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Wulf

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I love my job.

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Wist Pinterest

Posts:

2167 (1.638 per day)

Position:

Craftster God/Goddess

Date Registered:

October 07, 2009 07:59:45 PM

Last Active:

Today at 12:39:06 PM

Current Status:

Offline

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Website:

Into the Green World
http://intothegreenworld.blogspot.com

Gender:

Male

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Location:

Toronto

Local Time:

May 23, 2013 12:08:59 AM

Brief Bio, News in Your Life, etc:

I've been making stuff for longer than many people on Craftster have been alive, which is a frightening thing to consider. It started in the usual way with LEGO, Meccano, Tinkertoys and all those wonderfully toxic crafts of the 1960's and 70's, like resin casting and asbestos modelling clay. I guess most people grow out of it but I never did and today I work as a theatrical prop builder, which is one of the few jobs that allows me to make use of those dangerous childhood skills.

Prop building demands a broad skill set and yet there are awkward gaps in mine. I'm pretty good at woodwork, do a bit of carving and sculpting as needed, yet I never learned to weld and in fact am fairly useless with metal in general. While I do decorative painting and faux finishes, and can reproduce things as required, my freehand drawing is wretched and painting not much better. (I've learned to fake the latter when I have to.) I can sew but not knit or crochet, which is inexcusable, since my mother and brother were both knitters.

I think Craftster might be a way to trick myself into learning new skills (and learn to do properly some of the things I now just fake).

And now, thanks to Craftster, one of my life goals has been met with my first (and probably only) posting on BoingBoing.net.

My Favorite Crafts To Do:

papercraft, leatherwork, sewing, woodwork, carving, sculpting, collage, calligraphy

Crafts I Want To Learn:

emboidery, tatting, quilting, printing, bookbinding, twig furniture, bricklaying, stonecarving

My Favorite Projects Made by Me:

12 projects can be listed here

My Favorite Projects Made by Other People:

12 projects can be listed here

Current and/or All Time Favorite Bands:

Two new favourites: Wendy Rule, Bell Orchestre; an old favourite: Phillip Glass

Current and/or All Time Favorite Books:

Two new favourites: Maurice Maeterlinck's "The Life of the Bee", Margaret Atwood's "Payback"; an old favourite: Samuel L. Delany's "Dhalgren"

Current and/or All Time Favorite Movies:

Three old favourites: "Young Frankenstein", "The Lord of the Rings", "Pride and Prejudice" (1940)

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Personal Swap Availability:

Interested in Doing Personal Swaps: not interested at this time

Likes And Dislikes For Potential Swap Partners Or Just For Fun:

Things I Love:
Trees; herbology; insects; magick and paganism; camping; Sherlock Holmes; Steampunk; the Middle Ages; Vikings; Arts & Crafts; Victoriana; history; literature; high weirdness

Dislikes, Pet Peeves, Allergies, etc:
Things made entirely of beads or pompoms; blatently synthetic fabrics; jazz; the use of the word "craft" as a verb.

Organized Swaps Involvement:

	number of successfully completed swaps = 48
	number of swaps currently in progress = 4
	number of unsuccessful swaps = 0

Swap Name	Swap Start Date	Participation Status	Organizer Comments	Swap Organizer	Swap Co-Organizer
Steampunk Circus Swap	12/04/09	POSITIVE	Package was sadly lost en transit. great swap participant and excellent communication!thanks for making this your first swap!	aisy
Ongoing ATC Swap-March 10	02/28/10	POSITIVE	made 2 claims. thanks for swapping!	calluna
WWP Beltane Swap Round 19	04/01/10	POSITIVE	amazing package	hawkeyes_girl
Ongoing ATC Swap-April and May 2010	04/13/10	POSITIVE	Great swapper! Swapped 4 cards	Kartiana	rackycoo
I <3 Gibbous Altered fashions swap	02/25/10	POSITIVE	Wonderful replacement partner at the very last minute. Great communication.	woodland_faerie	lovesclutter
WWP Summer Solstice/Litha Round 20	05/16/10	POSITIVE	great package and communication	hawkeyes_girl
Potholder Swap	05/19/10	POSITIVE	Excellent swapper, great communication, Thank you!	jennieingram
WWP Pre-Lughnasadh Healing Card Swap	06/08/10	POSITIVE	All cards sent! Beautiful!	Saturn
Gypsy Swap Round 2	06/14/10	POSITIVE	Sent a wonderful package! A+++	Saturn
WWP Lammas/Lugh Swap Round 21 (Signups 6-28 to 7-4-10, SO 7-26-10)	06/28/10	POSITIVE	great package	hawkeyes_girl
WWP Mabon Swap Round 22	08/08/10	POSITIVE	sent nice package to partner	hawkeyes_girl
Head Start Art Journal Swap	08/23/10	POSITIVE	great swapper!	-zoma-
WWP Harvest Time Healing Samhain Card Swap	09/20/10	POSITIVE	Great cards, thank you for participating! A+++	Saturn
Surpise Halloween ATC swap 2012	08/27/12	POSITIVE	Sent 3 ghoulish ATCs early w/ great communication.	Witchhippie	jillybeans
Canadian small envelope swap	10/01/10	POSITIVE	Awesome swapper, great comunication!	belladune
WWP Yule Swap Round 24	11/05/10	POSITIVE	great package and communication	hawkeyes_girl	MamanTattoo
Matchbox Swap round 4	01/04/11	POSITIVE	Sent early, great communication. Thanks for swapping!	Acadian Driftwood	spidermom
Tudor Swap	02/17/11	POSITIVE	Sent on time, great package, great communication, GREAT SWAPPER!	Pixiefirefly
Paper & Ephemera Swap (Round 8)	02/01/11	POSITIVE	Awesome swapper, as always!	Staar84
WWP Ostara Basket Round 26	02/13/11	POSITIVE	nice package and communication	hawkeyes_girl
WWP Beltane Fires Round 27	04/03/11	POSITIVE	good package and communication	hawkeyes_girl
Wicked Circus Altered Tin Swap	03/03/11	POSITIVE	Sent an incredibly wicked tin one day late with great communication.	cackle	rackycoo
Matchbox Swap round 5	03/16/11	POSITIVE	Sent on time, good communication	Acadian Driftwood	spidermom
Small Steampunk Swap	04/01/11	POSITIVE	Great swapper, great package!	Alchamy513
WWP Round 28 - Litha 2011	05/08/11	POSITIVE	Swap organizer	Wulf	Monnie31
Head Start Art Journal Round 2	07/20/11	POSITIVE	Great swapper!	-zoma-
WWP Samhain Round 31	09/11/11	POSITIVE	good package and communication	hawkeyes_girl	monnie31
WWP Round 32 Warm Wishes for Yule Swap	11/08/11	POSITIVE		monnie31	hawkeyes_girl
Sherlock Holmes Swap	12/10/11	POSITIVE		Wulf
OTIT-WWP Rd 33	01/04/12	POSITIVE	Awesome tiny thing!	MamanTattoo
WWP Round 34	02/04/12	POSITIVE	Swap organizer	Wulf
Hand-Carved Stamp Swap--Round 4	04/29/12	POSITIVE	Amazing stamps!	WideEyedLife
Felt Badge Swap	03/28/12	POSITIVE	Fantastic swapper! Sent 2 badges.	LimeRiot	pjherbert
WWP Round 35 Beltane Bonanza	03/25/12	POSITIVE		hawkeyes_girl
BoS swap round 2	04/22/12	POSITIVE		MamanTattoo	Wulf
Wicked Forest Altered Matchbox Swap	04/23/12	POSITIVE	Sent an amazing and wicked matchbox early with great communication.	cackle	rackycoo
WWP Round 36 - Midsummer Envelope Swap	06/09/12	POSITIVE		Wulf
WWP Round 37 - Lammas Bounty	07/01/12	POSITIVE	Swap organizer	Wulf
Prayer Flag Swap	07/06/12	POSITIVE	Sent two wonderful flags, good communication, great swapper!	Leslieshappyheart	susanab
Wicked Children Altered Tin Swap	07/19/12	POSITIVE	Sent an out of this world wicked tin on time with good communication.	cackle	rackycoo
WWP Round 38 Mabon Harvest Swap (Signups 8-12 to 8-20, SO 9-15)	08/12/12	POSITIVE	sent late with good communication, great package	hawkeyes_girl
WWP Round 40 - Yule Present Swap	11/08/12	POSITIVE	Swap organizer	Wulf
Prayer Flag Swap Round 2	12/01/12	POSITIVE	Crafted 2 gorgeous prayer flags! 1 partner sums it up: I love it;	Leslieshappyheart	susanab
WWP Round 41 Imbolc Wall Art Swap	12/26/12	POSITIVE	Sent a beautiful package, great swapper	whileitsraining
Steampunk for the Home 2013	01/05/13	POSITIVE	Great swapper. Sent on time with good communication.	Craftsunderground
Completely Ghastly Edward Gorey Swap	01/16/13	POSITIVE	Great swapper!	Knickertwist
WWP 42 Ostara Egg-stravaganza	02/24/13	POSITIVE	good communication, great package!	hawkeyes_girl
WWP 43 - All Around the Maypole - Beltane Swap	04/04/13	POSITIVE	Sent a beautiful package	whileitsraining
Shrine Swap	04/18/13	IN PROGRESS		lindyv321
Gathered Roots - An Herbalism Swap R5	04/23/13	IN PROGRESS		dreadlocklove
Book of Shadows Round 3	05/05/13	IN PROGRESS		Wulf
NeedleBook Swap Rd2	05/12/13	IN PROGRESS		.:dollface:.

(Note that this system was started on April 26, 2005 so it doesn't contain complete data for prior to April 26, 2005. Every attempt has been made, however, to enter all the Negative Feedback for prior to April 26, 2005 based on old records that were kept.)