boat enthusiast

I was really quite touched about how much love and kind comments puppet-Ned received. So here are some more pictures of him and how he was made.

Chilling in his cardboard box:

This creepy thing is his skeleton, so to speak:

I already had it lying around, leftover from the days when I took a stop motion class. Sadly I don't have any pictures on how I made this, but you can probably find tons of info online if you search for stop motion puppet building. It's made of aluminum wire, twisted together and epoxy putty for the 'bones'. Plus some foam and fabric strips to give it some volume. (Those nasty yellow stains are glue)

Now, for his clothes: I don't sew and knew from the get-go that it was impossible for me to make a perfect shirt and guernsey and his beloved greatcoats etc, BUT I had to put something on him lest he looked like a glue leaking mummy. So I got some Ken™-clothes (which we're way too big), cut them up and hot-glued them together. He wears a ribbon scarf to hide the gap between neck and body.

For the boots I took Ken-shoes, plus a strip from the Ken leather coat for the shafts. I filled them with hot glue and stuck them on his legs.

As a last-minute edition I made little band patches from the Ken clothes fabric. I simply cut them up, drew on them with markers and hot-glued them in place.

Now for the fun part: His head, hands and lemon are made of super sculpy. I really enjoyed sculpting his whiskers! Everything is painted with acrylic paint. I put tiny magnets in his hands so he'd be able to hold stuff, but those ended up migrating to his wrists a bit. Oh and the bulk of his head is alumininum foil, to make it less heavy.

So yeah, that's how Nedward was made. I didn't document the process all that well, but you get the Idea, I hope.

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation/Collins has burned to the ground. The entire community is nothing but ashes after being quickly consumed by wildfires. They did not have any support from emergency services, and no one offered aid. The community saved themselves by escaping into boats because no one came.

Mishkeegogamang and Cat Lake have lost power. Families are ending up in shelters with nothing. Armstrong, Lac La Croix, Whitesand, Gull Bay, Lac des Mille Lacs are currently in the fires path and all members are being evacuated.

All this loss, all this devastation, and it was entirely preventable.

After steadily underfunding wildland firefighting and purposefully excluding Indigenous wildland firefighters and Indigenous wildfire organizations from wildfire operations, firefighter training, decisionmaking, and resource exchanges, in 2025, Doug Ford slashed the forest firefighting budget.

It's hard to ignore his decision to cut funding and leave us out of adequate fire training (even though we've lived with forest fires for thousands of years—far longer than settlers have been in Canada—and made sure fires like the ones we're all seeing today were prevented through kinisitotēn) when, despite making up less than 5% of the population, we account for 42% percent of all wildfire evacuations in Canada.

And when we are successfully evacuated, we face discrimination and racism—like Kashechewan—because it's always been easier to blame us than it is to blame the true culprit: denialism, corportate greed, and colonization.

The people of Collins and every other impacted community deserve better.

Right now, the AFN is currently accepting donations to help Collins First Nation. If you're able to, please consider donating.

ONWA (Ontario Native Women's Association) is another great place to donate to. They have outreach vans going to motels and inns and offering food, water, resources, and cultural support to those impacted by the wildfires.

Other places to consider donating to are Mikinakoos Emergency Fund, Red Cross, True North Aid, Indigenous Climate Action. You can also send donations directly to Whitesand First Nation via e-transfer ([email protected]) and they request that you add your full name in the e-transfer comment section to receive a tax receipt.

*Before sending money, verify that the appeal appears on an official First Nation, Tribal Council or registered charity channel.

If you can't offer financial support, please consider donating items of need. Moontime Connections is currently accepting drop-off donations. If you live in the Thunder Bay area, Namaygoosisagagun Health Office is also taking in donations! They can also bemailed to Superior Inn Hotel & Conference Centre at 555 West Arthur Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 5P8.

items needed are: food, diapers, medical masks, men’s and women’s joggers (all sizes), children’s clothing (newborn to size 14), children’s shoes, summer clothing, men’s clothing, toiletries (lotion, Vaseline, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, etc.), strollers, adult depends-all sizes, dog & cat food

fem!joplittle from this incredible bookshop au 🙏

SciFiNow - Issue 143

SFX - May 2018 

someone did something they shouldn't have

someone did someone they shouldn't have

separation anxiety

needs attention

have I slept in the last 24 hours?

have I eaten in the last 8 hours?

have I fought a battle in the last 8 hours and do I still look like it? In fact, are all my limbs where they ought to be?

london and nearby friends!! come hang in greenwich park on 9 august

Too busy to finish my fic for lieutenantfest, but all the mixed media projects people have been posting inspired me to finally make these!

@lieutenantfest day 7 - John Irving

Edward Little for first day of Lieutenantfest! Forgot it was so early in the month so he’s a bit thrown together but I love him so it’s fine I have mostly Little things planned for the week but first Ned post is my canon Edward! later I’ll have my beloved Vampire Ned (and a secret third outfit for him) (also one I have planned to join a character later in the week so he’ll pop up again then too)