Pop Brollies - Butterfly Swirls Umbrella

This umbrella was an incredible challenge. The request was silver butterflies on a purple umbrella with the phrase "Clementine Flutterby". I had planned on just three butterflies similar to the bats, but it seemed too simple for a girl who hasn't seen rain in far too long. So, I started working around the idea of swirls and vines partly for a design that will be coming in a bit. As I worked through the design, it seemed a little flat. Other designs I've wanted to be this way but this needed some depth added to it. So I went for a simple black outline and detail to the butterflies.

The last of the difficult part was the phrase. Trying to find the right font, cutting it out for the template, painting and then outlining it all took an incredible amount of time. But the end result is positively delightful. I hope the person it was made for really enjoys it.



As always, click on the pictures to go to our Flickr and see more details and other umbrellas that have been made. And, if you want a Pop Brolly for yourself or someone you want to surprise, just check out the Nohwear Etsy Shop where you can buy already made umbrellas or have one custom made for you.

Pop Brollies - Silver Bats Umbrella

I took the black on purple Bats in the Belfry design and did it in my favorite color combo, silver on black. It translates beautifully. I'm especially impressed with the way it looks from under it. How much fun to enjoy your umbrella as much as everyone around you will!



We also discovered (thanks to Elaine's fantastic eye) that our backyard makes a gorgeous backdrop for photographing all my hard work. I love the brick, vines, fence, and flowers out there. Luckily the two cars that park there haven't been around every time we've gone out to shoot.

Anyway. So here's the latest of the brollies. Hope you enjoy, and of course, you can pick one up over at the Nohwear Etsy Shop

Design Ideas!

Well, It's been busy over in Nohwear land. Trying to clean out the studio a bit so I have more room for drying brollies. No complaints mind you but it does impact the speed in this one woman show. Since I've got a few minutes before hitting the hay for another day of Pop Brolly production though, I thought I'd throw out a post listing some ideas I'd love to make as well as to open it up to you wonderful people to tell me what you'd like to see done as well.

So here's a starting list of custom pieces I hope come my way.

1: Steampunk brollies. Yes, we all know with my Steampunk Wedding, of course I'd want to do this. It's an idea I'm still chewing on. I'm growing tired of simple gear prints on stuff and it being steampunk. I want it to go further and be better than just that. I half think some sort of clock face where the brolly looks like a decaying time piece. That's a lot of work but it would be such a fantastic challenge.

2: Nautical is fun a great tentacle or two or three reaching up from the depts of Davey Jones' locker. That'd be fun.

3: Zombie arms. I have one light colored umbrella in my possession. I desperately want this to look like a window with the shadowed outlines of zombie arms clawing at it. Think Dawn of the Dead or Shawn of the Dead when they're trying to break into the Winchester.

3: R2D2, C3P0, Boba Fett, Darth Vader. Wouldn't it be fun to make a series of brollies that look like their heads!

That's all for now, now you do your jobs, tell me what YOU want to see!

Pop Brollies - City of Villains: Ghost Widow Umbrella

Another day, another game-inspired custom Pop Brolly!

By far the hardest umbrella I've done thus far. I haven't played City of Villains at all, so when a request came in for an umbrella for the game I was a bit scared. It's always hard creating something based off of a wildly popular anything. Then when I was sent the reference material I nearly squeed, I chose this version of the Widow character, there are so many, because of the great lines and contrast against the umbrella.

Ghost Widow is an incredible design at over 20" tall. She's not quite done yet, I've a bit more detail to add to the hair and some gray to outline her as the black of her outfit isn't holding quite the contrast that I wanted. Still I think this one is really going to impress when it's used.

I am currently developing the first line of Pop Brollies, check back soon for the official announcement. Custom designs are made on request. Please contact me either here or through my etsy account

Pop Brollies - Dalek Umbrella

Exterminate, Annihilate, Destroy!

The return of Doctor Who has made one of my good friends, David B happier than Charlie when he first walked into the chocolate factory. As such, I had to make him a Doctor Who umbrella, but not just any old one, it had to be a Dalek. I can't wait till he sees this tomorrow. Neither can he.

I am currently developing the first line of Pop Brollies, check back soon for the official announcement. Custom designs are made on request. Please contact me either here or through my etsy account

Pop Brollies - the Sims Umbrella

Video games are so frakkin popular!

This custom brolly is, yes, the Sims character icon nice and big right over your head. Are you playing the game or is it playing you? How much fun to possibly do a thought bubble next time...


I am currently developing the first line of Pop Brollies, check back soon for the official announcement. Custom designs are made on request. Please contact me either here or through my etsy account

Pop Brollies - Asteroids Umbrellas

Another 80's theme Rockin!

My adaptation of one of my favorite games growing up. I find all of these so much fun to do for the double meaning of them. The umbrella shape itself is so much an echo of the asteroids in the game to have them being shot up by the one out of place item. It gets deep in here people. I'll spare you going into the deeper meaning of the space invaders :D


I am currently developing the first line of Pop Brollies, check back soon for the official announcement. Custom designs are made on request. Please contact me either here or through my etsy account