[Saki.Girl]

Starting this thread just to give people a heads up to July craft of the month

July – Oddity exhibit/ lab specimen

Time to get creative

this is about being creative and seeing what everyone comes up with its not a contest just to have fun. maybe even doing something you never tried before share ideas post up in progress or finished projects this will be fun.
here is the list of up coming months




August – Graveyard/ tombstone

 

[Saki.Girl]

giving this a bump

 

[doto]

Looking forward to this thread. Its a bush month with 3 lacrosse tournaments and a soccer tournament so I dont think I will be an active participant.

 

[Doug Graves]

My oddity is more of a 'Cabinet of Curiosity' build, with a more natural/apothecary style to it. Most of these items were collected off of mountains near me, or constructed by me. All remaining items were found in junk drawers and other collections of mine.

Had a lot of fun doing this one.

 

[Saki.Girl]

looks great doug

 

[allears22]

I finally got to do one of these! Mainly I couldn't pass up these little guys found at "At Home", especially for the price. I was originally going to mount them on wood that I painted black but I tried a gel stain and my hubby liked the look.

 

[Saki.Girl]

I finally got to do one of these! Mainly I couldn't pass up these little guys found at "At Home", especially for the price. I was originally going to mount them on wood that I painted black but I tried a gel stain and my hubby liked the look.
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those look great fantastic job

 

[allears22]

Thanks! I have more detailed items for my curiosity shelves but they are all packed away

 

[screamqueen2012]

heres a shrunken head i just had to do my version of i saw on pinterest.....i want to make more of these guys put on stands and let them try to talk to each other...lol

 

[allears22]

This looks so great!

 

[Saki.Girl]

heres a shrunken head i just had to do my version of i saw on pinterest.....i want to make more of these guys put on stands and let them try to talk to each other...lol

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Omg love it he looks great. Is he out of clay

 

[bethene]

****** July craft of the month is – Oddity exhibit/ lab specimen

he looks fabulous!

 

[a_granger]

Screamqueen your head is awesome. I would love to hear how you put that one together?!!

 

[Spooky McWho]

heres a shrunken head i just had to do my version of i saw on pinterest.....i want to make more of these guys put on stands and let them try to talk to each other...lol

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This shrunken head is amazing! He reminds me a bit of the hunter in Beetlejuice, only better! Great job it is a true work of art.

 

[screamqueen2012]

thanks everyone hes tinfoil formed then paper clay over that so it didnt weigh alot and could dry well..........painted eyes, then i took hair extentions i make dreds for costumes with and did his hair, and embellished with beads and leather lace............i bought my paper clay and this was the first time ive used it, found a guy on youtube tonite that makes his, very cheap with paper pulp, mache paste/i would use glue instead and wall compound....im going to try that next instead as my clay. i want to do a family of these..

 

[printersdevil]

screamqueen, I love the shrunken head. Great job.

Also very nice job on the critter speciman bones. LOL, I love this.

 

[screamqueen2012]

anyone wanting to add to their little oddity collection... michaels has the frog skeletons...eeeee, i found them!!! in the misc halloween section....then if you want the skellie rats and mice, kmart of all places has them online inexpensive and free shipping if you buy the minimum.........i wanted the frogs for my witch things and oddities.......

 

[Alexscaresme]

Hi guys. Ok, after joining the forum and just growing terribly excited with new ideas and old ones I have in my head but didn't know how to execute them, I'm just dying to do lab specimens.

How does one get all of those amazing labels? Please help as I can't wait to get started.

 

[Hilda]

Hi guys. Ok, after joining the forum and just growing terribly excited with new ideas and old ones I have in my head but didn't know how to execute them, I'm just dying to do lab specimens.

How does one get all of those amazing labels? Please help as I can't wait to get started.

Hello again!!
Do you use Pinterest? It has TONS of links for free downloadable labels. OR sometimes I purchase 'downloads' I can print myself from etsy sellers. They are often such superior quality when printed than the ones you can grab off a google search.

Here's my Pinterest board with some laboratory label links.
https://www.pinterest.com/LightheartedH/laboratory-labels/

 

[printersdevil]

I also have a lot of label links on my Pinterest boards/