Hello!

Hi! After about two months of waiting (turns out I had some sort of computer problem), I’m finally here! I’ve been a random lurker on the boards for a short while since I couldn’t post yet.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Andrea, I’m from the US. I’m twenty-something, work retail, and make assorted crafts & commissions for sale on my website as my hobby. I’ve painted two PYO’s so far (both were commissions), am working on a third commission, and have a few more tucked statues away, waiting for a package of craft goodies to arrive, plus a spare bit of time when I can work on them all.

I initially had a ton of ideas for paint jobs before coming to the website, but I see a good handful have already been done (like the Magpie and Starling griffens- gorgeous!), so now I’m trying to come up with original ideas to do when I get the chance. I can’t wait to be able to start painting how I see fit- not too much longer- just one more critter to see off to his new home.

I LOVE dragons; I dream about them, I paint them, I make them, I sew them, so I’ve been an admirer of the WS sculptures for ages, oogling them in magazines when I could. I don’t own any statues yet (though not for lack of wanting), but that will change shortly; I know I’ll end up keeping some PYOs as I go. I’ve posted a few photos of my first two sculptures: an ocean colored dragon and a lorikeet/clouded- leopard griffen (photos are waiting approval I guess). The photos are here somewhere on the site..

Lastly, though I’ve previously done so in private emails, I would like to publicly thank/apologize to Watergazerwolf. After I started an ebay auction (with no photos yet because I couldn’t afford to buy the beginning statues to photograph), she was gracious enough to offer me her photos to use. After a bit of a miscommunication (completely on my behalf!) as to which photos, she very kindly allowed me to finish the auction out with her photos as an example of what beautiful work can be done with them. I’m very sorry if I hurt or offended anyone here or on ebay, but I have been waiting for about two months to be able to post this. I wanted to get this off my chest the first chance I got; hopefully everyone will be kind and not flame me.

Well, that’s me. If you would like to know more, there’s email or the boards, ask what you will. I’ll be posting pictures as I finish them up.