Watch for Falling Trees!
Hello friends! It's been a a heck of a month. Right before Halloween Paul got injured by a falling tree at a festival. Broke his ankle, messed up his back. It was a challenge to [...]
Winterwolf Kali Photos
We have been working with Whitney Kelly of Winterwolf Studios for years. Her images are always stellar. Somehow we never got around to putting together a shoot of our Goddess Kali set with her, until [...]
Selket Scorpion Goddess
We have been honored to be commissioned to make several magnificent Egyptian queen/goddess headdresses. The first was Cleopatra, based on the 1963 Elizabeth Taylor film costume, which was clearly inspired by tomb paintings of Nekhbet, [...]
The Story of Paul
Paul Hersey is the visionary artist behind Organic Armor, founded 11 years ago. His journey to master costume sculptor has been a long and circuitous one. He had the good fortune to be interviewed recently [...]
Instagram Giveaway
Hey are you following us on IG? @organicarmor Getting close to 16K followers over there. We repost a lot of our customers' armor pics. It feels like a supportive community, as opposed to FB which [...]
Merfolk Tag Love
Mermaids and mermen all over the world love Organic Armor circlets! We get tagged on instagram almost daily with lovely people in tails wearing our filigree and sea creature circlets. I decided to put them [...]
Winged Headdresses Soar
Paul has been working on these 3 winged headdresses for about a month. The man who commissioned them is one of those wonderful customers who says - "Make it something like this, but do it [...]
Creature Circlets Swimming Out the Door
We've been so pleased with the enthusiasm from the mer community over our new Creature Circlets. We are taking orders and (trying) to turn them around in 2 to 3 weeks. Getting a little faster [...]
Studio Transformation
It's been a heck of a winter but we got through it. Creating and releasing a new online course (Horned Headdresses), moving out of our old studio and building a new one, being unable to [...]
West Virginia University Workshop
We took our Intro to the Organic Armor Arts on the road last weekend for the first time. We were invited by the costume shop at West Virginia University's School of Dance and Theater. We [...]