Cthulhu Fhtagn!

I decided some time ago that I would love to have a small statue of Cthulhu to display. I saw how much it cost to purchase a small statue of Cthulhu and thought well bugger that. I'll make me own! 

Years passed.

Recently, as I stated in my previous post, I began to feel reasonably proud of my crafty skills and decided that the time had come to create the sculpture that the world had been waiting for I wanted.

One large-ish lump of air-drying clay met my fumbling attempts and several hours and quite a few compromises later I had before me an appropriately damp statue of a sanity-destroying elder god. I decided during the make process that this particular statue would have been created by a tribe of folk from long ago who made a crude and naive approximation of the image of the multi-dimensional being of intense evil. This means that the rough appearance is a design decision, and not a reflection of my inadequacy as an artist. 

Even so, I'm pretty happy with old tentacle face, and I think that once he's dried, filed down a bit, sanded, painted and varnished, he might actually look OK. 

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn - Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn - Cthulhu R'lyeh fhtagn!"

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First Post. Again.

Over a year and a half ago, I created this blog. I wrote three posts. Yes, three. One of them was a barely adequate 'first post' post. Two of them were to talk about Ribald For Your Pleasure, my book of poetry. Since then, I've put out another poetry book, as well as two other Cogkney related books and released a free Cogkneys EP. With The Cogkneys I've performed many several times at various venues. I've also started producing my own smut-related (and non smutty) jewelry and accessories.

Anyway, as the previous blog was, let's be honest here, rubbish, I'm starting again. It seemed like a good time to start. It's a new year, I've started losing weight, I'm getting my depression and anxiety under control again, and I'm feeling artistically inspired to the point where I don't to throw everything I create at a wall. For me, this is impressive. 

So what am I going to talk about? I'm going to share things I've created, be they physical or literary, I'm going to share my opinion of things (books, films, TV shows), I'm going to talk about the things from my past that have inspired me and made me the person I am today. I'm probably going to talk a bit about my emotional state, but hopefully without being too 'heavy'.   

More later...