Creating the beginnings of an Oddities & Curiosities room
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- In this video, I make a start to an oddities room inside Professor Okeo's house.
Here are some links to my previous videos
how to make stainglassed windows
• How to make leaded and...
Vampire hunters kit
• Miniature 19th century...
Making fairy/sprite specimens
• Adding a Drafting desk...
Here are the links to the STL files I used.
The conjoined twin
cults3d.com/en...
Bear skull
www.thingivers...
baby caiman crocodile
www.thingivers...
large cat skull- can't remember where I found it. I'll add it if I locate it
GREAT JOB so many details. A great addtion would be jars filled with specimens (example - pig fetus, human fetus ext..)
Absolutely adding these to the room. Thank you Cher 🥰
I'm turning a room of my house into a full-sized curiosities room/study, and this is giving me so many ideas on what to add in! I've got an assortment of skulls, gems/minerals, emu and ostrich eggs, turn of the century apothecary stuff, my own collection of herbs, brass navigational tools, and some clockwork thing I honestly don't know what it does lol. All with my rolltop/tambour desk and occult books and chemistry glassware. I just have to go through and clean/organize that whole mess XD
Sounds AMAZING!!
😲 dude that room sounds incredible! What's your most favourite and or bizarre piece you've collected??
@@craftsbyxander Hmm... It would be between my biological specimens (preserved Spiny Dogfish Shark, Burmese Python vertebrae, mummified frog (species unknown) or maybe my turn of the century apothecary scale with a marble top (badly cracked, some brass parts replaced with modern) or my 1910s W.H. Gunlocke swivel chair that I still need to buy/make parts for. Or maybe my modern, but still old looking , leather armchair I got for five - yes, FIVE - dollars at a Goodwill. Then again, my John Lust and Nicholas Culpepper herbal guides are great (modern reprints).... Too many neat things to pick a favorite!
Formaldehyde filled jars with various specimens springs to mind. Absolutely love everything you’ve made/collected for this room, looking forward to more. Thank you for sharing 😀
tarot cards, a painting of the vampire before he got the wooden stake, and a bug collection 🤩 love this project
Awesome ideas! Thank you. I actually have his portrait waiting to be framed. have you seen my Vampire kit video? he's on the thumbnail. Creepy looking guy 😄 Thank you
How about adding a fetus in a glass jar and a severed hand too and a jar full of eyeballs would be fun, a shrunken head and a table lamp made of tattooed human skin, and now you know what my mind is like Anyway Xander, it's good to have you back x
Great ideas!
I Love all these ideas! We need them all!! The human skin lampshade is a brilliant idea!! I need to make one of those 💯%.. Thank you. 😄 I think we all enjoy a little weird kindhearted 😬 😄
Love this! I suggest a spirit board for the witchy display. Beautiful work! Very inspiring!
Thank you dungeonmatron😊 awesome name BTW 👌
Formaldehyde jars filled with specimens springs to mind. Absolutely love everything you’ve made/collected for this room. Looking forward to forward to more, thank you for sharing 😀
Thank you Charlotte 🤗 We need many jarred specimens!! I can't wait to try sculpting all the creepy little things to go inside them 😄
A few little 'gems', and definitely sea shells, would help to give a Regency or Victorian vibe.
Absolutely! I am going to "attempt" to sculpt them. Thank you Laurien 😊
Glad to see you back Xander, been missing your content and love and adore your work, can not wait until you get back to more on the brothel as well x
Thank you, Stevi. I missed crafting while I was away. I was actually planning on starting back in the brothel when I got back but I git so far into the idea of this room it got shelved. BUT I will be going back to it really soon. I'm ready to start making the naughty things now 😅
This is absolutely incredible! I love every detail! Can't Wait to see more. I'd definitely add some weird taxidermy, unicorn horn or butterfly mounts.
Brilliant idea! Thank you MAC! A unicorn horn... 👌😄 love that!
Xander! Xander! XANDER! Hi... hehehe... I LOVE this addition
Thank you Kitangel 😃 it's my new favourite room 😄😬
So glad to see u back ,I've missed you 😊,everything is absolutely phenomenal as always with anything you create ❤️ what about some different sized jars with liquid and specimens in it 😊 hugs from Australia xxx
Thank you so much Tanmaree 🥰 we will definitely be adding jars. I'm going to try making them myself so I have a variation of sizes. Not quite figured that one out yet though 😅
Hi Xander, great to see you back on screen again & ❤❤❤ the new build - right up my street 😁
I dont know if youv'e ever seen it , but there used to be a fascinating show called "Oddities" - I'm sure you can still find it on YT. Masses of weird & wonderful macabre things, to get your creative juices flowing!
How about a medical oddities shelf??
Omg YES! I LOVE that show! I only discovered it recently though. Short little clips of it on UA-cam. Brilliant program. The straightjacket guy from one of thr episodes so creepy 😅 I plan to make a straightjacket because of him in that scene
That coffin was to die for!!!
Literally, In his case! 🤭
So excited to see you upload again. As the kids say these days, that vampire coffin is FIRE. Love it! Those chains are the chef’s kiss. Brilliant.
Thank you Lori 🥰😬 I'm glad you like it 🥰
Hi this is so cool! Maybe bug/spider specimens in glass domes/ framed shadow boxes hung on the wall?
100%. We need all of this!! Thank you so much citruspeach 😊😬
How about a couple of shrunken heads?
Yay, I added one. I'm glad you've seen it Kelly 😃
Welcome back Zander, we have all missed you! I’m so happy you had the opportunity to visit our amazing Rocky Mountains! We live in the foothills of the mountains and spend a lot of time in Banff, the Columbia Valley and the Okanagan Valley. Thank you for another great video!💚
Oh my! What a beautiful part of the world to live in! We absolutely LOVED travelling though the Rockies. We stared off in Calgary and ended in Vancouver before boarding the ship. Staying a few nights at Banff, Revelstoke and Whistler along the way. The views are are just incredible. some of my favorites I've seen to date. Stunning! in Whistler we seen 6 bears in 1 day! Crazy! You truely live in an amazing place 🤗💕
@@craftsbyxander We live in Calgary so having it all in our backyard is like living next to a little piece of heaven. We are planning a trip to London next spring for the Kensington Dollhouse Festival. It will be our first time in Europe and I could not be more excited!💚
@littlebylittledollhouseminis it truly is like having a little piece of heaven 💓 oh wow that will be an amazing trip!! I have a subscriber who visited the Kensington dollhouse show earlier this year. I think maybe around May. He visited from Switzerland. I hadn't heard of it until he told me about it. It sounds awesome! I am sure you will love London. So much to see and do there. Will you travel to anywhere else in europe whilst your here? Everything is SO close! Paris is half hour away on the Euro tunnel. Rome is 2 hours away by plane. Same for Germany and so many other countries. Either way you will love London. It is impossible to get bored there for sure! How excited 😬💚
@@craftsbyxander We definitely have France on the list and possibly Germany and Switzerland!
Wow. Love this project.
A couple of potential ideas... Botany samples in frames, maybe poisonous plants?
Wet specimens with resin in tiny jars?
Tiny crystals maybe?
Dried mushroom samples?
Taxidermy bat?
Victorian style cloche, birds maybe?
All the yeses!! The larger room next door will be filled with his botany and mushroom collections for sure and I have the cloches ready to be filled. We are definitely reading from the same page 😀🤗
🤩😱 my heart that is amazing!
I don't know how to make but maybe some animals on strong water for the cabinet? And ofc crystals and a smudgestick would fit well on the witch shelve
We need all of these inside this room. I think I'd like to try making crystals next 😃 Thank you much for your ideas ☺️
A maracas-type shaker with feathers and beads, or a spear with the beads and feathers tied to it. A dead, colorful frog laid out with a poison sign on it. A big spider pinned to a board (whichever kind has the red hourglass on its back) but big so is scarier. A mastodon tooth. The handprint of an alien.
Brilliant! I love them all 😄 I will add all of these ideas into his room 😁 thank you llcleary
Pickled punks in jars are always good. Pinned moths and butterflies, also a gem and shell collection. Something mechanical like a galvanometer or orrery.
I had to google what pickled punks were then. definately on the same page here. Great ideas. I'll add them all 🤗
You can add organe and stange monster in formol jar, also cristal, shriked head, buddhist cérémonial draguer...
All great ideas. Thank you so much, Morgan 💖
Loooove this build of yours! All the amazing props from the vampire hunter's box and vampire skeleton...to those strange skulls in the cabinet. Really random, but I admire how steady your hands were when drawing on that little gold plaque for the conjoined twins! 😂😂😂 It was so nice to see those things your purchased from native artists incorporated into the build as well. Felt you 100% when you said you decided not to do the tufting after poking the holes.. I'm psyching myself up for a tufted project too, who knows how long it'll take! The satin-lined coffin turned out great even without tufting, and that stake through the skeleton's chest really took it to the next level ⚰⚰⚰ Been subscribed to see your updates on Professor Okeo's house and really love how this room is coming together!
Thank you so so much Mminmakes ❤️Part of me wishes I carried on with tufting as I sit here and type and think about it but then I am also still thinking.. hell no! 😄 maybe I should have made fewer holes to deal with. I'll save the tufting for another project 🤭 Good luck with your tufting project. I hope you have your patients hat on whilst doing it 🤭
Thanks!
😲 THANK you SO SO SO MUCH Joyce. I appreciate that SO SO much 🙏 Thank you ❤️💕🤗
As others have suggested, a shrunken head or two would be great! Also Shamen stick (I'm sure it has a real name), some giant beetles (or spiders or other creepie-crawlies) in a display frame, and carnivorous plants (venus fly trap, pitcher plant etc). This is such a fun room (actually the whole thing is😊). You are very creative and I'm taking a lot of inspiration from you. Thanks!
All brilliant ideas. Thank you Sally 😊🙏
Love this! I think a cyclops skull would be cool. You’ve totally made me want to build a massive creepy dollhouse. ❤
Oh, yes! that would be really awesome. i'll add on to his collection! Thank you Rita😁
Fantastic work. Very inspirational. I'm working on a haunted house myself right now. Things you could add to your oddities and curiosities room are insect specimens, "wet" specimens, animal skins, taxidermy, ouija board. Looking forward to seeing whatever you come up with.
Thank you for all your ideas Rita. I will add them ALL into this room 😬 how is your haunted house coming along?
Puppy/kitten teeth (if you're weird like me and keep furbabies toofs lol) could make good dinosaur/bigfoot teeth displays.
Oh and maybe a bigfoot yeti foot molding?
Yes!! 👏 so original ! I NEED one 😄
Now that is Genius! They would make perfect dinosaur claws. Michelle your ideas are amazing 👏😄
This is fabulous! It’s so good to have you back!
Thabk you Jen 🥰
Exquisitely details and wow your design is breathtakingly beautiful creations thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us all
Thank you Tara. 🥰
Omgosh Xander, this is so amazing. I don't know if my first comment went through. I humbly apologize for being so late to this project. I don't get very much time to watch. So I try and pick 2 videos at a time to make my rounds. I love the vampire Coffin and skeleton. So brilliant. I will email you and you can reply back with your shipping info. I really want to send you the vinyl for your lamp. Thank you so much for the great tip with the resin instead of glue. I Love all your pieces and can't wait to see more.This is lovely!❤🥰
Excellent video! How about a shrunken head or a mandrake for the cabinet?
We're on the same page hbinky 😬 I have added a shrunken head today
Hi Xander glad to see you back making videos. I am speechless with this room. Fantastic!! Here's an idea you could do an old dental chair with weird tools and little jars of teeth. ❤❤❤
Hello Mary 👋 ooooh, yes!! Old dental chairs are very creepy. Would be a great way to add more surface and interest without adding another "table" genius idea! Thank you so much Mary ☺️ I hope you are well ♥️♥️♥️
@@craftsbyxander glad you like the idea. And I am doing very well thank you for asking.
I’m loving everything about this. Fab collection!
Thank you Cajun 😊 I hope you're well 😊
Love the coffin and drac
Thank you Alison🤗❤️
Hello Xander, nice to see you back posting videos, the room looks amazing, I love all the oddities you've added, the coffin looks great. How about adding a shrunken head or an elongated or crystal skull ? Will you be selling any 3D printed things on your website as well ?, I'm definitely waiting a vampire hunters kit when you get up and running.
Best Wishes from Yorkshire 😊
Hiya Diane. Thank you so much! A Crystal skull is such a cool idea! Indiana Jones! Perfect! 😬 I will be adding the kits to the site for sure. Still working on the site atm. Hopefully, I'll get it looking okay soon so I can make it live 🥰
Wow Xander what an absolutely amazing collection of oddities, love it and love the cabinets and coffin too, instead of using perspex have you ever thought about using glass microscope slides?, tfs x Julie
Thsnk you Julie 🥰 I haven't thought of that. I didn't know they were a possible crafting supply. I will have to order some to try out. Thabk you 😊
I think its amazing first time I have seen your videos! You need a spooky doll ! 😊 absolutely wonderful thankyou for sharing! 😊
I absolutely need a spooky possessed doll!! I was planning on making one to sit inside the cabinet, but I want to make a larger doll that sits on full show on a little old chair 😁
Loving the level of detail 😊😊😊
Thank you Cerise 🤗
@@craftsbyxander you are welcome 🤗
I got so excited to see your new video! I am a huge fan of your work and have missed you!
Awww, Thank you Marian ☺️🥰♥️ that's really nice 😚❤️❤️❤️
Love it and all of it so real! Thanku Xander.
Thank you so much Debs 🤗❤️
I think a small taxidermy or skeleton unicorn foal would be cool .
That's a brilliant idea! Thank you Mary 😊
Really love your work. Fascinating!
Thank you so much Carmen ❤️🤗
What about adding some taxidermy, butterfly wings and bugs? Love how this all turned out, you are so talented!
We are on the same page here. Going to add so much taxidermy and bug collections to his room. Thank you Maggie 🤗
G'day Zander welcome back, wow sounds like u had a fab holiday hon 😊
Right your back lol let's go boys lol ❤❤
G'day Karen. I had an incredible holiday thank you. My favourite to date and in second would be Australia n New Zealand 😬👌
Don't forget the trays of butterflies n moths 😊😅
We absolutely need the butterflies and moth collection 😬
Glad you're back ❤ I go through phases of creativity and its rarely productive to try and force it 👍 I was wondering if you would be interested in doing outdoor miniature scenes? I'm recreating my wifes garden at the moment for my dollhouse but wondered if after your trips, if you were inspired by the arctic landscapes you saw on your travels?
100% I find if I force things they just don't turn out how I'd like them too so I sit n stare at things for hours. I haven't really shown this on here but on top of Mr okeos house I have a rooftop garden I am working on. I turn to that when I am not feeling creative but more so when the whole filming and editing process feels to overwhelming but I still want to make something. It's kinda became my secret garden project in a way. I went to Denmark in may and my miniature find from there was a miniature mermaid of tje famous stature of tje little mermaid so I made her into a pond statue. Part of me wishes I film it but it was in one of my phases 😄 I also found some mini bears in Canada that I plan to make a landscape scene with for the channel so definitely something I want to delve into. What a brilliant idea! I bet your wife loves that 💚 so personal. Beautiful idea Michelle 💚
Artic landscapes sounds AMAZING btw! Tou have given me some inspiration. Thank you Michelle 🥰
To make a vampire skeleton, I added fangs using the tip of a toothpick.
He definitely needs fangs. I had considered making some with translucent clay but decided not to due to how small they need to be, but you are right.. he needs them so I will add them in my next video 😀 Thank you
Skeleton fairy caught in a spider web. Hairball with teeth.
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Brilliant ideas ! Thank you Michelle 🤗😀
I think you should add vampire teeth to the skeleton in the coffin or the other skulls
Definitely need to add some Vampire teeth. I had considered masking some with translucent clay but was put off by how small they'd need to be. You have confirmed it for me... He definitely needs teeth. That would also prove that he is actually a real vampire and not just a john doe side show specimen 😀
How about a Fiji Mermaid?
Awesome idea Shane!! I took your idea as my first inspiration and started filming me making a fiji mermaid. She's turned out to be an actual mermaid 👀🫣😅 so tomorrow I am going to attempt to sculpt a fiji mermaid from clay 😄 thank you 😊
@@craftsbyxander so glad my suggestion served as some inspo (to be fair I don't blame you for going with a Mermaid, Fiji Mermaid aka taxidermied monkey attached to a trout tail could be a little creepy 😄). Really looking forward to see what you some up with 😀
Their really creepy! And perfect for this room 😄👌
@@craftsbyxander that they are. I was initially was going suggest Toi Moko or Mokomokai but that would be a bit beyond the pale.
Maybe another idea could be some Polynesian artifacts, like a Maori Patu or Mere.
May be a stupid question Zander but are u cutting them cabinet doors by hand or thru the Cricut??
Hi Karen. For this cabinet I used my laser cutter and 1mm MDF board. I've not used my cricut for so long. It is about time I dusted it off again 😊
A couple of things I have in my house which would be fun to have miniaturised and put in the Oddities and Curiosities room are heads and pictures with eyes that follow you around the room.
This creator has the technique about right, but I'd draw some creepy irises in instead of using model's own.
ua-cam.com/video/wrxa3wiJpBw/v-deo.htmlsi=2podBuwbY8DAOCtP&t=95
What a brilliant idea!! I've jist watched the video. Thank you QTGetomov 😊
Egg collection!
wow! great idea! Never would of thought of that. Thank you Kylie 😀
Weird taxidermy
Some Egyptian memorabilia, as well as some dusty old books on magic, the book of the dead or alchemy
Awesome ideas! Thank you Caoucaren 😊
I just found your channel and your content is awesome and so helpful! Do you laser cut your own wood for things like cabinets etc? If so, is there a specific cutter you recommend?
Hi Victoria.🤗 I use the XTOOL M1 laser cutter. I personally have never had any issues with my M1 and it has opened a whole new crafty world for me since purchasing that machine. Looking at comments on the Facebook groups it isn't without its problems though. Iv'e had mine for around a year so there is probably a few new ones out now that are probably better and stronger but i'd recommend the M1 going off of my own experiences🤗
@@craftsbyxanderthank you so much for your reply! I’ll defo check out the M1!
You need canonic jars
Hey found your channel I love the oddity room! Wanted to tell you about this small horn I saw own a show about the Mayan’s, it was small but when blown it sounded creepy,it was called a death horn! It was small rounded like a little bird. maybe you could make one for your room? ~Lori~
Ok looked it up on google it has different shapes and sounds still creepy
Thank you for that info. I will look it up right now 😃
Perhaps a Cryptid skeleton or skull?
Absolutely! I'm actually working on that now 😀
Quija board should fit in this room?
I have a spare one somewhere. I will dig it out and tuck into his bookshelf 🤗
Maybe a gient bug.
💯% need some bugs in there! A little collection going on. A giant huntsman spider maybe 🤔