Laura KypQuin

From sketched to finished pieces.
Penguins and holly leaves are leather; snowballs and berries are freshwater pearls and dyed natural quartz. Nope, not trotting these out just yet. More a preview of coming attractions. I’ll have them listed for sale in late November.
#artist #leather

It’s been a minute since I’ve been over here. I’ll remedy that with regular posts, mostly of my work (which I hope entertains you). So, here’s two of my bird pins. These are sculpted from genuine leather. So, not exactly taxidermy, but not at all “vegan art.”
#artist #leather

It starts by looking at a chameleon. From there, sketches are drawn, leather is sculpted and painted, and a sterling silver chain is attached in the space of a few hours. And there you have it. A little leather chameleon necklace.
#artist #chameleon

A new sculpted leather toothy fishie. Tomorrow, she will be painted. And she’ll glow in the dark. I’ll post a photo of the finished piece.
#artist #leather #anglerfish

I haven’t been over here for a bit, so here’s some of the leather pieces I’ve worked on:
Snuggles the Wonder Bat
“Black Opal” Seahorses
Starfish
and I’m about to start sketching some new animals. I’ll post more soon; works in progress & finished work
#artist #leather #jewelry

Thank You!❤️

To quote Stella from Rear Window:
“When I met [Cary], we were both a couple of maladjusted misfits. We are still maladjusted misfits, & we have loved every minute of it.”
❤️Happy Anniversary❤️
30 years (and counting)
#anniversary #love #bestfriend

Kind of a long day followed by a good workout. It is going to take every ounce of energy to get off the couch and drag myself to the shower and then to bed!
#tired #goodnight #sweetdreams

What *would* Pinhead do?
Answer: CARDIO! 😁
#gym #workout #cenobite

Inspired by a character I’ve named my Mermaid Muse (all of my sea life is inspired by her)…leather starfish! These have been fashioned into pendants. I’ll also work some into bracelets and earrings.
#artist #leather #starfish

I’m nearly finished knitting this lacy shawl. It’s perfect for this lovely Spring morning’s chill. I might just wear it while I finish it!
#dayoff #monday #knitting

Doing a little leatherwork. Today, I’m sculpting starfish. When they’ve dried, I’ll paint them and then attach them to a necklace. I think I might do a giant version for wall art. Why not, right?
#artist #leather #starfish

Two little nekkid velociraptors (sculpted leather & acrylic paint). Colors inspired by modern Komodo dragons (no relation to velociraptors). I’ll do up some some sketches for feathered versions, and likely use macaws as inspiration for color palette.
#artist #dinosaur #leather

All in a day’s work. I’m going to organize the colors I’ll need and paint them tomorrow. Who knows, maybe I’ll manage to finish them all, and then work on cryptids!
#artist #art #leather #jewelry

Animals make me happy. So, after sketching a velociraptor, I sculpted one with veg-tanned sheep hide (softer than cowhide, a better for more detailed work). Now, to let her dry, & decide what colors to paint her (then work out a pattern for one covered with feathers).
#artist #leather #dinosaur

Look how big Pencil & Eraser’s chicks, Pen & Ink have gotten! In just a couple of weeks! Just after I shot this, they flew off for an afternoon adventure, but they always come back at night to sleep in the shed.
#mourningdoves

Winding down for the day getting delightfully lost in good music with a good book.

#bedtime #reading #jazz

My Persephone Peepers is SIX years old today! I’ve had her since she was just four months old. Where has the time gone?!?
#birthday #germanshepherd #babygirl

Is it wrong that I want to write several weirdly worded paragraphs for reviews that have little to nothing to do with the product, but highly recommend it with 5 stars? Or write a weirdly worded review, but also in iambic pentameter? And I shall call myself Wilma Panzkamov!!!

Sketches of some dinosaurs that will soon become sculpted leather accessories. Velociraptor will also have a feathered version in addition to the nekkid ones. And, I’ll also draw stegosaurus, ankylosaurus, and dimetrodon. Animals make me happy.
#artist #dinosaurs

The Dingleberry Duo™️
#germanshepherd #naptime

We’re taking the shop on the road this weekend at Awesome Con in D.C. And, after putting the space together (booth # 1505), we treated ourselves to Capital Burger.
#artist #vendor #convention #lunch

Our resident mourning doves, Pencil & Eraser have returned to their shed condo, and once again built their nest on the toolbox. And here are this year’s babies, Paper & Clip. ❤️
#birds #mourningdoves #babies

I made a handful of itty bitty black flying foxes today. Soon, they will become rings!
#artist #leather #jewelry #rings #bats

Today’s leather project: little mushroom pendants that also glow in the dark.
#artist #leather #mushroom

I just finished a new leather bird; this time an oriole pin. He’s holding a bit of jade topped with black spinel in his beak…meant to look like a baseball.
#artist #art #jewelry #oriole

Oh, this is amazing!

Taking a break from Monday household chores to work on my lacy shawl. 🙂
#knit

I typically show you my little leather sculptures that become jewelry, but I thought I’d show you a more “traditional” pen & paper/paint & canvas art I’ve made. The ballpoint pen sketch, the result of a useless 3 hour zoom meeting, inspired a 4’ x 5’ acrylic painting.
#artist #art #drawing #painting

A little more leather…
Snuggles the Wonder Bat as both a black flying fox and white Honduran bat.
#artist #leather #jewelry #bats