Wedding Ornaments

Last Summer I got a commission to make some puzzle aficionada an
ornament for their wedding table. It was originally going to be for the
cake, but it was unclear whether the icing would damage the wood,
(despite using a baby-safe lacquer) but I was still honoured to create a
unique decoration for their special day.

Cat skull earring (Fimo)

A friend commissioned me to make an earring in the shape of a cat skull -it had to be small enough to not be too heavy, and of course it would only be half the fun if it was made of plain old white Fimo, so I used glow in the dark material.
Initial sculpting was fiddly as it was, being that the model is about 2cm wide and 2.5cm long, so after baking, I went at it with the Dremel (mmm, that dentist feeling) for some finer detail, and was quite pleased with the results.
Check it out:

GoT Wacom Competition

Wacom has been hosting a competition in celebration of Season 7 of Game of Thrones, where a winner will eventually bag an Intuos Pro Medium.
This week's theme was Disney, where I took the chance to roll Daenerys and Drogon into a Beauty and the Beast setting.

New Unlikely Friends

I finished another Unlikely Friends picture today -prints and merchandise to delight a dinophile near you are available on my Redbubble page:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/jpoese/works/22082566-unlikely-friends-iv

Finished!

There are no doubt a couple of details I missed, but the mural is more or less done. You -and your kids- can experience it with the ball bath on Sunday, May 8th at the grand opening of the Kindercafe Fräulein Knopfauge in Oldenburgerstrasse 40, Berlin.
https://www.facebook.com/fraeuleinknopfauge/
There is also a crowdfunding page to support the initial setup here at:
https://www.startnext.com/fraeuleinknopfauge -only one more day to go!
Any help you could offer would be totally appreciated - the goal has almost been reached!

Another Session

Filled in a lot of detail today, plus polished some parts with which I
wasn't happy. It's starting to come together, but I'd like one more full
day to work on it if I'm to be done by Sunday. (That was a hint!)

Wooden bird

A quick side project I've been working on while the kids have their
afternoon nap -wooden cutouts of local birds detailed with a wood
burning tool. I wish I had a scroll saw. And somewhere I can get dusty...

Progress

Got in a couple more hours of painting tonight. There's a lot to go...

New Mystery Project...

More information soon!

New Prints at RedBubble!

There are some new prints available at my RedBubble page, including a new illustration in my Unlikely Friends series:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/jpoese

2. Vaudeville Variety Revue Berlin

On Saturday I went to the second Vaudeville Variety Revue in TIPI am Kanzleramt, hosted by Shiela Wolf and showcasing an extravagant list of artists strutting their stuff in burlesque, boylesque, cabaret, dance, comedy and tease plus absolutely stunning acrobatics. Not only was the show beautiful, and breathtaking, the audience was in and of itself interesting to peruse -never before was I at a show where people in jeans and tshirts mingled with those decked out in cocktail costumes from the '20s and burly muscle men wearing feather boas next to rockabilly dames. It was a sight to be seen, my friends. I forgot my sketchpad, but took some photos for sketches later... Here a few of the beautiful people:

Night of 1000 Drawings Berlin

If you're arty (and even if you're not) come to the Night of 1000
Drawings 2015 in Berlin at the Willner Brauerei on the 27th of June and
buy some art, talk to artists, all for a good cause! I'll be donating a
few sketches too.

Dr. Sketchy #50 @ Ballhaus Berlin

What a beautiful venue for Dr. Sketchy's 50th session in at the Ballhaus Berlin! The team went to great length to synchronise a chilling narrative with the perfect soundtrack to tell the horrifying tale of the Vampire of Düsseldorf, and all hands were involved in the poses and performances, which was an added treat. Additionally to the poses with Le Pustra, Eden Berlin and Julietta la Doll, we were also treated to Miss LalaVox's mesmerising tones, complimented by DJ UFO Hawaii on guitar and LePustra on a weeping saw. This was even creepier than the redruM session in 2013. I absolutely laud and appreciate all the work and effort you've put in to Dr. Sketchy's Berlin and look forward to the next 50 artistic adventures in burlesque!

New Items on Redbubble

Hey folks, just a quick update to say that I have uploaded some new
items to my Redbubble shop. Check it out here:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/jpoese

Walking with Dinosaurs

Was inspired to do a bit of dinodrawing again in preparation for seeing the Walking with Dinosaurs Arena Spectacular (www.dinosaurlive.com) and meeting up with Philip Millar, who I met way back at work experience in grade 10 when he was working on an impressive Smaug puppet at Mother's Art -a precursor to the dinosaurs, perhaps? What an inspiring and innovative production -everything to love about theater and masterful puppetry, artfully married with animatronics. If you're in Melbourne, or any of the planned stops on the current tour, (or any in the future) it's definitely worth the visit.

Happy Holidays & Frohes Fest!

As I've been busy with our new family, I've dug up some of my old Christmas greeting cards to share this year instead of creating some new ones. Have a happy, healthy holiday and may 2015 be prosperous for you all!

Tilly & Lilly

For my beautiful girls... <3

Buy my stuff at Redbubble

Hi folks,

I've made available some of my artwork on Redbubble for sale as prints, cards, posters, pillow cases, bags and some other printable items! Check it out:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/jpoese

I was never much into politics...

...but this is kind of how I feel about the presiding government in Australia:

(H)Austausch

Another happy birthday to J & C, thanks for the delicious afternoon and
evening!