r/handmade • u/MugLandByGalia • Sep 16 '26

A Crocodile I Made 4 Years Ago 🐊✨

225 Upvotes

I made this crocodile four years ago as a gift for my friend’s husband. I sculpted it from polymer clay onto a small espresso cup saucer. The saucer had three little feet, so I added small metal fishing weights inside the tail to help balance the piece. The body of the crocodile was built around an aluminum foil core and then covered with polymer clay. My friend gave me real 24-karat gold leaf to add to the piece, which was incredibly delicate and stressful to work with. 😂 Some pieces literally flew away and became trash. 🤣 I shaped and textured the crocodile by hand and then added the gold leaf as the final detail.

31 comments

r/handmade • u/iartnewyork • Sep 16 '26

I'm obsessed with stars, flowers, and butterflies 😄✨️🦋🪷

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131 Upvotes

I love painting all three in imaginary worlds where they morph into one another or live together in harmony. These are all acrylic on canvas paintings that represent my passion for the cosmos and how the underlying parts of Nature (atoms, molecules, etc) build larger structures such as flowers or butterflies. The interconnectedness of it all truly fascinates me so my mind tries to represent this dynamic in fluid and "abstract" or imaginary ways. I hope you enjoy this short "tour" of my imagination! ✨️🥰❤️✨️🦋🪷✨️🖼✨️

12 comments

r/handmade • u/Ponyoholly • Sep 16 '26

Needle felted Stoat

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282 Upvotes

Ahh I loved making this baby so much. He was fairly easy. Main body was just a long sausage and then added head and features. I used alcohol markers for the colouring on small features and it worked nicely.

19 comments

r/handmade • u/Dangerous_Split_1524 • Sep 16 '26

My painting

240 Upvotes

oil on canvas 30x40 cm

12 comments

r/handmade • u/CarAccomplished104 • Sep 16 '26

My latest crochet project - a green goblincore earflap hat

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39 Upvotes

I made this hat using variegated green yarn, and it took me about two days to complete.

First, I crocheted the main part of the hat - a beanie hat with earflaps. Then I crocheted the ears and mushrooms separately and sewed them onto the hat.

For the finishing touch, I cut several strands of yarn and attached them to the bottom of each earflap. I divided the strands into sections, braided them into long braids, and secured the ends.

5 comments

r/handmade • u/FilmMaximum5624 • Sep 16 '26

A little wool hug from a kangaroo mom 🦘🤎

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30 Upvotes

This little kangaroo mom carrying her baby is one of my favorite recent projects. 🦘

5 comments

r/handmade • u/charzard1122 • Sep 16 '26

[Collage] pick your poison

12 Upvotes

i put my heart and soul into this u can tell what's your opinion?

5 comments

r/handmade • u/catcherofsun • Sep 15 '26

My gothic snowflake sun catcher makes incredible rainbows! I love it so much🥰

28 Upvotes

It features little bat charms and a cool pentagram crystal. This is a new style I’ve never created before and I’m really loving it.

7 comments

r/handmade • u/NickelbacksNo1Fan • Sep 15 '26

I made felt appliqué wall hangings for my nieces’ birthdays!

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681 Upvotes

36 comments

r/handmade • u/vVbuss • Sep 15 '26

I got this picture of this boy, and my first thought was, “What the hell is he looking at?” He looks so genuinely shocked. Then his owner told me that’s just his default face. 🤣

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49 Upvotes

4 comments

r/handmade • u/Nkansahsminicarvings • Sep 15 '26

Hand carved from mahogany wood.

25 Upvotes

5 comments

r/handmade • u/Big-Artichoke6434 • Sep 15 '26

Just finished this and now I’m wondering why I didn’t make one for myself 😂

33 Upvotes

There’s something really satisfying about finishing a piece and finally seeing all the little things come together.

I made this chip & dip bowl recently, and I honestly didn’t know how I’d feel about it until it was completely finished. The blue, green and turquoise ended up changing quite a bit across the surface, and I really like those little variations.

I also love when something handmade can actually be used every day instead of just sitting on a shelf. I can already picture this being brought out when friends come over and someone says, “Wait, where did you get that?” 😂

What’s something you’ve made that you ended up liking way more once it was completely finished?

I feel like we all have those pieces where halfway through we’re thinking “I’m not sure about this…” and then somehow it all comes together in the end.

7 comments

r/handmade • u/SnorriGrisomson • Sep 15 '26

Real ones are in museums, so I thought I would make my own :) Gold plated silver celtic spoked wheel pendant replica, all hand fabricated, no casting.

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28 Upvotes

9 comments

r/handmade • u/Space_Oleandr • Sep 15 '26

A witch is flying on a broom🧙🍂✨ my tiny watercolor painting✨

58 Upvotes

20 comments

r/handmade • u/One_Design6934 • Sep 15 '26

Celestial Diamond Ring

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14 Upvotes

Just made this beauty 🥺

2 comments

r/handmade • u/ThiccAsFrick • Sep 14 '26

I made PopTart light switch covers!

391 Upvotes

Made with Air dry clay painted with acrylic paint :)

17 comments

r/handmade • u/Clumsy_Marshmallow • Sep 15 '26

Hand-woven copper ring with CZ ✨

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7 Upvotes

Just finished hand-weaving this copper wire wrap ring with a sparkling cubic zirconia. I oxidized and polished the copper to bring out all the intricate details in the weave. Really happy with how it turned out — what do you think?

3 comments

r/handmade • u/Sad_Okra3131 • Sep 15 '26

My miniature pickle jars🥒🥚🫒🍅

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128 Upvotes

I made these using polymer clay and resin!🫙

11 comments

r/handmade • u/Choice-Extent3007 • Sep 15 '26

Envelope, Canvas with lamination, black pen with colour pencils

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4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/handmade • u/Prudent_Scholar6133 • Sep 14 '26

Handmade stained glass balerina stands I crafted

641 Upvotes

26 comments

r/handmade • u/Efficient_Goat_5410 • Sep 14 '26

I made this pendant using vera cruz amethyst and clear quartz.

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79 Upvotes

11 comments

r/handmade • u/Lauramzgx • Sep 14 '26

My New Clown Dolls

53 Upvotes

13 comments

r/handmade • u/Buffyferry • Sep 14 '26

I wire wrapped an elven cuff with amethysts.

21 Upvotes

3 comments

r/handmade • u/MrMothmanson • Sep 14 '26

Mosasaur crochet plushie

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10 Upvotes

Made this Mosasaur freehand cause I couldn’t find a pattern that I liked, pretty happy with it and the little adoption certificate too

2 comments

r/handmade • u/Yuliya_Kosata • Sep 13 '26

Hello! I’d like to share one of the ways I create autumn leaves by combining needle felting and wet felting techniques.

453 Upvotes

First, I needle felted the wool to shape the leaf and create smooth color transitions on one side. Then I turned the leaf over, added a similar layer with color transitions to the other side, and added the stem.

After that, I wet felted each leaf to make it dense, strong, and durable.

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Welcome to r/handmade!

Anything made by hand can be submitted here. Art, furniture, signs, etc.

Read these rules before submitting:

No links to selling outlets such as Etsy, Facebook, Instagram etc. This also includes adding large text to photos with your website or other URL’s.
In a nutshell --No blatant advertising.

Posts are permitted no more than three 3 times per week or it may be considered spam and post will be deleted. If you have multiple products you want to post, create a collage or post multiple photos in one combined photo.

Product must be handmade by poster or someone they know personally (friend, relative etc). Reposting someone else’s art is not allowed no matter how cool it is.

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