There are plush shows popping up everywhere these days, and Luv-able and Hug-able at Gallery Hanahou in NYC looks like it’s going to be one of the best! 29 creative plush artists from all over the globe will “stuff Gallery Hanahou full of the cutest, fuzziest, and strangest gifts around”. Artists include Betz White, Christina […]
I Heart Guts makes this line of plushie organs for your kids, yourself and everyone on your holiday list. They could also make for a fun and interesting re-craft. My favorite is the kidney. – [via] Link.
Doktor A, an artist and sculptor, has handcrafted this Pac Man game, the Pac Gentleman. He writes: When this game was first released in 1880 it was so hugely popular in taverns and inns that the bank of England was forced to mint more threepenny bits to keep up with demand. The game was created […]
Carol Meldrum’s new book, Knitted Icons, includes patterns for knitted versions of famous people from Che Guevara to Elvis Presley. Knitted Borat and Amy Winehouse are pictured above. The book includes a photograph of every finished doll and a brief biography of the icon. [via] Link. Correction Nov 16: The pictures above are actually readers’ […]
photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid I’d like to introduce Big Craftie, the supersized version of our magazine’s mascot, as designed, sewn, and stuffed full o’ love by Heidi Kenney of MyPaperCrane. He made his debut at Maker Faire in Austin this last October, but if you keep an eye out at various craft […]
Elsita has posted another great project. She made this Frida Kahlo dollhouse for her daughter so that she would learn about the Mexican artist. Link.
You have only 2 days left to enter the Holiday Softies awards! All entries must appear in the Holiday Softie Awards flickr group by midnight on Halloween, Oct. 31st EST. Here’s one of my new favorites in the “Let it Snow” category – a winter Guggenheim by blueblythemonster. Link.
