Adventures of Various Sorts.

The reason according to the college is that they want to sell the building to fix the school's budget; they also claim the wood tech college has a severe budget deficit, but they've failed to follow through on any promises to try to fix that (including hiring a permanent dean, so the school has someone to advocate for them... which they haven't had in at least a decade).

The reason according to some students & staff is that Seattle College's VP has a grudge against the lead carpentry instructor & has been trying to get her program shut down for years to get rid of her.

Students are trying to make some noise about it, in hopes that the college backs down and they can work towards the long-term fixes Seattle College keeps failing to follow through on.

If you can sign this little petition & share this around, it'd help the school out a ton!

It shows the school they're going to get pushback, which has changed their mind about this in the past.

It would be really cool if we could help get this to 1k!

There are less than 200 students at the wood tech college, so makes a really big impact when anyone else signs and shows that people outside of just students really care about this.

They even link to it later in the article.

This really is one of those cases where every little bit of effort has a HUGE impact. This program is tiny, and Seattle Colleges is expecting it to disappear quietly. Every signature makes it more obvious that isn't going to happen, and that makes it harder for them to follow through on closing & selling the school.

These numbers have also been a huge surprise to the students working to fight this-- they didn't expect this many signatures at all, and it's incredibly encouraging to see so much support for their efforts from the wider community.

Void No. 11 (Aberration)

Commission

Traditional and digital commissions are now open! You can see details and examples on my website, kaitlynillustration.com/clientwork 🎀

I planned this at the begining of May but it's been a busy month.

Tonight I dug out a Barbie outfit that I had, still in its package representing an ancient Greek chiton. It tried to figure out which doll/character for it and, well...

She's giving Main Character Energy!

This is my Cyclops, whom my partner has named "Poly" because reasons.

I'm digging out all the Grecian gear, and have realized that I now need to make three matching Odysseus costumes in two sizes. I have some incredible faux-alligator pleather with a bit of copper sheen to it, so I'm going to make a sort of leather armor out of it and a little tunic out of some nice batiste. I'm planning sandals, too.

I found my 1/4 scale mermaid tail, I just need to cast the role. I think I'll go with a doll that has an open mouth.

There will be several sizes of sirens.

I've also figured out how to do the mast of the ship; I'm going to use a doll stand, since I'm tying Odysseus to it anyways. I'll set the mast into the bottom of the stand and then find the doll to it.

I have to admit that I really like how this turned out.

It's not quite what I had in my head, but it's also reproducible. I cut a 10" wig into two parts to make two identical wigs. I am considering trimming this one a bit.

I need three (more or less) identical Odysseus dolls, in two scales. This one is going to battle the Cyclops, Poly.

By the time the other one gets to the sirens, he will be somewhat worse for wear.

~ Dried Flowers ~