Intro: A Taste Of My Mental State...And Art!

Hey there, Freaks! 😁

I go by Wolfy Bathory. My alias is a mesh of "Wolfy", The Wolf. My spirit animal. A majestic, family oriented beast. One that can survive alone but works best in a pack fused by respect and love; Fueled by the will to survive and protect the pack. I'd claimed the name "Bathory" many years ago. Back in my my mid-teens, I'd developed an obsession with The Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory. I'm not going to dive into my obsession here, I'll just say that I romanticized everything about her. She was my favourite fantasy. I used to write about her A LOT!

OK, now that I've explained my alias, on to other things.

I'm a 35 year old "single" mom. I quoted that because I have a boyfriend, he just lives 5 hours away and neither of us drive. My daughter turns 5 December 22nd. My daughter and I currently live with my dad. Her and I share a room. Her and I both have ADHD. I was diagnosed when I was 30. My daughter hasn't been diagnosed but when you've lived with it, unmedicated, your whole life, you tend to be able to spot it in others. Especially your own kid. We're also pretty introverted. Because of that, starting this blog has been an idea for a few years. Anxiety is fun.

  SO! Onto what it is I'm actually on here for.

I'm an artist. I can't draw or paint to save my life but I can sculpt. I can sew. I've used many different variations of mixed media. I'm also pretty damned resourceful when I need to be. So, this is my story. I'll talk more about my past later on but for now, this is my first, real step into putting my journey out there for people to read. Maybe help or inspire some people along the way.

My art consists of everything from clay to wood to leather to any other materials I find that I'd like to turn into an art piece. I make jewelry, trinkets, whatever. I have ADHD so my ideas and interests constantly change.

One last thing, I've been wanting to make my own business for years. ADHD, sleep disorder, social anxiety and general anxiety make things very difficult for me. I'm working on bettering myself so I can get back to my creations. Medications help as well. I just want to get myself back. I want to be me again. I want to create and have fun with my daughter.

Yeah, things are tough as hell in my world but I am doing all I can to overcome my anxiety, etc. I want to put my work out there. I want to reach people who struggle as I am. If you have a story, please share.

Later, Freaks. :)

Halloween 2024 - My kiddo and I as Zombie Skye and Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork orange.

This is the first year I was able to do makeup on my daughter! Last year, we went as Chucky and Tiffany, (Because I HAD to make her Chucky once before she got too big.) and I'd only used temporary tattoos for her Chucky scars. For Zombie Skye, I just patted loose, black eyeshadow all around her eyes and black Halloween makeup for her puppy nose. The part I had the most fun with was showing her what liquid latex is for! My first thought was to give her a dramatic cheek bite... Then I remembered the pain of removing that stuff from barely-there facial hair. So I did a bloody bite mark on her hand instead. She loved it!!! She was so excited! Sadly, I didn't have time to add all details to my costume. I made the codpiece out of aluminum foil and paper mache. I then covered the whole thing with some beige fabric I had and used Velcro to tie it at the back. The suspenders were made by cutting a bathrobe belt. I then used safety pins to fasten as I had no time to make them look like suspenders.