MakingMaskwitches – Handiwork Games

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Making Maskwitches: Making Lightstands

This article was original posted in February 2024. We’re in the process of moving the Making Maskwitches blog here to our own site, and thought it would be fun to revisit them in the order they were made, a year ago in 2024. You can browse all the entries as they appear with this tag:

Making Maskwitches

Making Lightstands

Let’s talk about some practical behind the scenes stuff. I have some more to say about the philosophy and meaning of the Maskwitches project, but today has been a building day.

I finally caved and invested some money in some proper photography lights this week. I’ve now got a couple of LED panels. Not the most expensive, but also not the cheapest. I spent a couple of hundred pounds. The array of choice is wild – you can easily spend thousands on lights.

24th February 202524th February 2025

Making Maskwitches: An Introduction to Maskwitches

We’re moving the Making Maskwitches blog from its current provider back to our own blog. And we thought, why not just rerun the fun and post each article as it’s moved?

You’ll eventually be able to browse all of the Making Maskwitches entries using this tag:

Making Maskwitches

First up, it’s back to the start today and the heady days of:

FEB 17, 2024

MAKING MASKWITCHES

Who is this?

My name is Jon Hodgson. I’ve been working on the tabletop games and print media industry for 25 years. I’ve also worked in TV and film, and spend many years as a props maker.