Hello, all! Our store is finally up and running! After much planning, sculpting, experimenting, and organizing, the Strange Bedfellas shop is finally open for business! https://www.etsy.com/shop/StrangeBedfellas
I thought I’d take the time to talk a little bit about who we are, what we’re doing, and where we’re going with this whole thing. Strange Bedfellas is a shop run by a married couple in Austin, TX. We make hand-crafted sex toys from 100% platinum cure silicone. Our toys are designed, sculpted, and molded here in house (unless otherwise noted) and are always made of body-safe materials. I’m Meesh (the wife side of the team) and I’ve been an artist for many many years. I’ve created a lot of adult art over the years and this seemed like a good place to take my craft. Here at Strange Bedfellas I’ll be the one doing most of the designing, sculpting, casting, pouring, shipping, and social media management. My husband Holzer handles the 3D sculpting and helps with the designing, pouring, and other shop management things I need an extra hand with 🙂 He has a full time job, whereas I have a completely open schedule to dedicate myself to all of this.
We had a theme of “monster dating service” in mind when we created this business. Who doesn’t want to date monsters?! I’ve always had an affinity for monstrous creatures, so what better to do with all that monster love than sculpt some friends that can hang out in the bedroom? When we eventually move to our own website from the Etsy store I think we’ll be able to dive into the theme more with art and extras. For now, each toy we create will have a character that we’ll at least share the art here for. As a genderfluid person myself, I really liked the idea of monster characters that are gender non-conforming, so we are going to try to make characters in a variety of genders. Also, folks are encouraged to create their own characters to match their toys and share them with us if you are so inclined. Let your imaginations run wild!
With the launch of our store we only have one model available, the Batou, but there are others in the works! Our Aelit model is on the schedule to be molded this week! Two other models are being sculpted right now as well. Very exciting! The process we use to create toys is to sculpt a base in 3D, print it, then do additional hand sculpting on top of the printed base. This results in toys that are a sort of mix of the two processes. Hand sculpting allows us to get more fine detail into our models, but it also means there’s some differences between model sizes. It also means a surface a little more prone to dings and marks in the mold. Still, we aim to make quality designs and spend a lot of time refining shapes and surfaces for these toys.
We’re still learning a lot about this new medium and the coloring and pouring techniques that go along with it. It’s an exciting journey so far and I expect we’ll only get better as we go! For now we’re not offering much in the way of customs because our skills are still at a beginner level, but we should have semi-custom listings up in the shop soon for those interested. We’ll be posting pictures of pours we’ve finished up on this tumblr, so stay tuned for that! We very much value customer/user feedback about our products, so please always feel free to reach out and contact us with any questions or suggestions. You can drop us a line at strangebedfellasstore@gmail.com or DM us here or at our twitter page (@strangebedfella).
Thank you for your time! We look forward to making many fabulous toys for you folks to enjoy!
-Meesh of Strange Bedfellas
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