Works in Progress
I’m an experimenter and hobby collector. I love learning new techniques and coming up with new fun ideas for stuff… But I also have...
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HC’s Origins Story
Now that spoopy season is over we are able to relax a bit and catch out breath, so I thought it would be a...
read the thingPortait Sculpture
The most recently released Herman Mudget mugs have each been likenesses of a kind: the shrunken head portrait of Vincent Price. There are dozens...
read the thingSlipcasting for Monster Mugs: Part Two
Ok so in the last newsletter we explained what slipcasting is and why we use that method for our monster mugs, But wait there’s...
read the thingWhy We Chose Slipcasting for Creating our Monster Mugs
Everybody does things a little differently when it comes to making ceramic monster mugs, I think its about time we explained a bit about...
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Our IT department is hard at work on the site today bringing you some updates to make for a more better online shopping experience!...
read the thingRetiring a Mold
I am retiring my elder vampire mold. This cheeky bugger will be the last of these mugs made. Because I work in a small...
read the thingExciting News Coming Up
Bera here with a bit of a state of the union for what’s going on here at Handmade Curiosities. Up until this year we’ve...
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One tool that I find indispensable for my my process is this custom toothed rib. I use the tool during the initial rough in...
read the thingDon’t Be a Slave to Big Art Supply
Make yourself some tools for sculpting, really do it, don’t wait. Making your own tools for sculpting in clay is, at least in my...
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