Claude Raymond Design

Posted on February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 by Claude Raymond Design

2020 workin on things and things Severed Zombie Hand Phone Holder

We started a pre order and build sponsors on our Severed Zombie Hand Phone Holder. The sculpt is done so the hand is ready to be molded.

There are still 4 pre order pricing spots open right on the Severed Hand phone holder build so if you have any questions let us know or head on over to the store page and pre order it today.

We put the two beta test build Severed Hands for sale over on etsy, They are also being sold at a lower price point at this time.

This was the first test hand and while it was not what i wanted it works really great to hold business cards in the pinched fingers.

Severed Zombie hand business card holder

The Second severed hand was also not quite right and the mold worked for a single casting. Yet again the severed hand turned out cool however so we finished it off to be used for your keys or a ring or for any other thing you can use a zombie severed hand for.

I sculpted the end of this Severed hand so it could be sat up right as well

We also have started our Patreon if you would like to join the ranks head on over and check out the options we have. Become a Patron!

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Claude Raymond Design

Yep we are still here.

If you are finding the site after finding us at a show we do most of our posting over on FB and fail to update here as much as we should.

We will be looking to add more things to the store VS listing over on ETSY so if you saw something of ours at a show or on FB and you would like to order one please send us a message and let us know.

Thanks for finding us and be sure to keep an eye on FB for build and show listings.

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Claude Raymond Design

I’m horrible at this keeping your website updated thing

I’m the worst at this website update stuff. You can find more posts and current projects over at https://www.facebook.com/clauderaymonddesign/.

My open heart surgery at the beginning of the year knocked me out of action for about 3 months or so and i’m just starting to get back into the groove of things.

Jen has stuck her toes into the sculpting pond and we have a couple of her designs with us at shows now. Look for some new Hair Clips, Hair Pins and unicorn horn jewelry. I’ve cooked up a little biting dragon to hang on your ear and a couple other critters.

I’ll just stick a bunch of photos below of things that have been created this year and that you can now find with us at shows.

If you see something you like send me and email.

This is Durp. Jen’s daughter Corin tossed ideas at me and this is what it ended up looking like

I’ve started to make unicorn horn tips for sale in display boxes and i also started to make some display boxes for my half horn castings. I also sold my large Dragon tooth so i’ve cooked up and decided to cast and hand finish new ones.

Need to keep your hair under control? We have a couple Dragons to help you out.

I also have a little dragon to hang off your ear.

A new batch of shoulder goblins came out this year as well. I’ll see if i can get some more cooked up.

I also made a fairy to trap in cages this year.

A couple new imps where cast and a new brainy smurf was created.

And jen has cooked up some pendants and earrings.

And lastly my first art doll attempts. They mostly worked out… mostly. I’m working on 2.0 now.

Now we shall see if I post an update in November.

Posted on May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 by Claude Raymond Design

Back at it finally.

I have been lax with the old website posts since Facebook makes it so darn easy to post there. However Since I’m closing Etsy down due to their implementation of Etsy Pay and their requirements of making vendors use it. They also are changing listing programming that will give higher volume sellers higher listings.. This means Made In China will get listed way higher than Independent Artists and Makers.

So onto what I have been cooking up as of late. I have several new things that are at shows with me now and that i’m working on to get some listed here.

Let’s start with my New Cyclops Babies. These guys are Not OOAK as they are Hand Finished castings of my Original Design. I took inspiration from the old 7th Voyage of Sinbad.I didn’t like the 2 finger look so I added a third and I also decided I wanted to make him fury. So my little fella has hair on his head and hair on his upper arms. This allows me to make him fully poseable and a little cuter.

Next up we have my New Gift Giver Goblins. These were designed to originally hold a ring or trinket of your choosing, however the also come with a precious stone of their own.

I just also finished a companion piece for the Gift Giver Goblin that is called the Pyro Goblin. He sits in awe of the fire and smoke coming from in incense cone that is buring in the saucer in front of him. GingerlyTwisted is making the saucers for me and I will have them with me at my next shows.

The Shoulder Dragons are also new for 2017 and come with a counter magnet that you place under your shirt. I should have started by saying the Shoulder Dragons Have magnets in their butts as well. I generally have 4 base colors at shows Blue, Green, Yellow and Red. I can however make them in any color scheme. The bodies of these are castings and the wings are all made with neoprene rubber and semi-poseable. All of these Pieces are hand finished.

As a reminder I also have my Dragon Keepers and can also do custom pant request on them. This one wasn’t a custom order but is not one of my standard pieces.. I had the paint there so i made a Pink one. The Dragon Keeper will watch over you dice or counters and keep the riff raff from touching them.

The Rare and often stepped on Horned Trenching Moles will be showing up at my mid year shows. These are hand finished castings from my original design so they don’t really qualify as OOAK in the One OF A KIND kinda sense.. Below is my beta test build out with my castings. He turned out well and 4 more are in the pipeline being finished.

These are the original sculpts of some future Mini Trophy Plaques. They will be molded and cast so the price point can stay low on them.

I have also added some Small EyeBall Flower Vases to my local Shows they have “faux” water in the vases to add a little extra to them.

I’ve added a Unicorn Horn to my offerings that has blood about the tip of it. This is inspired by one of “The Hunt of the Unicorn” tapestries. You can see a hunting hound is getting stuck in one of them.

This is my first test finish on my new Should Imp. He has a magnet in his but so he can whisper not so sweet nothings in your ear. This is a hand finished casting with custom hand made wings for each piece.

My Woodland Goblins made their debut at the end of last year and they have multiplied a little. They are hand finished castings with several hair types and eyes types.

Second to last is an experiment that I will see how they go at Origins this year. It is my Cthulhu Ear Squid. I only have the Right Ear made at this time as i’m just testing the waters right now. It took 4 test builds to finally find a concept that was pretty much universal and would work for almost anyone’s ear. They wrap over your ear and a small piece also rest in your ear a little.

Finally we end with the first picture of my almost finished BugBear Trophy Plaque. He has yet to be giving a name and I have lots of tiny little details left to do to him.. But he finally looks like a The BugBear that he is meant to be.

The End of June will be spent moving my Etsy Items over to this store and adding some other pieces to the storefront as well.. I’m working on inventory for shows and online so things don’t have to be unlisted from the store while i have them at shows.

Ohh, one last piece I did for a friend.. I make little pocket bobble heads and this is a version of them.. It’s a take on the House Elf… he also has a very basic set of legs that can be installed if she wants.. He is just sitting in my dice bag in the pic.

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Claude Raymond Design

2017 – Lets see how it goes.

I’m still lining up shows for the year.. i have 3 so far and will be updating the show page this month.

I have lots of projects in the start status…

Large Trophy Plaque of a BugBear

House Cat Gryphon

New Art Doll concept for a strange woodland critter.

and some personal project builds…

I making a large shadow box display of the Helping Hands from Labyrinth and a replica of a metal mask worn by Stark in Farscape.

I think i’m going to go with a Unicorn 2.0 build as well for 2017. I may decided to go with a dragon…but i think i’m going to go with Unicorn 2.0..

I’ll be adding some Dragon Keepers to my online store shortly. I wont be taking custom paint job requests at this time i’ll just have one of each of the colors i currently make. Yellow, Blue, Green and Red. I may add a black one in there as well.

I’ll also be adding my scarabs and pendent faces to my store front and etsy shortly.

I finally solved my Cthulhu ear quid issues with my 4.0 build. one large tentacle wraps over the air like a headphone clip. I will be able to mold and cast these in 5 parts and assemble them pretty darn easy.

I found a very old project. A baby Intellect Devourer warded on a plaque so he can’t mind control you.

I still need to detail the head and sculpt the feet.. we’ll get this bugger done for Origins 2017.

I’m making an OOAK art doll of a house elf of some type ..he’s ready to get some cloths put on him.

and i’ll be making a lower price point art doll woodland critter. This is the beta test i made for it. I’m currently sculpting 2 new heads to use for this concept.

thats it …now i need to get my butt in gear to find some shows to do.

Steve aka Claude Raymond Design.

Posted on September 9, 2016September 15, 2016 by Claude Raymond Design

End of Year Show Prep

It’s September and I’m wrapping up new inventor items for my 5 end of year shows.

Here is a little of what I’ll have been working on and wrapping up. Some of these I have shared before but I figure I’ll just lump them all back in here.

I finished my carved dragon tooth and after a couple of recommendations I have added color options.
There are 5 colors to choose from. Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and Purple:

I will also have Dragon Eye Earrings as either a Stud or a Lever option. The color choice will be the same as the Dragon Tooth above.

In addition to the Dragon Eye Earrings I will have 5 sets of Dragon Scale Earring Studs. I’m just testing the waters with these so we’ll see how quick they go.

I have 9 Scarab pins in stock and they will have random colored top stones and red bottom stones. These are Resin castings given a metallic finish paint job. Should a LARPer or COSplayer want a rune carved into the scarab I can easily do this for them as a custom order.

I had some smaller pendants laying around so I’ll also have these 3 Red Dragon Eye pendants with me. If they have a good response I’ll look into creating more for 2017.

I have some Smurf heads finished and ready to be put up on plaques. I should have a Chef Smurf and a victim of Jokey Smurf at my next Show. Should… maybe… I’ll see if I get them wrapped up.

I’m not sure what kind of response I will get from my face pendants however I they have really rally grown on me. There are 4 larger style faces and 5 smaller style faces and I have made 4 eye styles to test out. 1. Real Eyes 2. Green Jewel eyes 3. Creepy missing eyes 4. Sculpted Eyes.

I’m going to use my next few shows to see the response to them and see which two or three styles I’ll keep making…..

I have added a little write up on the lid of the Dragon Tooth we’ll see if it finds a home this year or next.

I have a couple new plaques for the smaller broken unicorn horn folks can buy the horn stand alone or on the plaque.
I’m also working on some additions flower eye hair clips.. I’ll have some black roses and white flowers at the next shows added to the flower faces that I have in stock already.

I have a new Bonsai Tree Ent that will be showing up at shows as well. Look for my Bonsai Tree Ent dice holder. He will be on the counter of The Malted Meeple while not at shows.

The Black Dragon Build has been completed and he will be tagging along to shows with me as well..If he is not at a show the odds are he will also be on the walls of The Malted Meeple in Hudson Ohio.

Finally I’m getting ready to mold and cast my dragon business card holder.

Oh wait more creepy builds.. I’m on my 3.1 version of my Cthulu Ear squid build. I don’t think I’ll have him ready for shows this year since I’m still working on proof of concept with it..

I did a couple test fits on other folks and ran into some problems so I’m tweaking the build. We shall see how quickly I can come up with solutions I’m ok with.

I think that is it for my end of 2016 builds.. I’ll be starting to work on my Cat Gryphon at the end of the year and see how quickly that moves along.. I’m on the hunt now for good faux cat hair.

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Claude Raymond Design

Well Hello August

Since at this time I can’t travel outside of my home base of North East Ohio to do shows to often I have 2 months of work I get to do before 2 shows in October. Lets do a run down of the past 4 weeks.

I’ve finished off Several Projects in the last few weeks and have added some things to my store front.

My Black Dragon Build is moving along well and should be finished this month. I should be starting to paint him this weekend and when he is done i’ll post some photos..

What I’m calling my “Classic Dungeons & Dragon Earth Elemental Head”. For those younger than my 45 years (mumbles curses under his breath about his age) The Original Monster Manual had very ohhh we shall say “Unique” black and white monster drawings. This Earth Elemental Head is based on the old drawing. I’ve taken some style liberties and added some here and there to it but the basic feel of this old school critter design.

Here is the old school art and you can see how my head is a “shadow” of the design.

There is a 25 watt LED light inside the head that allows the eyes to appear to glow.

This build was a contestant back and forth for me.. at some points I just wanted to end the build and call it quits. I’m glad I didn’t because in the end I’m happy with the way it turned out.

I finished my Carved Dragon Tooth and have started to make and finish castings. The tooth was designed to have a carved root for a dragon eye to be placed in. I’ll have other eye color options at local shows and I should have the options on my site in the next month or two.

The cord on the tooth has a simple slip knot on it to allow the cord to be adjusted for the length you want to wear it at.

Head to my store and pick one up… you know you want to….

I will shortly have my scarab pins available at my store front as well.. I may look into making these into a pendant as well but for now it is only available as a pin. They are cast in resin as well and painted with a metallic finish.

Also this month I have added some Evil Eye Earrings into my mix of items for sale. You can find a French Lever and a Pin Evil Eye Earring in my storefront now. I’ll also have these at my two shows coming up in October. I’m tossing around the idea of also making these with other colors. They may show up at shows to test the waters before they are up on the site.

I decided that I would Sculpt, Mold and Cast my next Smurf Head so I could keep the price point I had on them. This is the first beta test fella… Pay no mind to the wig, talons, antlers and bird feet.. those all go to works in progress..

Lastly I’m working on a Cat Gryphon Art Doll and before I do that build I thought I should take a shot at some other Art Dolls.

This is the first one.. I based the head and shape off a hedgehog and turned it into a fantasy woodsy critter…

Not sure if I’ll be selling him.. If someone had a real interest I’m sure I’d let him go for the right price…

My next extended build will be the Cat Gryphon however i have a couple other smaller builds i’m wrapping up and will be molding and casting for the next show. I’m just about done with my Dragon Business Card/Dice Holder. and I’m working on a small pet dragon to have caged.

To many irons in the fire or some such phrase…

Thanks for finding my site and feel free to contact me with any questions..
Steve…

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Claude Raymond Design

And Summer Begins so Lets post an update

It’s been a little while since I posted on the old WWW.ClaudeRaymondDesign.com page so let’s do a quick update..

Just had a great, fun filled 5 days in Columbus Ohio at Origins Game Faire.. I normally go to this Convention with my friends every year and spend 5 days playing RPG games all day long. I do take some time off in the afternoons.

This year I took the challenge of an artist booth and it would not have been possible without a great group of friends supporting me.

I’m not sure how the folks that run games do so without losing their voices .. After 2 days of talking to people for 8 hours straight I was losing my voice and my friend (chris) helping me at the booth did loose hers. I was able to make it thru my Friday “How to make a goblin head trophy plaque” class without a coughing fit and everyone seemed to have a great time at the class.

Up Next for me is a visit to the Oddmalls Back Yard Bash on Friday July 8^th and Saturday July 9th. This will be my first outdoor show so stop on by and see me dealing with the heat…. It won’t be pretty.

I’m still figuring out when I’ll be doing my next Malted Meeple “how to” class and if you are a Gamer and attending Con on the Cob you will be able to sign up and take my class there in November.

Project update time…

I’m currently building a “largish” Black Dragon Trophy bust and shooting to have it finished by the end of July. As I work on the dragon I’m working on my Earth Elemental Head project. Its about a foot and a half tall with a light inside to make its eyes glow. I’m trying to finish these both by the end of July so I can move on to another large project.. A baby Griffon Puppet to wear at shows.

I’m working on some additional items to cast and sell at a price point for the non-collector. By the end of the month I should be molding Goblin Face Pendants, a Dragon tooth with a carved Eye in the root as well as a smurf head that I will be able to mold and cast and keep at the price point I now have for them.

I should also have a second Fairy Dragon finished and ready for molding.

we shall see if I can keep to my target dates on these.

I’ll also have a gift box Dragon Egg finished shortly and I’m going to have to start on some new Bonsai Tree Ents since I’m down to my last one there.

I have to get to casting more fairy dragon hair clips and magnets.. they sold well at Origins and I’m down to only 3 in both categories…

One last note… I’m working on taking photos and getting listing up on my store here on the site. I have a large TO DO list and I’m trying my best to get things done.

Thanks again to all that found me at Origins .. Looking forward to next year..

Check out my event page for other shows I have lined up and as always head on over to Facebook to stay in touch and see other updates.

Feel free to send me a message with any questions you may have… and thanks for finding my site.
Steve (aka Claude Raymond Design)

Posted on May 5, 2016May 5, 2016 by Claude Raymond Design

Well Hello May…

2016 is a year of change for Mr. Steve. After 19 years It’s just me and the pack now. Sorrow, Charlie and Violet… and we may as well toss in the Puddum Cats Edie and Olive. I’ll see how the rest of 2016 goes..

The first three shows of the year are in the can and went OK for the most part. Met some wonderful visitors and connected with some great fellow vendors.

You can find me this Summer at Origins Game Fair at the Columbus Convention Center June 15^th thru 19^th and the Oddmalls Back Yard Bash in Hudson on Friday and Saturday July 8^th and 9^th. I’ll show back up in October, November and December. Check out my Events page for more information.

I have my “How to make a Goblin Head” class coming up on May 21^st at noon down there at the Malted Meeple in Hudson. I’ll also be running the class this year at Origins on Friday the 17^th at 1PM.

Visit my class page for more information on registering for my Class at the Malted Meeple and if you’re a gamer heading to Origins I’m listed as event 501.

I finished off some new projects starting first with my “Fairy Dragons” hair clips. These Fairy Dragon creations come in their own display cage. You don’t want the darn things flying off now do ya.

The Fairy Dragons come in 2 hair clip types. The Alligator Clip and the French Barrette Clip or if you like a casting can be done without the clip.

You are stuck with the top of my head till I find a lovely hair model to use…But I think you catch the idea.

I have also found that the Alligator clip works well for putting a dragon on your shoulder if you use an over the shoulder strap with a bag.

This is the third model that I have decided to mold and cast. They are all hand painted and given a clear matte coat finish. I will have 2 listed on my Etsy Store and 2 Listed hear at ClaudeRaymondDesign.com store. I will also have a custom order option in the store and if you would like even further modifications you can contact me to talk about it.

The 4^th model that I have decided to mold and cast is a Baby Dragon that is designed to be sleeping on your shoulder.

The Wings are all handmade for each casting and can be moved about on the Baby Dragon. The standard casting is seen in green and the castings can be modified to have to look of various Dragon Breeds. You can see the “Baby Black Dragon” and “Baby White Dragon” in the photos.

The Baby Dragons have Magnets in their bellies and a counter magnet is used under a shirt to keep the little fellas in place on your shoulder. I have unfortunately found out that putting your back against the wall and leaning will dislodge the magnets. Normal wear allows them to stay in place however. I will be including a large black band that can be used to help secure your Baby Dragon to your shoulder in case you’re like me and you do a lot of leaning at art shows when there is a wall behind you and you forget there is a dragon on your shoulder and then it pops off and goes flying to the ground and after the third time you do it because you keep doing cause you’re a dummy you finally manage to break it. (and breath)

I did learn from my dumbassness that the dragon lives when hitting concert 3 out of 4 falls.

I’ll have this little experimental Black dragon with me at Origins and the experimental display egg with it.. The sleeping baby dragon is also an experiment but he wont be for sale.. he will just be sleeping in my pocket at my booth.

I also cooked up some Paint Your Own Face Magnets, Flower Faced Calla Lilly, some Unicorn Horn Trophy Plaques and a couple other things for 2016 shows.

When you pick up one of my magnet faces you get a set of eyes with it. You take it home paint it up and push the eyes into place.

The New Catta Lilly flower faces come in pairs and i have also added some short stem roses

Some projects i’ll be finishing this year are a Black Dragon Trophy Bust and an Earth Elemental Head that will have glowing eyes…

I’m just going to end my ramble for the start of the month there..

As always thanks for finding me on the interwebs and if you have any questions feel free to contact me here or at my facebook page.

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Claude Raymond Design

The Baby Dragon for your Pocket Project.

Needing to distract myself from life I decided i wanted a baby dragon to put in my pocket while i’m at shows. So off I went to work starting with some foil and tape. After many layers of Apoxie Clay and Polymer Clay I ended up with the little fella below.

I was looking to make a little sleeping baby dragon that i could carry around in my pocket so I had to make sure as I was building him out that he would fit. I normally wear a Carhartt at shows so I kept that in mind as i was building the baby dragon out.

Here is the Baby Dragon sleeping in my pocket.

If you would like to see more build photos head on over to my gallery and browse about.

I have a 2.o built that doesn’t fit my “Pocket” concept and will be for sale this year at shows. I have also started working on a 3.0 Baby Dragon build that i’m design so that i can mold and cast the baby dragon for sale. I’ll be able to customize the baby dragon with other features.

Feel free to contact me with any question you may have and thanks for finding me..

I do post more photos over on the old Facebook so feel free to head that way and like my page.