Odinson Creations
Fun & Functional Art.
“Go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― Kurt Vonnegut
Daniel Odinson
(formerly "Dan J. Gutwein Creations")
It all started with wanting a piece of art to commemorate my wedding, to my most awesome wife, in 2011. While I was growing up I always remembered seeing my grandparents wedding cake topper sitting in their china cabinet. Made of plaster, painted.. it had, quite literally, lasted for decades. SO, I combined my love of geekery, in this case Star Wars, some tongue in cheek humour, and my meager skills to create the Slave Leia & Jabba wedding cake. My wife loved it. Friends and family thought it was cool/hilarious. The more people that saw it, the more I got asked, "Do you do this for a living? Because if you don't, you really should!".. and that got me to thinkin', "Could I actually make a go of doing stuff like this??". Four years later and, I'm not making my millions, or even thousands. But people dig what I do, and I've sold a good chunk of my creations.
As it says on the Contact page, I hail from North of The Wall... Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA. White walkers everywhere. Seriously.
I am blessed to have great friends and family, have a truly wonderful wife and two step sons who, although can be trying at times, make me so damn proud. I thank you for taking the time to visit my page. As always, feel free to contact me with comments/questions, etc.