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Better Than The Book

July 4, 2015December 28, 2024Kristian BeverlyLeave a comment

I finished a traditional girth today. I’m happy with it and will finish sealing it in the morning.

I also saw Me and Earl and The Dying Girl in the theaters today with a friend. Since it was a limited release, it took it a while for the movie to get to where I lived. It’s based off of the book of the same name. When movies are made from books,the go to response is ‘well the book is always better.’ In this case, the movie surpassed the book. By a lot. I read the book on the cruise and felt ehh about it. But the movie was just awesome.

Also, Breyerfest is in 13 days. So the countdown begins.

Portals, Reflections, and Mirrors

June 28, 2015December 28, 2024Kristian Beverly4 Comments

I made some miniature books today. I was trying to finish a tack project, but it wasn’t working. So miniature books happened instead.

Carl the Zombie made a cameo (I thought I’d lost Carl, but he was found).

A zombie reading a zombie book.

A friend gave me her view of book categories that I thought was interesting. I can’t remember it word for word, but the gist was that books are portals, reflections, or mirrors. Now, when I read a book I really don’t think about categories. If it sounds good, I pick it up.
She said portals take you to other ‘worlds’. They’re an escape.

Left to Right: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Clockwork Princess, City of Bones, Girl Of Nightmares

Reflections make you sit back after you’re done reading and think. They’re gateways into lifestyles/classes you don’t live in.

Left To Right: The Fault In Our Stars, The Outsiders, To Kill A Mockingbird

Mirrors are close to portals. You can escape into them, but there’s something more to just escaping. There’s a message inside. They reflect life, but not in an exact image.

Left to Right: Hunger Games, Catching Fire ,Mockingjay, Lord Of The Flies, Fahrenheit 451

Have you read any of these actual books? What did you think of them?

I made a specific board on Pinterest for miniature books, so if you like them, here’s a board with covers so you can make your own! Link

Durable

June 24, 2015December 28, 2024Kristian BeverlyLeave a comment

Buckbeak the First was made out of paper mache. He actually is still around.

(Mostly. Being a klutz I accidentally broke one of his wings.)

Buckbeak II was born a year or so after. The Buckbeak II had been made using crayola clay. I thought it was the best stuff ever. He won me a prize model at the Breyerfest Youth show.

And here is Buckbeak a couple of years later.Within this bag is Buckbeak II now rests.

The clay has crumbled into an icky mess. Buckbeak II no longer looks regal but instead looks like a creature from a cheesy horror movie.

“I eat yer soul, if I had a beak.”

“I’d claw you if I had feet.”

I think he looks like this creature from Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.

On a side note, this movie is a thing and this is a movie I must find now and watch.

Source

As with any project, you live and learn. If I ever make another Hippogriff, I’ll use something more durable so that the life span is longer. But staring at this creature is still kind of fun, right?

Organizing In Clearance

June 24, 2015December 28, 2024Kristian Beverly6 Comments

Organization is an art. I love to buy organizational things even though I so am not an organized person. But one goal I have been setting for myself is to slowly organize my show stuff. Small steps, nothing huge and drastic.
Today I went to Joann Fabrics to get wire, and found this in the clearance bin. So perfect.