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Convention Pins
I started making pins in 2003 for the 25th anniversary ArmadilloCon. That first year I made pins for all the returning guests since it was the a special year for our con. The pin was made from Creative Paperclay and two handmade stamps.
This was the design for that first year. I was very proud of the stamp that I created, a spaceman on an armadillo. It is pretty challenging carving a stamp out of an eraser if you want any details at all. The chalk shading added a richness to the piece which I didn't really expect.
The next year I was in my shrink plastic funk, everything I made was out of shrink plastic! I don't have a picture of those pins, but will get one soon. These were two layers of shrink plastic, a yellow background and a red armadillo. The armadillo was hand drawn and was outlined in Sharpie. This is probably the easiest pins to make, all you need is a drawing of what you want on the pin then trace that design over and over and over and over again (you get the idea).
After the shrink plastic period was over, (and boy was I glad it was over!) I made some pins out of bottle caps and resin. This picture shows the image before the resin was added, since it is hard to get a good picture with the glare from the glassy surface. These pins were sought after due to the fact I apparently did not make enough of them. At the end of the convention I didn't even get to keep one.
Each pin style has it's own page on how it was made. If you have any questions I love to help out!
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