#thetaleoftanith

Before the world got weird, @vitalmarks sat down with me and (insanely patiently) coached me through sculpting. Fortunately, he’s a master-level Mab-speaker, and fluent in my hand squiggles, so together we slowly sculpted a new Tanith for 2020. As I’ve been writing her story, she’s become such a fully formed, complex little person. I wanted to create a sculpt that reflected the subtlety of her personality. Here she is 💕 #thetaleoftanith #mabgraves #mabdoll #artdoll https://www.instagram.com/p/B-h31zBHVPv/?igshid=3qe36egct0iq

Tanith and the Mertoad Prince for today’s #Toad day! #mabsdrawlloweenclub #mabsdrawlloweenclub2019 #thetaleoftanith #mabgraves https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Xwnm9HH_i/?igshid=v9j3zcg7vs3s

Mirendi was crouched in the Swamp, contentedly making algae balls to throw at the batsquatch boys, when she heard a “Squelch” then a “Splop!” sound coming from the bank. A very large Food emerged from the water and eyed her with mild surprise and stern suspicion. Mirendi was delighted! She’d never eaten a Food like this before. The Food was in a hurry, but Mirendi lurched at it, and before it could skitter out of her grasp, she was gracefully and comfortably perched atop it. It was a Food adventure! She didn’t know where they were going, but that was okay. She needed a little extra time to figure out how to eat this thing anyway. #kelpie #mabsdrawlloweenclub #mabsdrawlloweenclub2019 #afood #swampling #thetaleoftanith #mabgraves https://www.instagram.com/p/B3-pT6Fn5Q5/?igshid=19196zfs7tmgx

Coming Thursday! Since the next couple days are water themed days, it’s the perfect time to sneak peek this special Mirendi plate! Mirendi is a Swampling in The Tale of Tanith and she is veeeeery “eaty”. She eats everything, but especially tasty catfish...or toads whose whiskers are particularly catfishy. This plate is made from durable, dishwasher safe melamine and we eat off ours every day! It’s a super tiny edition- only 150. Ill be bringing 25 to @designercon this November, but the rest will be going up in my Etsy shop this Thursday at 3pm EST. Since it’s such a tiny edition, we are going to limit it to one per person. #mabgraves #justonebite #thetaleoftanith #melamineplate #swampling #mabsdrawlloweenclub #mabsdrawlloweenclub2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B38PBHPHYlS/?igshid=1e71sus06kxxt

I can finally sneak peek one of the four-bazillion projects I’ve been buried in the last few weeks. Tanith now has a tiny 1:12 scale laboratory 🧪 🧫 🔬🦉🐸🧙🏻‍♀️. I promise I’ll shoot some good close ups soon! This piece isn’t for sale, but I’m making tiny editions of many of the Tanith accessories I created that will hopefully be available late Spring! #thetaleoftanith #mabgraves #miniatures #makingtinythings #onetwelthscale #roombox https://www.instagram.com/p/BvACvlXhg2_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2xhixbqie96d

I’m SO blown away by the Coven pieces appearing in the #mabsdrawlloweenclub feed today! Holy cannoli, you guys are so inspiring. Here’s a little Coven to start my afternoon- full disclosure: I did NOT finish all these girls last night. Just one of them 💕 Most of these girls are part of a special crew coming with me to @designercon, buy fortunately I had some spare black dresses and robes hanging about! #mabsdrawlloweenclub #mabsdrawlloweenclub2019 #coven #thetaleoftanith #mabdoll https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ZyonBnrGI/?igshid=1bpm6vky3nlms

The crabbiest Tanith ever. 😂🐸😂 #mabsdrawlloweenclub #witch #mabsdrawlloweenclub2019 #thetaleoftanith #mabgraves #mabdoll https://www.instagram.com/p/B3dkqxanhR1/?igshid=1p3v5wasicowt

And a little toad doll for this most today of days! This little fellow was digitally sculpted from my Tanith Toad design by my pal @vitalmarks, Stereolithographically 3D printed, then hand-painted and whiskered by me 💕🐸💕 I’m going to try to make about a dozen of these to bring with me to @designercon this year! #thetaleoftanith #mabsdrawlloweenclub #mabsdrawlloweenclub2019 #toad https://www.instagram.com/p/B3YETsIH0sy/?igshid=jt21vmnsb6pe