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I've been working on the bird nests mentioned previously and now I have the weather proofing issue worked out.

These things are about 10" in diameter and are completely weather proof for years of outdoor critter housing.
They come with a removable back so they can be cleaned out every year.
They are also rock hard despite their appearance.

Ilove these things for bird nests but you can use them for an amazing looking lamp too!







I made one into a blazing multicolored light show.

I just really love how this one turned out, and it's just a prototype!
This lamp version of my "Bird Ball" really adds some ambiance to the room!

I promise I will work this one until I can start sending them out the door in a timely fashion.

Something's bugging me...

I've been working on these beetle illustrations lately with plans to crank out a bunch more of different insects and whatever else strikes me. The one below is hand drawn and stippled then digitally colored and finished.

The thing that's bugging me is that reference material is damn hard to find in stores these days. One can't even rely on the used book stores for cool nature books with usable photos to work from. I don't know what the deal is. The major retailers tailor their stock to what's fashionable with not really a view to expanding the horizons of their customers.
We have the same problem in men's clothing in the midwest...people only dress a certain way because that is all that's available. Availability is based on market studies of what will sell which all show, you guessed it, that people only buy certain things, those being all that is available. It's a viscous circle. (I know what I wrote)

On line is not much better because the algorithms are tailored to show what they predict you already have an interest in. Not what might be related but different. It takes sometimes months of online shopping to find something inspiring to fill that gap in your wardrobe or a specific tool or part for a project. Almost everything exists already it's just damn hard to sort through the million miles deep pile of things for sale to get your thing.

Same problem exists in reverse to those of us who make and sell things, no matter how cool they are, it's very difficult to get your stuff in front of the right people who are looking for your particular thing. Those customers all exist but you have to dig UP from the pile of things for sale to find the people who are digging down looking.

copyright Pimpernel Designs 2016 obviously since I didn't include a watermark. It's not finished either so take THAT all you stealers out there.

This one will be finished similar to the other beetle I have for sale in my WEB STORE

Finally getting back to it. Check out my web store!

Finally getting back to work.

I have a few things in a web store that I made just for merchandise.
Check it out here.

Also here's a few things I've been working on...

Hand drawn and stippled frog, digital color and finish.


















I made a couple of these over the weekend. Hand drawn again and digital color. This one is in progress as I've just laid down the base color which will give me an area I can cordon off for painting so I get nice clean edges.

I'll put up more later and let everyone know when I have a reliable place to sell those awesome bird nests. Please share my blog and web store. You never know who will need some quality work done!

While you're waiting for a retailer for the nests feel free to shoot me an email and I'll be happy to sell to you from the blog. I put a Paypal button up so it's easy and secure.


The nest thing I'm working on is a colorful lamp using the same process as the nests.

 I really like the way this is going the lamp gives off a five color, layered, and geometric glow that really makes a room look beautiful. It's even more colorful that the picture!