Natsucon 2012

I just got an email confirmation that I got an Artist Alley table at Natsucon www.natsucon.org/ 2012. It's August 10-12 at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, IL. As I said in my last entry, and I will not be sharing a table because the merchandise we both create has grown beyond the capacity of a single table. At least half my table this year will likely be pottery work (I've been busy since last year). Most of the pottery will be original work, but some will be decorated with fanart stuff. I plan to make two sake sets this year. One will feature symbols from Zelda: Skyward Sword and the other will feature some items from Zelda: Ocarina of Time (like the three gemstones, the triforce, and the Hylian crest). I might make something for the sage symbols, too. We'll see. I also may be making some figurines out of porcelain, but this all depends on what underglaze colors I can afford to purchase.

I'll still make sculpey figurines as well, probably another set of Eeveelutions (maybe two sets), some random pokemon, and I'll have some surprises. I have a couple of small prop items picked out that I might make as well. I have a huge list of stuff I want to do, but I need to cut it down and organize it into realistic projects. One of these days I should invest some time in drawing so I can create at least a few items that can be mass produced every year. I could always make molds for my figurines, but that would sorta defeat the purpose of them. Their uniqueness lies in that they're handmade and not mass produced in molds. XD

I know I spoke of creating a Final Fantasy XIII chess set, but unfortunately it won't happen for this year. That is a much bigger project than I can handle in the time between now and Natsucon, especially since I want to make the chessboard myself.

The guaranteed items are those two sake sets (which will likely run for at least $40 each...Potentially $50 since I'm using porcelain and I'll have to buy underglazes to decorate them with the right colors. A set of underglaze colors runs for about $35...and that's just one of three sets carried by the pottery studio I use). Nothing else is really guaranteed until I put together a concrete project list.

If there's anything that you'd be interested, please let me know.

Catch ya' on the flipside, mates!
~Vixen~