My New Plush

Alas, I have just finished a plush after taking a long hiatus from making things! This guy is a heart with a guitar. He is part of a series of 4 characters I am making-two of which I have already made. Here it is!

Summer=Things on Wheels

What I love about summer=bikes! I am also on the hunt for some vintage skates....

Kinderfluff Roller Skate!

My Favorite Person Biking Lake Michigan


Bike Plush by My Paper Crane

This picture is lovely and idyllic!

I just visited the darling town of Krems, Austria. It is an amazing bike city!

Star Wars Plush

Every now and again I check on Heidi Kenney's My Paper Crane plushes. She is such a fantastic artist and she puts out so much stuff, so its hard to keep up with. I found this Star Wars plush she put in the Stitch Wars show at the Bear and the Bird Boutique and Gallery a while ago. I am SO impressed with this plush--its from the beginning of Empire Strikes back when Han has to put Luke's body in a Tauntaun to keep him warm to save his life. Han has to slice open the Tonka's body to save Luke, and all the Tonka's guts spill out...and it smells really bad. This is an amazing representation of this moment.



ALSO, I can't believe I came across a rad craft on the official Star Wars website. Its a Bantha plush! It's so weird and awesome that they have crafts on the Star Wars Website, and this one is extremely cool. There are a ton of other Star Wars crafts here including the Chewie Tissue Box Cozy, the Death Star Pinata and the Admiral Sackbar Puppet Craft..haha! This Bantha is my favorite!

Geemo

I found this magnificent and bizarre toy called Geemo by Brooklyn Junior on the online designer marketplace called Supermarket. Here is the description on the toy's website, being that it's very hard to describe: "Geemo by Cas Holman, is a building block for the imagination. Geemo’s flexible magnetic limbs grab and repel each other in unpredictable ways. As Geemo comes to life in your hands, you can build, discover, create, and imagine with this new species of toy." Basically, this toy is really innovative and looks crazy awesome when it is put together. I also like the octagonal lunch box style packaging. Way to go! Also check out casholman.com. There are some neat pictures of things she has created for the home, one below.

Kinderfluff Couch

Yes! I made a tiny couch. I used this lovely screen printed fabric my friend gave me with purple bears and hearts. I am extremely happy with the results!

Topography Model

I finally got around to posting the pictures of my finished topography model. I am really proud of the end result. I can't even count how many hours this took me. I am guessing 50-100...maybe? Who knows. There was a lot of cutting and gluing involved. It started out as a model of the Mariana Trench, but its more of a topography tribute to the Mariana Trench. It was also used in the performance of Decline of Ballooning. Here are more pictures on my flickr.

New Little Guy

I just made this little guy...his name is Sticker!

Astulabee

Wow!!! I have just found this fantastic artist Astulabee!!! I am in love with her work. She makes woodland creatures and that are straight from a fairy tale that has not been written yet. I wonder how she would make a plush of my siamese kittens? I'm sure it would be beautiful. I noticed an amazing mobile Astulabee made on the Needle blog, and luckily discovered her long list of plush.

bear from mobile...so cool!

mobile!

Renegade Craft Fair Today!

Pogo

There's nothing I love more than tiny sweaters...I mean NOTHING! These are great because some of the sweaters are knitted into the doll. These guys are called Pogos, made by Pogo of course. I especially am mad about the photos. I know the maker probably didn't intend this, but to me they are hilarious and melodramatic. It looks like the Pogos all star in a Pogo remake of 90210. The first photo is so photo-shootey, it is my favorite. These Pogos rule!

Tiny Sleeping Bags:

WOW! I spent all day yesterday making these tiny sleeping bags to go with one of my monsters. Renegade Craft Fair is coming up this weekend, and of course I always put things off until the week before. I'm pretty proud that I finished 27 bags yesterday. Today I have been working on larger sleeping bags for the bigger monster of the same vein. Its hard to make them perfect, but I think that it is worth it in the end.

Faux Fur!

I love using faux fur, it is one of my favorite materials. It is a challenge to work with, but very rewarding in the end. Amccahon uses bright colors, and her fellows are very inviting and menacing at the same time. Her etsy shop is well named: Friendly Fiends.

Le Petit Yubbie Toys

Le Petit Yubbie toys are great! This accordion is excellent! I love all of stuff she does.

I Love Puppets

I have decided to seek out a few really amazing puppet makers and show their work. I am a huge fan of Jim Henson's work. The Muppets have been one of my biggest influences. I metStacey Rebecca working on a music video shoot using puppets ... she was one of the puppeteers! She also makes amazing puppets. Here are a few + the music video with puppets by Noah Ginex.