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Set 2 of the Fourth Wing Bookmark Collection has arrived! - Hand of Stardust
Set 2 of the Fourth Wing Bookmark Collection has arrived!
The next chapter of the Fourth Wing bookmark collection inspired by the Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros has joined the Hand of Stardust store! Five more designs, all in the... Read more...
The first five: Fourth Wing Bookmark Set 1 has arrived - Hand of Stardust
The first five: Fourth Wing Bookmark Set 1 has arrived
A new set of bookmarks inspired by the Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros has joined the Hand of Stardust store! Five designs, all featuring bold dragon-rider iconography in a collectible-card... Read more...
Just Like Biets: Two New Cat Clicker Variants, and the Story Behind Them - Hand of Stardust
Just Like Biets: Two New Cat Clicker Variants, and the Story Behind Them
How It Started The cat clicker started as a Halloween project: a classic black cat and a white cat, made for the witchy and spooky-inclined. The design comes from the... Read more...
Your Shelf, Your Book Club: The Admission Ticket Collection is Here
Your bookshelf says a lot about you. And if you're anything like me, it says a lot of very specific, very unfiltered things about your reading taste. The Admission Ticket collection leans into that completely:a series of oversized, retro-style movie ticket bookshelf decorations, each one designed for a different corner of the BookTok and romantasy reading world. Each ticket is designed by the incredibly talented TheForbiddenNerd, printed and finished by hand here in my studio in the Netherlands. Every ticket comes in Stardust Purple with Galaxy Gold text (a combination... Read more...
Build Your Dream Shelf: 3D Printed Bookshelf Decorations for Romantasy & BookTok Readers - Hand of Stardust
Build Your Dream Shelf: 3D Printed Bookshelf Decorations for Romantasy & BookTok Readers
If you've spent any time on BookTok or in romantasy communities, you'll know that a bookshelf is never just storage. It's a portrait. A mood board. A very public declaration... Read more...
C3D Joins The Store! A Bookmark for Every Kind of Reader
The bookmark collection at Hand of Stardust is officially open for business — and these four are where it all starts. Covering a lot of ground from iconic art history to gothic graveyards to a zombie cat who has absolutely no business being this charming, all four are designed by C3D, printed and finished by hand here in my studio in the Netherlands. Here's the full set: The Bookmarks Great Waves: A 3D printed reinterpretation of Katsushika Hokusai's iconic woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. One of the most... Read more...
Marie's Button joins the Hand of Stardust store!
A new designer has joined the Hand of Stardust shop, and their work fits right in here: meet Marie's Button, the designer behind a wonderful series of spooky, witchy, and fantasy-themed fidget toys and keychains. I'll be offering four of their designs to start with, and I have a feeling this collection will grow. Here's what's available now: The Designs Cat Clicker: Every cat is a familiar, really. Some just lean more into the mystique than others. A satisfying little clicker with a keychain loop and a long-lasting tactile switch... Read more...
N3D joins the Hand of Stardust store! - Hand of Stardust
N3D joins the Hand of Stardust store!
The models of the talented N3D from Melbourne, Australia have joined the Hand of Stardust product catalogue. I will be selling their models as part of my ready-to-assemble cosplay kits... Read more...
Cinderwing3D joins the Hand of Stardust store! - Hand of Stardust
Cinderwing3D joins the Hand of Stardust store!
The amazing, articulated fantasy models from the talented Cinderwing3D are now available on Hand of Stardust! Read on to learn more about them and which of their designs I will... Read more...
3D Printed Lithophanes: Ancient Art With A Modern Twist - Hand of Stardust
3D Printed Lithophanes: Ancient Art With A Modern Twist
Imagine a unique artwork that comes to life when illuminated: a hidden image waiting to be revealed. Lithophanes, with their rich history and evolving craftsmanship, offer just that.  But how... Read more...
Beginner's Guide to Cosplay - Hand of Stardust
Beginner's Guide to Cosplay
New to cosplay? Then this is the guide for you! Learn all about how to start with your first cosplay: choosing characters, creating costumes and props, cosplay etiquette, navigating conventions,... Read more...
A Quick Start Guide to Common 3D Printing Methods
Having the power of a factory on a table in your home: being able to 3D print something in the comfort of your own home instead in a giant factory hall is quite special, especially considering how much effort companies put into making it more accessible for the masses. So for today's article, three common 3D printing methods will getting the spotlight: Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Stereolithography (SLA), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS).  Each of them will have a brief summary of how the particular method works, the pros and cons... Read more...