My name is Robyn and I was given a wonderful legacy of a lifetime love of fabrics and sewing by my Grandmother Evaretta, an avid seamstress and quilter. I have been creating and designing my entire life (which is a lot of years!) I started painting murals professionally for an interior decorator in my early teens and was an enthusiastic, prolific painter in both oils and acrylics for several years. Once I achieved the wonderful title of “Granny” (seven times!) I decided that ladders and Grannies do not mix very well so I retired from Mural Painting.

I have always loved sculpting with Papier Mache and really enjoy mixing up my own paper pulp. The largest project I have attempted (so far!) was a float entry that was a life-sized baby dinosaur. He had an armature of my husband’s entire Toyota Pick-up truck underneath. (See this under Past Works.) The next year the truck became a Covered Wagon pulled by an eight foot Monarch Butterfly. Fortunately, (for the truck and my husband) the parade was cancelled the next year!

Besides Papier Mache, I now am creating all kinds of critters from muslin. They are sewn, sculpted and then painted. Many of my designs are now available in both printed and E-Pattern format so others can enjoy making them too.

The name Motherlode Toad Factory is quite appropriate, in that, I live in the Gold Country and at any given time, I am generally surrounded by toad, frog and other critter body parts waiting to be assembled.

I hope you will enjoy seeing my various creations and do hope you will stop back often.

I wish you a life overflowing with Light, Love and Laughter!

If you see an item you would like to purchase you can contact me at:

motherlodetoad@volcano.net

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