrap.Shrink Wrap miniature head sculpture in snow globe, Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver Colorado Shrink Wrap miniature head sculpture in snow globe, Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver Colorado

Yeah, I wish I could take responsibility for coming up with that through some thoughtful creative process, but it just popped into my head … hey! I’m serious! A person who studies the mind, the shrink, on a head that is wrapped in … goodness! Will I be the only one who thinks this is a hoot? Possibly. Can’t worry about that now, I have more heads to examine. Literally and figuratively.

 

 

Here’s a glimpse of what else I’ve been working on … off and on … taking the idea of a person and his or her head, and showing what might be inside. Exciting for me, since I’m still fascinated with how and where ideas emerge.

 

 

Custom snow globes and miniatures sculptures. Miniature head sculpture (clay with metal embellishments) in snow globes. All images and designs copyright (c) 2015, Camryn Forrest Designs, Denver, Colorado, USA.