So skully took over people's desks as a wooden toy, and it's been.. SO fulfilling.

And now the stress is around the question, "What next?" and i took 6 months or so away from it to think.

Part of what made the wooden toy project so fun and unique was how much I LEARNED throughout it. To do ANOTHER toy would feel.. not right.

So I want to try something entirely new, something people might not expect.

Stained glass.

I think it'd be a great medium to learn, hands on, with TONS to figure out (and document) along the way and bring people in on. And most importantly, it goes to Skully's mission of helping people see things differently.

Skully would be a window hanging charm that would help reflect the light into your house or room and change it, to make it warm, colorful, creative.

Skully would change your perspective, again. Just as he did with his head flipping action as the toy.

I've got an idea, even a digital mockup, and I've watched hours of tutorials on how to make stained glass. I am intimidated, and I do need equipment. And more importantly, I need to afford the TIME to take away from work to make this.

Equipment would be

• glass cutting tools, soldering iron, etc.

• Sourcing local glass from old shops around Maine

• Camera gear - big time I really want to DOCUMENT the heck out of this with video and would need

  • hard drives

  • microphones

  • lights, etc

  • to photograph and video document this project to share and inspire others.

• I also would like to put some time into another promo animation

• And of course, beautiful bespoke packaging for these little charms. I'd like to step my packaging up from last time, always delivering detailed and thoughtful little gifts to people's homes.

• Most of all, I'd LOVE the chance to dedicate time to this, spend some money up front on equipment, document it properly, promote it organically, and inspire others to make projects like this all while making perfect little light-benders to hang in your window to remind you to think differently.

• Glass cutting tools, soldering iron, etc.

• Sourcing local glass from old shops around Maine

• Camera gear

  • Big time I really want to DOCUMENT the heck out of this with video and would need

  • hard drives

  • microphones

  • lights, etc

  • to photograph and video document this project to share and inspire others.

• I also would like to put some time into another promo animation And of course, beautiful bespoke packaging for these little charms.

• I'd like to step my packaging up from last time, always delivering detailed and thoughtful little gifts to people's homes. Most of all, I'd LOVE the chance to dedicate time to this, spend some money up front on equipment, document it properly, promote it organically, and inspire others to make projects like this all while making perfect little light-benders to hang in your window to remind you to think differently.