Ravn Cotino, Behind the Creations:
Greetings!
I’m Ravn and welcome to my store, it means a lot to me that you’re stopping by to check it out. In short, I sell unique and high quality silicone moulds that are made from my own sculpted designs!
My creative background is all over the place, but in 2012 I moved from Norway to England to study Technical Arts and Special Effects at University of the Arts London. This is where I was taught to sculpt and mould for the first time.
After University, I started out by making moulds for myself in order to create and sell my own resin-based products. But a couple of years in, I got the idea to offer the silicone moulds themselves in my online shop to see if they would sell. They eventually became more and more popular, so I began designing and introducing a lot more designs and thoroughly specialising in the art of mould making. I estimate that I have made and sold several thousands just over the last couple of years!
What I’ve enjoyed the most so far has been connecting with all the artists who buy and use these moulds and becoming part of a small creative community. When I started I had to mentally let go of some of my ownership over these designs by inviting people to create and even sell their own versions of the casts that they make. Through this approach, my simple little artworks have traveled so much further, through the hands of so many skilled crafters. It’s almost like I’ve got hundreds of indirect collaborators all over the world, which is very exciting to me! I encourage my customers to share their creations with me and each other in the #ravncotino tag on Instagram. It makes me very happy to see that I’ve helped inspire so many people to create something, and they all inspire me in return with their own creative ways of using these silicone moulds.
I aim to create designs that are fun, detailed, creepy, beautiful, cool, decorative, cute, spooky and a little bit magical. Every mould is poured by me and my partner in our home-studio, and every single order is quality-controlled and packed by us personally!
Thank you for reading and engaging with my little world,
Ravn x