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12 years ago
To keep myself from going insane, I am only going to be taking three different types of commissions currently. Hopefully something will catch your fancy. If you REAAALLY want something done which you know I can do/have done before but it isn't listed, send me a note - I am trying to make art my full-time job. Eventually I will do customs again, but I need to charge appropriately for the weeks of work it takes to make those, so I don't really want to do them until I have an accurate gauge of how long they take. Anything else is fair game.
All prices are BEFORE SHIPPING. Depending on how big/fragile/heavy things are and where I am shipping things to, prices vary quite a bit!
1) Mosaic commissions - starting at $50 for something at the size/complexity of this eastern dragon. That is a one-of-a-kind 5x10 or so (dimensions can vary) custom glass mosaic. I am willing to work larger, and if you are in the Portland area, I am willing to work quite large. I want to get a bunch of examples of these, so I am going to keep those prices low for a while, but I know how much I am undercharging myself, so eventually they will go up. Get them while they're cheap! Turn around for these, if I have nothing else in queue, is a few weeks.
* What I can do: cut some custom shapes out of the glass with a glass cutter, add things which aren't glass as accents (fish beads, seashells, tiles) use different colored grout, apply the glass to something like a patio tile for an outdoor installation. Please LET ME KNOW if you expect this to have to deal with moisture (outside/bathroom wall) because I need to use slightly different materials to adhere the glass, and I'd probably want to use a moisture-resistant backing. If I have to buy additional materials that aren't glass, their cost will be added to the final quote.
* What I can't do: standard boring mosaics out of regular square tiles. I mean, I could, but it'd be obnoxious to cut the glass into a million similar squares, and why. Just no.
2) Custom-painted plastic cast badges. - Starting at $20. These can either be on a pinback button or a more pendant-like setting. You choose the character and background color. If you want glow in the dark paint or something shiny and metallic, I can do it. If you'd like a more complicated background, I'd probably bump it up a couple of bucks.
Here are the molds I have so far:
The Fox, which I can paint like any canid - I have made a husky, maned wolf, wolf, and fox so far.
The My Little Pony - it has Fluttershy's hair, but I can paint it like your OC or one of the ponies from the show if you prefer. More hair styles are in the works. Here's an example.
The Cat. Example forthcoming...
* How it's made: I have a super sculpey original which I make a mold out of using a product called Oomoo 30. Six hours later, I have a mold ready to go. I use a two-part plastic resin called Smooth-Cast 300 which cures in 20 minutes. I sand off the rough edges and flashing, glue the cast to the backing using E6000, and paint it. I finish it with a UV-protectant, water-resistant varnish.
* Why plastic? I've never been fully comfortable doing badges or wearables in sculpey, because of how fragile it is. If you drop them, chances are they will shatter. I have thrown reject casts on the floor to try to see if they will break, and so far none of them have. I would not recommend this behavior for your finished piece, but if you happen to dance too hard and your shirt with the button on it flies off somewhere, chances are when you find your shirt again your button will be intact.
* IMPORTANT: I am willing to make NEW molds. Are you a rabbit? A deer? Some kind of snake? If I feel there are enough of you out there to warrant making a mold, I will happily sculpt your species and make a cast for the same price as the molds I have currently, and will not charge you for the additional time/materials. The understanding is that once the mold is made, I will be offering that same design to anybody else who may be interested. I have a corgi in the works, and interest has been voiced in a corvid, deer, rat, and maned lion. My goal is to have molds of most of the common species. If you have a completely unique species but would still like a plastic badge, I can do it for $50 for the first one and $20 for each subsequent painted one.
* I will also sell you a blank cast of anything I have a mold for, $10 and you can paint them yourself. You can even resell them! This is a great option if you and your buddies invented a species and you want to paint your own characters.
* I am also able to do SMALL PRODUCTION RUNS so if you need a set (under 100) of a flat-backed/relief style sculptural piece for an event (wedding, convention), etc, let me know and we can come up with a price. I am not able to do figurative/double-sided/full 3d casting at this time.
3) Custom Sculptures - Made in Super Sculpey. These can be any size, but price will scale with complexity. Starting at $40 for a small sculpture such as Talathia. These are stand-alone 3d sculptures, but they will be fragile, so are best for household decoration (paperweights, desk guardians, etc).
I take Paypal, cash if you are local to Portland, and possibly other forms of payment if it comes down to it, but I'd really prefer Paypal.
Thanks for looking! :)
All prices are BEFORE SHIPPING. Depending on how big/fragile/heavy things are and where I am shipping things to, prices vary quite a bit!
1) Mosaic commissions - starting at $50 for something at the size/complexity of this eastern dragon. That is a one-of-a-kind 5x10 or so (dimensions can vary) custom glass mosaic. I am willing to work larger, and if you are in the Portland area, I am willing to work quite large. I want to get a bunch of examples of these, so I am going to keep those prices low for a while, but I know how much I am undercharging myself, so eventually they will go up. Get them while they're cheap! Turn around for these, if I have nothing else in queue, is a few weeks.
* What I can do: cut some custom shapes out of the glass with a glass cutter, add things which aren't glass as accents (fish beads, seashells, tiles) use different colored grout, apply the glass to something like a patio tile for an outdoor installation. Please LET ME KNOW if you expect this to have to deal with moisture (outside/bathroom wall) because I need to use slightly different materials to adhere the glass, and I'd probably want to use a moisture-resistant backing. If I have to buy additional materials that aren't glass, their cost will be added to the final quote.
* What I can't do: standard boring mosaics out of regular square tiles. I mean, I could, but it'd be obnoxious to cut the glass into a million similar squares, and why. Just no.
2) Custom-painted plastic cast badges. - Starting at $20. These can either be on a pinback button or a more pendant-like setting. You choose the character and background color. If you want glow in the dark paint or something shiny and metallic, I can do it. If you'd like a more complicated background, I'd probably bump it up a couple of bucks.
Here are the molds I have so far:
The Fox, which I can paint like any canid - I have made a husky, maned wolf, wolf, and fox so far.
The My Little Pony - it has Fluttershy's hair, but I can paint it like your OC or one of the ponies from the show if you prefer. More hair styles are in the works. Here's an example.
The Cat. Example forthcoming...
* How it's made: I have a super sculpey original which I make a mold out of using a product called Oomoo 30. Six hours later, I have a mold ready to go. I use a two-part plastic resin called Smooth-Cast 300 which cures in 20 minutes. I sand off the rough edges and flashing, glue the cast to the backing using E6000, and paint it. I finish it with a UV-protectant, water-resistant varnish.
* Why plastic? I've never been fully comfortable doing badges or wearables in sculpey, because of how fragile it is. If you drop them, chances are they will shatter. I have thrown reject casts on the floor to try to see if they will break, and so far none of them have. I would not recommend this behavior for your finished piece, but if you happen to dance too hard and your shirt with the button on it flies off somewhere, chances are when you find your shirt again your button will be intact.
* IMPORTANT: I am willing to make NEW molds. Are you a rabbit? A deer? Some kind of snake? If I feel there are enough of you out there to warrant making a mold, I will happily sculpt your species and make a cast for the same price as the molds I have currently, and will not charge you for the additional time/materials. The understanding is that once the mold is made, I will be offering that same design to anybody else who may be interested. I have a corgi in the works, and interest has been voiced in a corvid, deer, rat, and maned lion. My goal is to have molds of most of the common species. If you have a completely unique species but would still like a plastic badge, I can do it for $50 for the first one and $20 for each subsequent painted one.
* I will also sell you a blank cast of anything I have a mold for, $10 and you can paint them yourself. You can even resell them! This is a great option if you and your buddies invented a species and you want to paint your own characters.
* I am also able to do SMALL PRODUCTION RUNS so if you need a set (under 100) of a flat-backed/relief style sculptural piece for an event (wedding, convention), etc, let me know and we can come up with a price. I am not able to do figurative/double-sided/full 3d casting at this time.
3) Custom Sculptures - Made in Super Sculpey. These can be any size, but price will scale with complexity. Starting at $40 for a small sculpture such as Talathia. These are stand-alone 3d sculptures, but they will be fragile, so are best for household decoration (paperweights, desk guardians, etc).
I take Paypal, cash if you are local to Portland, and possibly other forms of payment if it comes down to it, but I'd really prefer Paypal.
Thanks for looking! :)
I'll probably post a pic of some of the glass I have to scraps.
It was tons of fun, yes! <3