Last year, I finished what ended up being the last of the velvet art dragons: the one thatās alternated between āLove Dragonā and āDragonheartā in my informal naming scheme. It is a wholly ridiculous beast, because fuchsia is a wholly ridiculous color, and my Etsy customer base clearly agreed andā¦ didnāt buy it.
In their defense, it had a homely face. Because I needed to get it done in time for the Valentineās Day market, I went with a head I had already tried, for more betta dragons. And it was definitely a fish head, even with a heart-shaped ruff added.
The new head is one I had fiddled around with for fire lizards, built around the chessboard cut ālemonā crystals at Potomac Bead (or from Swarovski, but Potomac had colors more suitable for Pernese dragons). I think the eyes are a little too large for that size, but I didnāt want to go any larger for the existing dragon.
It is definitely a one-of-a-kind; I am entirely unlikely to make any more of what I canāt stop thinking of as the Pink Squirrel Dragon. And certainly no more dragons with hearts all over them. But maybe someone needs an extremely memorable engagement ring delivery vehicle? I got you.
Not sure what else Iām going to do with this fuchsia upholstery velvet, though.