Autumn Leaf Secret Keeper

Autumn Leaf Secret Keeper

At last, the Autumn Leaf Secret Keeper is finished. Took me a few years to get around to completing her! This dragon sculpture is cast out of gypsum and hand painted by me, Melody Pena. She is seventeen inches tall and weighs over thirty pounds. My poor back. This...
Mini Catalogs

Mini Catalogs

I was asked about our “mini catalogs” in a thread by “Kitsunelady” on our Windstone forum: http://www.windstoneeditions.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=11811 These are tiny catalogs we printed with pictures of all the Windstones that we...
December raffle prize

December raffle prize

The prize for the December raffle; another champagne-ish colored dragon for New Years! He is an Emperor dragon airbrushed with pearl, and copper, and he has some lavender too. This is a free raffle for members of the Windstone forum:...
Sugar PLum Poads

Sugar PLum Poads

I painted a batch of Sugar Plum Poads! This was fun, since there seems to be no consensus on what the heck a “sugar plum” IS, exactly, I was free to interpret it my own way. These poads are airbrushed with layer upon layer of metallic paint. I used...
New Snerl

New Snerl

Took us a year to get this new mark stamped on the pads, but they have been starting to appear on pieces. Check any new pieces you’ve gotten and see if you can tell if Snerl is smiling or not. Unfortunately his face gets blurry on the smaller pads so you...
Savannah griffins

Savannah griffins

Griffins are hybrid creatures so it makes sense to paint them like hybrids. I have been on a hybrid cat theme here, lately. These are “Savannah” griffins. Their markings are inspired by Savannah cats. which are a hybrid breed of fancy cat made by crossing...
Raffle prize for Febuary 2010

Raffle prize for Febuary 2010

Here is “Reveler”! He is the Windstone forum raffle prize for February 2010. I named him “Reveler” when I realized I had painted him in purple gold and green; the colors of Mardi Gras! Very appropriate. If you are a Windstone forum member and...
Old Windstone photos

Old Windstone photos

I was digging through boxes, and found some more photos I thought you might like to see. This is Windstone Editions in full swing when we were in California on Saticoy St. in North Hollywood. These show the paint department, and were probably taken around 1989. (That...
mold mice

mold mice

A mold we just took out of the cabinet. Some creature was using it for a pantry! Probably mice. We have no idea where the corn was gathered from!
Raffle prize for March 2010

Raffle prize for March 2010

Sorry this took so long to post! Here is “Odd Ida”, the odd-eyed griffin for the Ides of March…or the Odds of March. Whatever. She is a lovely female griffin that has been hanging around looking like she needs a home. She is painted in test paint...