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A cute-creepy coffee table made of Kewpie dolls and Kewpie doll parts at the Tokyo Designers Week 2011 event in November of 2011.
To say Irving Harper once worked in the office of George Nelson is kind of like saying Hillary Clinton once worked in the office of Barack Obama — Harper’s contributions were almost too many to count. He worked under Nelson for 17 years and was responsible for some of the studio’s — and design history’s — most famous works, including the Marshmallow sofa and Herman Miller’s still-current logo. Rizzoli recently published a book on Harper, but it wasn’t to set the record straight about who did what (there’s long been controversy over Nelson receiving credit for things that were actually authored by Harper.) No, the book, Irving Harper: Works in Paper, reveals Harper’s even more secret life.
We are what we eat- are we also what we play with? Australian artist Freya Jobbins asks questions about modern consumerism with her strange portraits made of doll parts. Her surrealist imagination has come up with busts of pop culture icons like Batman, Bart Simpson, and self portaits made of discarded Barbie legs. Jobbins' abstract way of seeing others is highly influenced by Italian Mannerist painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo. He famously painted images of gods and Roman emperors made up of objects like vegetables, fruits, and flowers. While very amusing, there's an incredible amount of detail and thought that goes into Jobbins' pieces.
We already presented you some works done with upcycled dolls or doll parts like the jewelry of Margaux Lange, this creepy scorpio-doll or even these little
I was lucky enough to score over 60 doll parts for making molds and dolls with, many are very old and vintage! Many of these when they broke at a factory or doll site, were discarded and used in planting, gardening, to insulate walls and more. I could never throw away a broken doll, they can be re-made into dolls, restored or molded to make new dolls for all to enjoy. Here they are in the raw form, so you can see all the details and distress they ensued over time!
An up-close look at a sculpture made from discarded doll parts by Freya Jobbins. Referring to herself as a “plastic surgeon” of sorts, Australia-based artist and sculptor Freya Jobbins uses pieces of dolls and other toys to create eerie human looking faces, busts and figures that appear to be holding themselves together with their own inanimate plastic parts. Unlike many of her artistically inclined peers Jobbins didn’t start out as an artist and after figuring out that being a policewoman wasn’t as much fun as Angie Dickinson made it look, she decided to go back to school and graduated with a major in both printmaking and sculpture in 2004. Jobbins collects her materials from second-hand sources and her thought-provoking works conjure up a full range of responses from fascination to fear. Here’s Jobbins’ own take on her compelling sculptures: I am interested in generating a range of responses to existing cultural objects, which have been placed out of context. The irony of my plastic works is that I take a material that was created to be touched, and I make it untouchable as an artwork. Jobbins’ choice of materials help reinforce the importance of reuse...
Memories Of Greer Lankton, A Cult Hero Of Doll Parts
We are what we eat- are we also what we play with? Australian artist Freya Jobbins asks questions about modern consumerism with her strange portraits made of doll parts. Her surrealist imagination has come up with busts of pop culture icons like Batman, Bart Simpson, and self portaits made of discarded Barbie legs. Jobbins' abstract way of seeing others is highly influenced by Italian Mannerist painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo. He famously painted images of gods and Roman emperors made up of objects like vegetables, fruits, and flowers. While very amusing, there's an incredible amount of detail and thought that goes into Jobbins' pieces.
An up-close look at a sculpture made from discarded doll parts by Freya Jobbins. Referring to herself as a “plastic surgeon” of sorts, Australia-based artist and sculptor Freya Jobbins uses pieces of dolls and other toys to create eerie human looking faces, busts and figures that appear to be holding themselves together with their own inanimate plastic parts. Unlike many of her artistically inclined peers Jobbins didn’t start out as an artist and after figuring out that being a policewoman wasn’t as much fun as Angie Dickinson made it look, she decided to go back to school and graduated with a major in both printmaking and sculpture in 2004. Jobbins collects her materials from second-hand sources and her thought-provoking works conjure up a full range of responses from fascination to fear. Here’s Jobbins’ own take on her compelling sculptures: I am interested in generating a range of responses to existing cultural objects, which have been placed out of context. The irony of my plastic works is that I take a material that was created to be touched, and I make it untouchable as an artwork. Jobbins’ choice of materials help reinforce the importance of reuse...
When Pixie opened her gift that held her new baby doll, pure joy filled her face. (And THAT is why I stay up to 1:00 a.m. every night!) The second photo is when the gown went up and she noticed the belly button. No words... but a look for me that said, "Of course my …
Artwork and Inspirations by Evelyn Kennedy Duncan
An extensive collection of 60 individual handcrafted pieces created over 12 months, between June 2011 and June 2012. Each piece powerfully depicts its own short fiction. Combined, all pieces form a…
Adults have always created toys to keep children occupied and out of the way. Collected here are some great examples of medieval toys.
