More New Resin Tokens

The is a new resin that I have been toying around with lately that sets due to UV light. I'm still not sure what I think of it. For these I don't mind it so much but when it covers all the items completely, well; I'm still not sold on how it looks. I like how my other resins conform more to the shape of the objects beneath when they dry. This one has a hard, even and glossy look to it. I'll have to do more testing...

Dustpan Productions Runs Turner's Tokens Feature

Kris Miller at Dustpan Productions just recently posted a feature about Turner's Tokens. Go check it out!
Don't forget to check out her items too!
http://www.dustpanproductions.com/News__Events.php

Lapel/Hat Pins

Some of these are not as dry as others and still have the cloudy look to them. Once they finish drying I might take another set of photos. I'm thinking that the weather is slowing their drying some...

Love Token with Wreath & Plate

Here is the Love Token with Wreath & Plate.

Rawr! Jammin to Abney Park, really geeked out today and hit some comic shops (Dragon's Lair and Austin Comics and Books.) Among the Deadpool comics I also bought a bust of Alex from the comic Crimson. Been hunting for one for a while now...

(Crimson was drawn my Humberto Ramos, ya know, the guy I'll be stalking at Comicpalooza when I'm not at the table...) :D

Can't wait for the con!

Going to Houston!

I'll be in town all day Sunday if anyone is interested in checking out the Tokens. I'll bring a little bit of everything. If you have questions about pricing let me know.

If you have something specific in mind, give me a heads up! See you soon!

Silver Pendant

Woot! Finally got the picture of The Silver Pendant to come out clear.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope every one had a great Valentine's Day!
Here are some shots of the newest Love Tokens.

Victorian Love Tokens

While working on my "Tokens of Affection" I was doing some random research about main symbols of affection during Victorian times and I stumbled upon some information about Victorian Love Tokens.

Men would take a coin and level out one of the sides and engrave symbols like doves, hearts or cupids along with the names of their loved ones and often give them to the women they were to marry. They would also bend one of the sides of the coins up. The women would then keep them in their purse so they would always have them on themselves as a sign of loyalty and as a reminder of their love. As time went on the tokens appearing were always flat but still made from altered coins. People who couldn't get their hands on the silver used copper and those that had enough for silver occasionally saved up for gold.

For more information or pictures of tokens check out:

Love Tokens

Metal Detecting

Coined For Money

Midnight Comics Run! Displays! Love Tokens! Oh My!

I hit Midnight Comics today for a monthly Deadpool fix and ran into John, the man behind Comicpalooza. Hehehe, I am getting pumped for this. It sounds like he has pulled a good amount of some great names for this year. One of the sponsors has something in the works that just sounds awesome...but I don't know if I'm allowed to say anything more on that... :D

Searching for display materials has kept me busy recently. I am away from my supplies at the moment but I'll be working on another batch of tokens soon.

For Valentine's and just for love in general I'm working on a series called "Tokens of Affection." Been trying to brainstorm about them and I can't wait to get to work on them. Ever heard of a Victorian Love Token? I'll make a post about them later so keep an eye out.