I cannot believe what I found 🤯 vintage gold!!
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- čas přidán 25. 01. 2024
- I was contacted over email by someone who had found an abandoned shed in the property they had just purchased. After numerous attempts to contact someone to come collect what was inside, they finally found my channel and reached out to me to come help them clear out the shed. They were close to throwing all of these beauties out and I am so happy they found me so I could rescue all of this vintage gold from landfill.
I cant wait to share more of these moulds with you. I have now introduced memberships on my channel as a way to give back to one another. All members will get the videos a week early! Non-members will have to wait for the following week to watch the reveals.
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The story goes, I found a listing on gumtree for pottery stuff. When I arrived the seller said 'I have all these pottery moulds would you like them as well?' and I said 'why not'. On the way home, I had the brain child to do a social media video series revealing what each mould is.
The mystery is in the fact that I had no idea what I had said yes to, some of the moulds are labelled and easy to tell but some of them are a little more difficult. The beauty is that all of the plaster moulds surprise you no matter the presentation of labels, titles or identifiable surface inside.
So come join me as I dive into this series and share the mould fun. I would love to hear any information you may have on the moulds and to let me know any stories you have that the moulds remind you of in the comments.
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Hello! A few comments asking if the moulds I don't like/ wont use will be up for sale! Yes!! Probably at some point, obviously just for the price of shipping and handling but I have taken photos of them so that I could find new homes for them!! I am not sure how yet but I have taken pictures and will keep you in the loop!
The stick and plate go together and holds rings on the stem. I have one but it’s crystal it was my grandmothers
Hey! That one at around 15:30 looks like a ring holder dish.
I found a picture of the horse doll its creapy 😂
15:46 It's a ring holder
20:38 Dona's Molds d205 is a bonnet
The little plate with the mini tower is a ring holder for people that take off rings for the night or for housework.
Yes this is what I thought too!
Exactly, was about to say the same! I have one in glass.
Came here to say the say thing!
I would LOVE TO SEE THIS done in your style!!!
Exactly what I was going to say
I like today's format for your unknown molds. Pour up and reveal as many as you are comfortable doing (somewhere between 8 and 15 maybe?), talking about which ones inspire you like the hands did in this video. Then maybe film separately 1 or 2 that are your favorites into finished projects the next week (or whatever time frame).
Glad you took the time and effort to salvage what you could from this shed! Hopefully you can find someone(s) to pass on the ones that don't inspire you.
That sounds like a great idea,
have you not seen her smash or pass collection of videos she does pretty much exactly that!
New to this channel just today, but I agree with above suggestion! ❤
I agree with this, today's format was wonderful
Just wanted to let you know that the Seeley mold of 3 bears is actually one that goes with a doll. The child doll is holding onto the bears hand and that's why it's arm is up in the air.
Love seeing everything you pour and wish I lived closer so I could purchase your fun item's. Keep up the great work.!!!
I'm soo glad you knew about this mold!! I love bears and knew there had to be a reason for the arms up!! Thanks for sharing!!,💜
Nice! I hope she sees this! I was thinking that she could use them as picture holders like she did another time with those lil alligator clips.
I love your 10 (or so) reveals a week! Like this one was. While I love seeing the moulds having a full reveal - fully glazed and fired, to just see a first peek at them coming out of their moulds is also great.
Hello!! I missed you all!
I am feeling so refreshed and excited to share all these wonderful projects I have been working on!! I hope you love this video, it's been a secret I have been keeping for a while but wanted to wait until 2024 to share the news!!
What would you like to see me do with all of these pieces?
Wow! More great finds. I'm so happy for you, Shelby. I'd like to see Smash or Pass with groups of 5 or more moulds your Shop Assistant has curated for you with 1 specific theme for each group of moulds.
I would also like to see the old kiln repaired to bring it up to current standards so you can use it in your studio.
If you get a new load of moulds once per year, you will have a lifetime of content for us, as well as a bunch of new stuff to sell. I hope that happens regularly!
I agree smash or pass groups or just videos like this. I like seeing bunches of them opened at a time. I’d hate to see you waste time and resources on making items that will be made for the sake of making them… doesn’t really fit your sustainability brand. I missed your videos but I’m glad you got a good break. Much love from the NSW South Coast xxx
Definitely! Can’t wait to see what treasure come out of these molds
Porcelain dolls have porcelain head, hands, and feet and the rest is stuffed, usually. There are various types of stuffing methods to make the dolls stiff or more soft and they all have little channels sew into the openings and a zip tie is used to hold the ceramic part in the stuffed part, hence the little bulbous part on the ends of the leg and head pieces. You are correct that the head piece should be hollow but I think the hooves can be solid.
I think the part she was struggling with was understanding exactly how the zip tie part works. She needs to imagine a draw-string bag tightening between the channels on the neck, and on the hooves, rather than imagining there's a way to actually sew through the porceline.
Yes, and a lot of older ceramic dolls were anthropomorphic, so the reason the head is bigger may be because it was meant to be on more of a humanoid body with the hooves as ‘hands’ and ‘feet’
Would it be weird to have a workshop where Shelby supplies the appendages and a dollmaker supplies the bodies and stuffing? Build-your-abomination? I could see that horse head combined with a two pairs of hands being a hit.
I think the hands were also intended to be the same style doll parts. They have the same channels for zip ties.
I remember some of my mom´s dolls being like that (she is 95 now)
I’d love to see you continue your Mystery Mold series, but definitely do multiple molds in each video, however many you’d be comfortable with…
Wow! This shed find was like from a fairy tale. Loved the hands, the butterflies and the horse head. Please do not stop the mystery mold series ever! The new owners of the shed did not want a piece from you? Crazy people; they have no idea what they will be missing. But, the community here will thank them for their generosity.
the "cake stand" looks like it is one of those little trinket trays for placing rings and the likes on to have on your dresser
I believe you are right. I have one in the bathroom and one in the kitchen so I don't lose my rings when I take them off.
Yep! Definitely a ring dish.
Exactly what I was thinking!
I think the big butterfly thing is the top of a wind chime / hanging mobil 🦋
Idea: could do a series of guest videos where you invite another artist or a staff member to the studio and work on the same mould (without knowing what the other is doing).
Then a surprise reveal to each other at the end.
Would be a fun exercise in seeing how people think differently/ creatively for the same piece. And you could have some other artists you love visit your studio.
I love this idea! Showing the variety of creativity ❤
That is a great idea!❤
Hello Shelby. I recently stepped away from ceramics after 40 years. I am so glad to see you again. I love all your videos, they make me feel like i can remain in the hobby by watching you. There are quite a few potters in the US that have videos to watch, but i enjoy your enthusiasm in your work. A idea for the soccer ball is make a penny bank by cutting a slot in the top and using rubber stoppers for the bottom. Thanks so much for letting escape by watching your videos.
wow 40 years is a lifetime of art and crafting. I love that you found her channel and are able to fill a maybe void from not doing them yourself anymore. And I agree Shelby is so down to earth and sweet. The way she sees things is so refreshing and how she's realized that creativity knows no bounds.... it's endless possibilities tons of goodies to be made and shared with the world in some cases again!
40 years! Now that’s a goal I’d like to get into! 😍
I very rarely comment on videos. But I have to say the previous owner must be smiling from ear to ear knowing you have their collection and are cleaning it up and giving it the love and attention is so deserved. You are a kind hearted soul.
Loved this format- 10 at a time ❤ but happy to watch you create, however you choose to share with us. 💐
With 1 or 2 finished pieces
you could do smash or pass style videos and ask people to pitch their best ideas for the pieces you like. then you could try your favourite ideas.
like you could turn the bears into tea strainer weights like the bear is holding a balloon. or you could turn the butterflies and flowers into incense holders.
so glad these moulds ended up with someone who will love and appreciate them!
Excellent ideas!
This one! Do this one!
I like the smash or pass idea too
I love the unscripted nature of this video! I love watching your creativity burst out.
I’d love some longer videos like this, where you cast a lot of moulds and just theorize what you would make with them or if you want to pass them on.
Seems like the perfect video format for me to unwind and crochet to. Your videos are such a nice, welcoming and warm vibe, and I’d love to crochet with them in the background, but when you are painting, I forget to crochet, since I wan5 to see those pretty artworks. This kind of lowkey videos would be great!
The horse 🐴 pieces could be used for a marionette a puppet attach pieces with strings or make a cloth body for a doll.
Yes! I've never seen one that was a horse, but when I was very young a few of my older relatives had dolls with porcelain hands, feet, and head but had a cloth body. You tightly sew it around the grooves of the clay/porcelain pieces so they stay on. Still not a durable design; they were definitely not for play for a small child as I remember accidentally working a hand loose on one of the dolls 😂
Pretty sure that's exactly what it's for. I've seen similar stuff for various dolls, never seen a horse version tho.
Or a horsey suncatcher! Put metal loops on the bottom of the head, attach strings of big gems with the hooves at the bottom? You could make the hooves candy colors to match! That would be so fun! Like My Little Ponies! Or more realistic painted ones with interesting metal chains and leather bits or something. So many multimedia options!
Vintage doll kit. Vtg 90s Duncan doll body. Several for sale on eBay with clothes.
Seely was an American company that made doll making stuff. They were big into reproduction antique porcelain dolls.
Yes my mum has some seely doll moulds
I would love to see a live stream or more videos just like this one. Don't feel pressure to show us every single one. You could do a first round of getting rid of stuff that you would never want off camera, so that you'd not investing your time into things that don't bring you joy.
Love seeing the young so excited about the passion in their lives. This girl has "SUCCESS" written all over her. Thanks for sharing.😊😊😊
Those hands were freaking me out, but then you came up with all those ideas. Awesome
Same here. For me they are to small/tiny.
They are for doll making. At least I think so. I thought of dolls after seeing the ridges on the wrists. That is where they would attach to the cloth arms.
I imagine she will be finding more doll making pieces in that collection.
Could use the ball with the hands for the light
the sleeping bunnies have the magic of childhood. I love it.
I could watch you do 20 or more at a time - not boring at all. So fun. I’d also add if you see a mold that you know for sure has lost detail or is a volleyball you could just pass. 😂
I like seeing you pour and reveal the molds and how you discuss what you would do with each one and if you like them or not.
The volleyball could be a piggy bank!
I love the mystery mould series and would love if you continued it with these new finds. Your whimsical creativity on them is delightful. As you said, there are so many new moulds so how about opening 5-6 moulds per video and deciding, like you did here, which ones you want. Then only do art works on the ones you like, the rest are squished and put back into the clay bucket. I had an idea for the doll hands, form the fingers into sign language for words like smile, love, peace, flowers etc then decorate to match the sign. The horse head mould I thought was chess pieces: knight and pawns but now I think that is for a style of doll with a stuffed fabric body and ceramic hands/feet (or horse head/hooves).
I would enjoy a few smash or pass videos like this one. So you can weed out the ones like the volleyball quicker.Maybe you could even do a poll to see which ones we might like to see as an art work.
I would continue doing it in this format with 10x. You just can't tell the details by looking at the molds. Love that you found a new vintage stash to go thru. 😊
I love seeing a bunch at a time. I love watching the mystery moulds episodes one after the other too... I think not doing on live (cause that way you can record whenever you are free rather than stress about doing the live)... but tbh in saying all that, I'll take and watch whatever you produce! I love your creativity, your genuine love for pottery and most of all, your kind kind heart!! ❤ thankyou for all you do, can't wait for the next video 😍
I wonder if the potter may have gotten ill or too old to work? Now that you have the address, you can find out who lived there 20 years ago. Maybe it was someone well known in the pottery world? Who knows! Enjoy every minute of the work you all put in to get these!
I was thinking something similar. Maybe it was a mother or father who loved pottery and passed away and then the child of the parent couldn't clean it out. It took my friend 3 years to clean out her parents house after they passed.
Or went into a nursing home or died. It happens sometimes unfortunately.
I like this format of 10 at a time or so, but I think what would be great for your channel is to turn the openings into shorts (one mold at a time, your commentary about the pouring and labels, then reveal and thoughts) and painting and glazing ones you decide are keepers or bear testing as longer format videos. I think that way would be most fun to watch. I really can’t wait! ❤
I also feel like, the mystery mould series is what made you go viral. It’s like a sign from the universe to say, keep going, you’re on the right path.
vintage treasure hunting in an abandoned space? Through in some gardening and you'd literally be doing ALL OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ✨💖🤩💖✨
I'm REALLY REALLY EXCITED to see you do really amazing new florals on mugs and stuff with those new flowers and leaves!!! 🌱🌺🌼🌿
Shelby! That one with the pointy bit and plate is a jewelry tray with a ring holder! I had one similar in the 80s! 😃😃😊
Please do more videos like this, it’s almost like we are opening them with you. I love this ❤
The bow cup was cute! I wouldn't have thought to do that so I love that's where your mind took you! I agree a lot of people would like that style. 🎀
Right? I thought the bows would make pretty Christmas ornaments, but then she showed it as a mug (or vase or plant pot) attachment and I thought “Oh! Much better idea!”❤
If you smoothed out the lines on the volleyball and placed the hands on them, with a light inside the ball with maybe small holes in the ball to disperse the light as a night light type thing.
You said you wanted to look into doing some lamps
Thought of that idea too so many possibilities to create
What a great Idea!
I love that idea! 🥰 Holes would be like stars, shining on the ceiling! ❤❤
Like a fortune tellers crystal ball.
The three bears could be cute candle holders for birthday cakes...adding a little bit on the raised hand to hold the candle.
The doll parts are wild. Dolls with stuffed fabric bodies and porcelain heads, hands, feet were popular a couple hundred years ago. Had no idea they were still being made.
I think the mould with the plate and the long pointy shape that you put together is a trinket tray for rings.
11:30 that echidna looks like a play on the kilroy was here joke that was popular during WW2!
wow 🤯! The horse head would be pretty as a bookend for a child bookcase.
Loved this format 🥰
Yeah, I was thinking a ring dish for your tiny "cake stand"
The soccer ball could be a money box?
And the flowers could be the top of a wind chime with the butterflies hanging down from it?
So great to see you back! 😁
I like this format too. Then you can do little snippets like showing the bow on a mug for anything that you decide to make up into an actual pottery piece.
Smash or pass rapid fire would be super fun. So glad you saved all those from ending up in a landfill.
Videos like this or smash or pass would be brilliant!!!
Wow! Could you expand on why some molds were left behind(duplicates?, broken? Limit?). Excited for you, especially about the kiln! 😊❤
I’d love to see a weekly video of 7/10 moulds at a go. I think the work you do is really great!
How about a reveal party? You and a few helpers/friends/fellow potters take 5 or more moulds, and turn them into artwork. This way quite a number get created at the same time, and ideas for artwork get bounced around.
Shelby, I'm sure someone has already answered the "What is this" at the 15:54 mark. That is a ring holder. You put your rings on it and bracelets. The plate will hold the bracelets.
What an amazing opportunity! I've always wanted to be able to rummage through an old abandoned space for fun vintage treasures.
I enjoy this format of you pouring up a big group of them and reacting to them like the smash or pass, even without you finishing them up into a finished work. Especially with how long a finished work takes, the ones you don't feel inspired by will take so much of your energy away from the ones that bring you joy and inspiration. The way you light up when a mould inspires you is so lovely to watch. I can't wait to see what you do with the ones that you do want to make into a finished work.
Also the flower dome with the butterflies would make such a fun mug lid. You could cut only part of the pouring spout off so that it has the little lip to keep it on the mug, then put a butterfly on top for the lid handle 😍
Hey Shelby, maybe contact Fed U arts and have students come and learn to pour? This way you are seeing results, they are learning skills, great advertising for both! They may even take some moulds that you don’t want? Doesn’t need filming but it would be a great collaboration 😊
A livestream where you open a bunch and viewers get to vote on which becomes a finished piece for a future video could be fun!
I loved this format of about 10 reveals at a time. I absolutely loved your original mystery moulds series, it’s how I found you:)
with the bears you could add a coil of wire to the paw reaching up to make them into either a holder for photos or place cards. it might even work with the flowers and butterflys
Could be weights for helium balloons 🎈
Hands are also for a doll, they have the grooves for sowing on.
Hello! Curiosity is something that drives every one of us, you know??!! We ALL would love to see whats inside all the new treasures you just acquired, but you need to make it work for you! I think it might be helpful for you to do like you did today, go through several at a time, and it can help you weed out the ones that you know you want to do something with in the future, and pass on the others to get them out of your space. You want a garden, right 😂 !!! Have a wonderful day!
Oh man, the bow on a mug would be really cute as Sailor Moon themed pieces. I'd buy them in a heartbeat!
Lovely Shelby, I’m so happy for you and this rescue. I hope the kiln works and helps you with productivity.
I’d love to see more like this going over 10 at a time with quick reveals and no art. That gives time and space to paint what is truly a passion. Maybe your assistants could select and prep the pieces in theme groups.
Your reactions are so true and genuine, the ones not in your style are great to ‘re-home’.
I get a feel that the previous owner was a doll maker using soft bodies with heads, hands and feet. A lost art but you would need passion for it. Not my favorite medium.
cheers from the Midwest USA. 💜
How exciting for you!!! I hope the kiln is in working condition. Thank goodness the homeowner thought of you and the molds were saved from the landfill. Can’t wait for all the fun stuff that comes from this haul. I like this video, trying a bunch at a time. Love seeing the lightbulb go off when the creative idea pops into your head!! Such fun.
I feel like I remember seeing bears like that holding balloons. The paw they're holding up would have wires attached to a bunch of little plastic balloons.
But maybe I'm mixing them up with so many other "bear with balloons" niknaks in the 80s. They were the kind of thing grandparents would give to us when we were little girls.
Videos of 10 at a time works fine, just to see if you will keep them. Then you can make a video, where you pick 1-2 or 3 of the keepers, to create, combine or play with. Maybe leave a good amount of molds, that you can see are stand alone pieces, to make 1 mystery mold video a month or every 2 weeks, as a treat for us!
So maybe in a month, you could make:
1 smash or pass video, with 5-10 molds.
1 keepers video, with 1-3 molds you want to create with.
1 mystery mold video
1 video with what ever makes you happy! It could be molds, other clay activities, gardening, telling us your dreams, answering questions or anything else you want.
This is what I would like to see, but mostly I don't want you to burn out, so try to have fun🎉
Lots of hugs from Denmark.
While I admire and enjoy others creativity I am not artistic at all. I saw the hands and thought they were creepy and I would have flung them away so quickly. You, on the other hand saw potential and minutes later there was an awesome lamp in development and I actually loved it. It’s a good thing there are people like you in the world. It would be a lot duller if everyone was like me.
Most people have something inside of them. It could take years to find what it is. I’ve had a go at a fair amount of crafts, and arts. Some, I was awful at. Some, I was ok at. Some, I was ok at, but wasn’t really bothered about pursuing. And then, a few that I enjoyed and got better at! Sadly, I have a debilitating illness, which causes pain, and exhaustion! I struggle to manage a small project! I have to say, I could never be a musician, even when I was younger. 😂 And no-one would endure my singing…it’s awful! 🤐
Im so excited that theres so many fans that are able to help keep this series so alive.
The bears could totally be ornaments with the wire going through the hands
The ball could be a piggy bank, the flowers and butterflies could go on top of a mug? I make dolls as Send n Angel Reborn Babies Nursery and the horse would need a fabric body with cable ties holding the legs and head on, it is from the late 80s as there is also a rabbit design with paws that my mother had when I was a child. 😊
I love fellow viewers that comment with more info about these pieces, thank y’all. And Shelby I can’t wait to see what you make this year!
I honestly loved watching this video format. Just hearing/seeing your reactions and excitement is very fun!
You are just my favourite person. The minute you treasure and recycle someone else’s things, esp at your age, just love it. Clone this person please 😂
I like this format for getting through a bulk of the moulds, but you could also add on a section where you craft with some that you opened in previous videos, even if it's not in depth. IDK if you have an editor or anyone helping with filming, but that might be useful in addition to your shop helpers, and might allow you to post more/give you more time for crafting. I enjoy the reveals of the finished pieces more than the glazing process, personally.
Casting and opening several at a time was a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to seeing more..
I think with the 3 bears mold you were thinking of sullvanian families
That’s my thought too!
Would love another smash or pass series to see you pour a bunch of them up at once. So cool!
Maybe do videos with 5 or 6 reveals like this then put up a poll after to decide which one to turn into an original artwork so that you aren’t doing so many artworks and getting overwhelmed?
Goodness, how exiting! This accidental smash or pass was a hoot! I love how you played through your ideas on how to use certain pieces. Would not be mad about seeing more parallel to your actual art.
I would love more videos like this one, it's so interesting to see what the moulds contain. The horse doll would make an excellent collab with a textile artist too.
21:17 the ball would be fun to transform into vases or bowls! 🤩
I had a similar situation to yours for my lapidary hobby. The story was the homeowner inherited a summer house from her parents. The house had a detached car garage about 40 ft from the house. In the 90s to about 2015, her sister and family lived in there full time. Her brother-in-law decided to he wanted to do lapidary and bought machines, saws, supplies, etc. He used the garage as his workshop. He did it for about 2 years then quit. He passed away a short time later. And the sister eventually moved to live with her daughter and her family in another state. The homeowner and her husband decided to live there full time about 2018. The garage was the last part of their clean up/renovation. By the way, based on a few finished pieces he had left behind, he was a very skilled gemstone cutter.
You said it looked like someone had just given up on pottery and shut the shed door. It's possible that there was a death in the family of a previous owner of the property and they left everything as it was because they didn't know what to do with everything or as a momento to the person who passed. One of my aunties was an artist and when she passed away her partner left her art studio untouched for over 20 years. Grief does strange things to people.
Anyway I hope you enjoyed your break over Christmas and New Year. That extra kiln will come in handy if you do another big market again like Finders Keepers this year! I hope it works and doesn't require new parts to get it working,
It may be the case! The owners said it was the person they bought it from and they had asked them to remove it as part of a condition of the house sale. The person didn't remove it and they were in the process of getting rid of all her stuff apparently she just retired from their accounts so I am not sure! It happens a lot with different special interests, acquiring all these wonderful supplies and then losing interest but also not being able to move on the supplies! It also happens with death and grief too a lot! Maybe we can make our own story up about what happened!
Would totally love to see them in a format just like this ❤
Love when you cast bunches of molds but do miss your creativity using the molds. I miss seeing your creations.
I would love you to add them in conjunction with the other Mystery Moulds and do 1-2 videos per week, and showing the whole process, from pouring to final firing!
I so want a shed full of mystery moulds now ❤
I would enjoy seeing just what you did with this video. Take as many as you are willing to do at a time and pour and reveal. I really enjoyed seeing them revealed after seeing you pour them and talk about what pieces you like or will keep ❤. Maybe now and then you might give you special touch to a piece that really speaks to you.😊 great 👍🏼 episode!
What an amazing story! Its sad to see that shed before and think about why that happened. But I'm so glad to see them in good hands. Also, dying at you asking what the piece before the hands was and then saying you'd use the hands as ring holder. 🤣
I thought that, too! 😂
You should do a big in person warehouse sale of all the ones you don't want for cheap. I know you think "i got them for free, i couldn't charge for them" but you've spent lots of time and effort gathering them, cleaning them etc. I bet you'd get so many people attending
Hi Shelby....for the horse doll, you would have to make the pieces hollow. While it is still workable, you would need to put small holes going around the tops of the legs and around the base of the neck, between approx. 1/8 to a 1/4 inch apart. The person making the "doll" would use those holes to sew the body (fabric) to the ceramic pieces and then stuff it with stuffing.
This format was actually great for this. because we know the background story now you can just dive straight in. Fingers crossed for lots of great finds 🥰😻😻
I would love to see multiple casted at once, like you did smash or pass and maybe see them in later videos being painted and finished? like a little teaser on what's coming?
My oh my! You got the treasure hoard because you deserve it. Amazing things happen!
The horse's head and hooves are made into dolls by using a cloth body stuffed with sawdust for stiffness. The legs would be turned inside out and attached to the glass hoove with wire cinched tight at that lip. Then turned right-side out, stuffed, and attached to the body with hand-stitching. My grandmother used to make porcelain dolls like this with cloth bodies. I have several left from her legacy with nylon wigs, glued eyelashes and glass marble eyes. I bet it was very unique for a gift for a boy or any horse lover. The hands you found are also for a doll. You can tell by the lip at the wrist where it was to be attached to the cloth body.
If you search, ceramic horse doll, you should find the horse doll fully constructed. I found a few examples. Also the funny dish with the center could be a ring holder? Really looking forward to seeing more of these.
AHH can you please link me!!? I could only find it deconstructed like in the mould! 😅
@@ShelbySherritt You'll find it if you google duncan horse doll, but it is quite cursed lol!
Brand name seems to be duncan
Thank you Shelby, I really needed my mystery moulds fix 😊 I like this format or smash and pass. Maybe you could pour up a few at a time and then make your favourite into completed art works?
Wow! What a score! Maybe you could do a “Pouring Day” each month where you get as many molds as you can pour in an afternoon and see what they all are. Then you could share one or several videos from your pouring day and the rest of the month can be business as usual for you.
You crack me up Shelby. You look at something that looks like it is ment to be a ring dish and are completely baffled by it. Then in the very next mold that is clearly not a ring dish suggest to make a ring dish. I love it.
Congratulations!
Also I truly love watching your videos. It's inspired me to find a shop that I can go paint pottery at. I'm even looking for some class to take. Your love and joy for your craft is infectious. Keep doing what you're doing.
Hi Shelby, the ball is a kid’s money box, the flowers and butterflies most likely a trinket box lid. Bows were massive in the 80s/early 90s- these could have been wall hangings, on a trinket box, dish, or photo frame, the cake stand is a ring holder.
I actually really enjoyed the smash or pass videos...a 'smash or pass' livestream of this new collection might be fun!
I thought the tower with the plate was a candle snuffer. Also the bears could hold tiny picture frames, I used to have a little dog that held a simple little glass frame.
With the amount of moulds, I could see you doing more smash or pass videos where you get to do a bunch of moulds and then later do artworks of the ones you passed :) Hope you get to have a nice veggie garden eventually!
It's a ring holder.
What a find! For the horse, I’m imagining a Punch & Judy style puppet. Clay head/arms/legs with fabric body.
Dear Shelby, the Horse Doll parts were very popular in the 1990s. They were made into dolls like porcelain dolls. They came in all sorts of animals, cows, sheep, pigs, cats… made up into Victorian dolls. I know. Weird. But some folk loved them. Niche. Very niche. Some were incredibly intricate and beautifully made too. The porcelain/ china was beautifully done and the clothes all hand made. I suppose it was a reaction to the “dead child” vibe of porcelain dolls?
I so enjoy your videos. I’m lying in bed with bad bout of AS, doing complex embroidery and watching you to take my mind off my pain. I used to do ceramics, but there is no one around here anymore with a kiln and one more hobby and my house may explode, but I loved the whole process. Opening the kiln was always thrilling, even “fails” were fun. So I do it through you! 🤩 xxxx❤
The horse head could be an AWESOME handle to a walking fancy walking cane