Dice Crates

By Lena Shore | August 28, 2025 |

One of my friends is getting married this month, and I wanted to get them a cool gift. They’re both gamers, and my friend Amy makes Dice Crates  (aka Crates of Chaos), so I ordered two. These ingenious things hold your dice, your mini, and double as a dice tray. My friends love zombies and gaming—and yes,…

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Tie Dye: Lime Tide Spiral

By Lena Shore | August 16, 2025 |

I really like the colors in this. I started mixing the dyes to get the lime green. I am still not saturating deep enough into the shirt though. I got to try out the artificial sinew I ordered. I’m loving the crisp white lines. Pattern: simple bullseye at armpit Colors: Cyan and Lime (Cyan and…

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Tie Dye Shirts

By Lena Shore | July 9, 2025 |

Been itching to try tie dyeing. First try: Beginner Chaos Pattern: simple off-set spiral Colors: teal, fuchsia, antique gold, black, and hot pink Second try: Beginner Nebula Pattern: simple crumple on a diagonal Colors: Violet, teal, fuchsia, black, and hot pink Third try: Cider Eclipse Pattern: simple off-set spiral Colors: Custom mix of fuchsia, antique…

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Beat by the Wind

By Lena Shore | October 28, 2021 |

It’s storming out today. Haven’t picked up a pencil in a dog’s age. Silly doodle on a 4” x 6” postcard. Couldn’t decide if I should spell it “beat” or “beet”. My auto-brain and permanent marker decided for me.

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Ginny the Pig

By Lena Shore | February 26, 2020 |

Kevin’s book series has a minor character in it that is a pig. He thought it would be cute to have some sort of “pig pin” he could wear to book signings. As per normal, this little pig pin is made of polymer clay.

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Pumpkin Weirdo

By Lena Shore | November 3, 2019 |

I think he’s over all the pumpkin spice stuff that is everywhere right now. I made him before Halloween, but I think he can hang out through Thanksgiving. Inspired by Christi Freisen.

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Small Iron Vessel

By Lena Shore | November 3, 2019 |

This is a clay piece that I sculpted and then applied a patina for it to look aged. I really love all the rusted iron colors that appeared . It’s about 3″ tall.  

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Mosaic Turtle

By Lena Shore | November 3, 2019 |

Mid-October I went to an art retreat in Tennessee with one of my favorite polymer artists, Christi Friesen. This was one of the pieces that I made. This pieces is made with polymer clay, epoxy, 24k gold leaf, covered in various glass and metal objects including a beautiful piece of dichromatic glass made by Pat…

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