Rupert was really special. I held onto him the longest and he was always the one I showed people. I guess he was my favorite. I loved making him. I started to play around with facial expressions. I wanted to get away from the usually smiley-faced sock monkey and go a little deeper. Rupert had a kind expression to him. When I sold him, I looked at his face and was unexpectedly sad! How funny! It’s a hard feeling to describe. but I know that Rupert is going to a great home where he will  be loved by a special girl. Now, I’m going to work on making some other Ruperts :)

On other fronts, I’ve decided to see if I could have a show somewhere in Seattle.  A lot of my pieces are individual one-off monkeys. I haven’t figured out a way to standardize their look so that I could make a consistent product that people would want to buy. However, I thought a show would be fun and maybe it will get my name out there. Perhaps other opportunites may present themselves.

Who knows??

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