Geek Crafts

Usually, the words used to describe H. P. Lovecraft’s creature Cthulhu end to be in the range of ‘hideous’, ‘terrifying’, ‘gargantuan’. Somehow one never things of cute or cuddly. But it appears that Rebekah Clarke-Noonan, known as passiontiger on LiveJournal, has found a way to turn him into a cute and cuddly crocheted figure. Yes, you can find the free pattern for Cthulhu here designed by Rebekah and not that difficult to make. This three dimensional amigurumi is crocheted in the round using a 3.00 mm hook and knitting worsted. You might just find yourself crocheting up a family of Great Old Ones with this pattern.

•  Cthulhu
•  passiontiger on LiveJournal,
• pattern for Cthulhu

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Greeting folks!

I has been abit lacking on posts due to being away for Christmas, but normal service is now being resumed.

Hope you have all enjoyed the holidays.

Today I have  to show you a Darth Vader made by Bellino Alain who has a shop on Behance

This Darth Vader bust is made entirely from scrap metal pieces fixed together, the process of how is was assembled detailed on the site.

Bellino also has other scrap items such as skulls and cockerels. The talent displayed is simply awe-inspiring.

• Scrap Metal Darth Vader on Behance
• Other Star Wars Geekery on Geek Crafts

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Are you one of the people who are devasted that Firefly only had one season?

Its memory can live on a little longer with one of these Jayne Cobb knit hats.

“Man walks down the street in a hat like that, you know he’s not afraid of anything.” – Wash

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Any fan of the TV show Supernatural knows the significance of salt. It’s used as protection from evil and can prevent demons from entering rooms. Salt is also used in various ways to get rid of ghosts.

The Ultimate Demon Hunter Keychain that AngelQ sells in her Etsy shop not only features a vial of salt, but also a couple of weapons that the Winchesters often use when hunting demons. AngelQ also makes a necklace featuring salt, as well as a few more Supernatural themed items. It might not be a bad idea to start off the new year with a little something to ward off evil and negativity, even if only symbolically.

• Supernatural Demon Hunter Keychain
• AngelQ’s Etsy Profile
• Salt in Supernatural

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It’s a big weekend for nerds with the movie Tron: Legacy opening in many countries around the world. Bombastitch sells lots of geeky cross stitch pieces and patterns in her Etsy shop including this most excellent Tron inspired pattern. The quote from the Master Control Program to Dillinger is sold as a PDF pattern and looks pretty easy to complete. Well, there’s a 68.71 percent chance that I’m right about that.

• Original Tron Cross Stitch Pattern
• Bombastitch’s Etsy Shop

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There aren’t a lot of nice things about living in the desert, at least not until Fall/Winter time, but one nice thing about living here is the amazing Crossroads Cafe and Tavern, where I was having breakfast when the painting to the left caught my eye. I took in the various pieces by the artist I would later discover was the one Rik Verlin Livingston, and I knew I had to track him down and introduce my Geek Crafters to his “Sci-Fine Art“.

We communicated in e-mails a few times before I met Rik at an artist reception held at the Joshua Tree Chamber of Commerce, which featured more of his work, to include some really great comic books. He was friendly, funny, and seemed to handle the attention (and the controversy surrounding one of his pieces) very well. I was really excited to be able to ask a few questions about his craft, his feelings on censorship, and of course, time travel.

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