If you flashback to the seventies and look at what was hot, you may find a sad eyed hippo sitting on a shelf in someones favorite living space.

 I’ve had this mold for quite sometime and was never happy with the way I was painting them. And then one day, this wonderful  sad eyed collector, emailed me with a photo of a grey hippo and asked if I could do one as a custom order.  So I took on the project and it was a challenge but so much fun! So here is results of the hippo I made for her. I think he come out so cute! So now I am addicted and am creating more of these guys every week.

So after I made her order, I immediately started on making more sad eyed hippos, in bright colors with those sad puppy dog eyes. I painted this one in chartreuse green with pink eyes.  I think this is my favorite piece yet! This one has sold already, but I am taking pre-orders to do more in this color. Next up is one in orange with green eyes and one in yellow with orange eyes. I just painted the last coats of glaze this morning and they should be ready to list in the shop in the morning.