the colored crocheted jewelry of studiokarma
Yellow Brown Necklace With Large Crocheted Rings (detail) by StudioKarma.
I am always amazed by the beauty of felt or crocheted jewelry. There are a few extraordinary shops @ Etsy – you regularly find their items on the front page – and StudioKarma is one of those. Her necklaces are simply gorgeous.
They are OOAK, but you can ask for custom items anyway. I found this one below in the sold section, and it is one of my favorites :
Multicolored Nacklace With Various Crocheted Rings.
blythe fashion : oh daisy
oh daisy – Turquoise wool bonnet with daisy button by loou @ Etsy.
So I am up for another round of funny hats for Blythe which I plan to release in the following days, but in the meantime let’s just enjoy this blue turquoise bonnet by loou. She also has an amazing pointy orange one called “orangelove” at the moment !
heather smith jones
“in this place” by Heather Smith Jones @ Etsy.
I love this piece by Heather Smith Jones and since I was going to post it before I took my “little break”, here it is !
It is an original watercolor painting with pinholes on paper. Heather Smith Jones uses this “pinhole technique” a lot – you can see some here @ Etsy or on her Flickr in this album – but I really love it the most when she combines techniques.
She has an amazing sense of color which is not only obvious in her watercolors – she grinds and prepares them herself which tells me she has a sensual relationship with pigments and colors – but also in her acrylic, tempera and oil paintings. I absolutely love this one called “a cottonwood seed”.
And did I say that she only sells originals in her Etsy shop ?
She also has a blog.
Edit {17 11 2011} : Her blog has now moved here.
a pair of blue cups by kristin pavelka pottery
Pair of cups – light blue and white by Kristin Pavelka Pottery @ Etsy.
I absolutely love those two cups by Kristin Pavelka. Here’s the description in her own words :
Darling pair of earthenware teabowls with blue and white arc pattern and reddish orange dots. Inside is glazed pale lime green. Trimmed footring with personal stamp.
limited edition ultrasilencer by pia wallen for electrolux
Ultrasilencer Special Edition by Pia Wallén for Electrolux.
I discovered this on yatzer a very inspiring blog by interior designer Costas Voyatzis and I must say that if ever there was to be “a dream vacuum cleaner” (imagine such a category…) that would be it. It’s just perfect ! I love white and orange so much, and I even think in a small appartment like mine I could let this one apparent happily since I do not have a spot to hide my own ugly one (which I bought a long time ago when vacuum cleaners had not yet started to become interesting)…
It reminds me of Jasper Morrison‘s Breakfast Set for Rowenta – let’s just hope it does not have the flaws the Rowenta products had.
(It also reminds me a bit of a version of the Tissot Danica Patrick T-Touch watch that I liked a lot, because of the few touches of red upon the white leather).
But anyway, once again, there’s nothing like simplicity in design. This thing could well be the ultimate vaccum cleaner for some time.
Source :: yatzer.
the aliens are coming by dreamalittle7 @ etsy
UFO The Aliens Are Coming by Dream A Little @ Etsy.
Once in a while you stumble into something that simply sweeps you off your feet and it might just as well be because I love SF so much but those little aliens are the cutest ever ! But the real thing though is the flying saucer or UFO, for they would not be as interesting without it. This whole set totally rocks !
It is OOAK and an original creation by Dana Dunn and had I a little bit of money I would have bought it right now.
the world in technicolor #2 new balance
New Balance M1300 – Made in England
I’m not much of a sneaker girl but I saw those New Balance the other day on glltn.com and I must say I wish I had a little bit of money. My favorite ones are the blue and orange ones, but I also like the yellow ones a lot.
Source glltn.com via Sneaker Files
gary taxali’s green toy monkey
The Toy Monkey by Gary Taxali – Exclusive Green Version available @ Kung Fu Toys
While Gary Taxali’s new vinyl figures “Oh No” + “Oh Oh” are on the verge of being released by Bigshot Toyworks, you can still find some of his Toy Monkeys. The yellow version (500 numbered pieces signed or unsigned) is the regular one and not many people are aware that a green version was also released in a limited edition of 200. It was at one point sold by some museum – I think it was the MOMA but I am not sure now – and I just found that Kung Fu Toys has it for $150 dollars.
You can still order the Original Toy Monkey Deluxe Edition @ Chump Toys or @ Orbit Gallery space.
Also see the Original Hand Painted “Toy Monkey” on Gary Taxali’s website.
Oh No + Oh Oh by Gary Taxali – sculpt by Scott Wetterschneider
Note that you can buy the Oh No Bronze Statue along with some artwork by Gary Taxali @ Magic Pony.
OH NO Bronze Statue – Gary Taxali
brendan monroe bacterium mug
Ceramic coffee mug by Brendan Monroe on Park Life, go to Homewares.
New in 2007. Very limited Edition of 150 pcs.
Brendan Monroe is an amazingly great artist. I discovered his work at the same time I discovered art toys since his Sour figures were then being released amidst quite a bit of turmoil as I seem to recall. The toys had been shown back in 2005 at SDCC and were first scheduled for October/November of the same year, but as is often the case with vinyl figures the production experienced some delays so that even though they were at some point announced for late January 2006 they were not actually released until April 2006. The release itself was a bit chaotic since it was mostly done through pre-orders and it seemed Glen Liberman from Android 8 was doing pretty much everything by himself. You could find the Green and Brown versions in a couple of shops though, but the Red Sour was a Munky King exclusive and the Orange one which was an Android 8 exclusive was sold solely at SDCC.
These “toys” are truly fantastic figures. They are a bit scary at first sight but they are so unlike anything else and so “strange” and sculptural that for many people – including myself – they ranked among the best and most beautiful toys produced in 2006. I love them. I love their strangeness and mystery. (And, Oh joy, I even managed to buy the Green one a couple of months later from Giant Robot – the Brown one was unfortunately “sold out”).
Indeed they have all long been “Sold Out” and the only way to get one – you guessed right – is eBay. Of course the prices today for those figures are quite insane – not to say totally insane if you are aiming for a complete set (the last complete set of four on eBay sold for a little more than $800 about 2 weeks ago) – so if you really love Brendan Monroe’s work for that price you could as well get an original painting or one of his Microbes. Or for less money than you would pay for one Green or Brown Sour you can also buy one of his Potato Heads at HarnerHouse. And truly it is a mystery to me that these sculptures be still available… (Edit : A friend of mine tried to order these and they are in fact sold out. I am sorry since it was not clear at all on the site. 21 September 2007)
Potato head (large) + Potato Head (small) by Brendan Monroe (2005, resin & wood, signed)
Also from HarnerHouse : In Case of Paper Face, a small interactive book.
Other books and zines :
Sour Leaves available at NOWhere Limited and Rotofugi.
Organelles available directly from Brendan Monroe.
Brendan Monroe
Brendan Monroe’s Studio PROJECT S2DIO #049 by www.glltn.com.
Upcoming exhibition “Insides” at Richard Heller Gallery from October 13 to November 11, 2007.
The Sours by Brendan Monroe :
Sculpted by Dave Pressler
Produced by UNKL for Android 8.
According to Squidoo numbers were as followed :
1. Brendan Monroe Sour Brown 400 Produced
2. Brendan Monroe Sour Green 400 Produced
3. Brendan Monroe Sour Red (Munkey King Exclusive) 100 Produced *At Last Report 50 Actually Sold To The Public*
4. Brendan Monroe Sour Orange (Android 8 Exclusive) 100 Produced *SDCC Exclusive Now* *At Last Report Only 50 Will Actually Be Sold To The Public*