RevoluzZza for Nature

Suse am 18. April 2009

Already last year during the Fashion Week Berlin I got a request if I maybe could make some „Eco Dolls“ – dolls made from organic and fair trade  fabrics.
Of course I really liked the idea as this fits very good  to my philosophy of anti-mass-production-toys.

Unfortunately there are not so very many pretty organic and fair trade fabrics – but at Volksfaden I found some and I made this little doll which is a perfect gift for the parents of a newborn:

eco_doll_mira

So this little doll is made out of organic fabric and the felt I used for the face and the hair is a special recyling felt made out of 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. And in her tummy she has a rattle to provide some fun for the baby – and this rattle I took from an little stuffed animal my daughter destroyed some time ago. A recycled rattle.

Which brings me to the next issue concerning a sustainable way to produce toys: Recycling. Some other plush designers already take second-hand fabrics and use them to produce their creations (like Hasenpfeffer f.e.)

The other Eco Doll I made is this cute little Pikatti girl Nini:

nini

She is made out of second-hand fabric (in her first life she was a pillowcase I bought on a flee market already some time ago), face and hair again made out of recycled plastic bottles felt and her body is filled with lamb’s wool doll wadding.

Those two are the first ones – but many other RevoluzZza creatures will follow to be made from organic and fair trade fabrics or/and second-hand fabrics.

Pikatto, pikattu, pikatta… Pikatti!

Suse am 11. April 2009

Sometimes the best things just happen accidentally – and things like scribbling around a bit while you are doing something else – talking on the phone for example – is a really good thing because your consiousness isn’t judging the thing you are scribbling and telling you „Oh, that looks weird, stop that“. Almost a little bit like the Surrealists did their écriture automatique (I had to give a presentation about this issue while studying Fine Arts and I found it absolutely fascinating).

And so I was recently talking in the phone, scribbling and finally found something on my paper I really liked (these two creatures are only two details of a piece of paper that was filled with a lot of stuff):

pikatti_small

And those two look somehow different than the rest of my creatures (to me – maybe not from a more distant point of view from someone else) that I thought I really should try to make something with them. Somehow they gave me a feeling of little creatures who live far in the north, maybe in Iceland or Lapland. Somewhere I found the Inuit word Pikatti which means „companion“. And I think that fits perfectly to these little creatures.

pikatti_small

My daughter has a little friend who is a very, very cute little girl, absolutely adorable – but she hardly ever smiles and has such a special character. And although she is such a little girl – you better don’t mess with her because she can get pretty angry :-)

I thought of her when I made the first little Pikatti girl: Nana

nana

Toxic Sisters

Suse am 29. März 2009

Making a toadstool girl was on my mind and my to-do-list already a looong time – and now I finally made her: My mushroom girl. And somehow I thought she needed a sister as most mushrooms don’t grow solo.

toadstools

And when I was lucky to find a toadstool in the forest to take some photos of it – there were always others around. So: Here are the toadstool sisters Maga and Mira. One is the the wild and adventurous one, the other the shy and smart one. Can you imagine who is who? :-)

maga_mira

Angelic bodily parts/ Engelshafte Körperteile

Suse am 20. Oktober 2008

Since I found my absolute favorite TV Show – „Dexter“ – I have a secret affectation for human bodily parts. The difference between Dexter Morgan and me is: The bodies I am working on are in parts first – and his when he finished his work :-) .

So here are some shots of angelic bodily parts which I really like.

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Seit ich meine absolute Lieblingsfernsehserie – „Dexter“ – gefunden habe, habe ich eine heimliche Vorliebe für menschliche Körperteile. Der Unterschied zwischen Dexter Morgan und mir ist: Die Körper, an denen ich arbeite, sind anfangs noch in Einzelteilen – und seine sind in Einzelteilen, wenn er mit seiner Arbeit fertig ist :-) .

Hier sind ein paar Fotos von engelshaften Körperteilen, die ich wirklich gerne mag.

Charlotte’s Angels in L.A.

Suse am 18. Oktober 2008

Yay, the Super Plush show is just over – and my missing dolls arrived In L.A. :-)
Well, it’s a good thing that DHL didn’t really lose them – but just couldn’t find them for some time.

I learned that I will NEVER ever use DHL again. The worst thing wasn’t the fact that they couldn’t find my package that was send in a special and expensive way – the worst thing was the way they dealt with the problem. It was literally as if their left hand didn’t know what the right hand was doing and everyone blamed someone else and so on.

Anyway – they will be shown at Ghetto Gloss and will also be available at their shop. So everything will still be fine.
And here they are: My Charlotte’s Angels!

The theme for the L.A. show was „Creatures“ – and because the show took part in L.A. I thought it would be a nice idea to create creatures which remind in some way of popular TV shows; like (I guess you already realized the connection :-) ) : Charlie’s Angels.
Charlotte’s Angels are the revoluzZzionary 2008 version of the pretty patriarchic original version from the 70s (no, I’m not going to make this an feminist issue :-) ). They are still very pretty, they are cool – and they don’t need a mysterious sugar daddy telling them what to do. So forget about Charlie – here are Charlotte’s Angels:

They will be soon available at the Ghetto Gloss shop. More photos: here.

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Tja, die Super Plush-Ausstellung endete just – und nun kamen meine verschollenen Puppen doch noch in L.A. an. DHL hatte sie also nicht – wie befürchtet – verloren, sondern nur irgendwie verlegt und nicht so schnell wiedergefunden. Das Schlimmste an der ganzen Aktion war gar nicht, dass DHL mein Paket nicht finden konnte – sondern die Art, wie mit dem Problem umgegangen wurde… Bei jedem Gespräch bekam man neue, sich meistens widersprechende Infos und einer schob die Schuld an der ganzen Geschichte auf den nächsten. Mein Fazit: DHL – nie wieder.

Hier ist auf jeden Fall der erste Teil der Puppen, die ich nach L.A. schickte und die nun trotzdem die Ausstellung schon vorbei ist noch ausgestellt und verkauft werden – Drei Engel für Charlotte :-) . Das Thema der Ausstellung war „Creatures“ und da sie in L.A. stattfand dachte ich, es sei eine gute Idee, diese Kreaturen mit bekannten Hollywood-TV-Serien zu verbinden. Meine revoluzZzionären Drei Engel für Charlotte sind also die moderne Version der der ziemlich patriarchalischen Ausgabe aus den 70ern. Und ohne ernsthaft feministisch werden zu wollen: Moderne Engel brauchen doch nun wirklich keinen mysteriösen Sugar Daddy mehr, der ihnen sagt, was zu tun ist. Also: Vergeßt Charlie – hier sind Charlottes Engel.

Sie sind bald im Shop von Ghetto Gloss erhältlich. Mehr Fotos gibt’s hier.

My revoluzZzionary creatures at Super Plush in L.A. / Meine revoluZzionären Wesen in der Super Plush-Austellung in L.A.

Suse am 15. Oktober 2008

The way to the Super Plush show was a long and difficult road. Because… DHL lost my package! Seven wonderful creatures: Lost. Lately I’ve read that DHL is going to be the first mail service that is sending packages to the ISS. Well, let’s hope that the stuff that DHL is handling isn’t crucial to the survival of the crew…
Anyway.

Let’s concentrate on the positive things: I made three other softies that – thanks to FedEx – arrived in a very short time. And are a part of Mr. Funky’s great Super Plush Show!

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Der Weg zur Super Plush-Austellung war hart und steinig. Denn DHL hat mein Paket verloren! Sieben wunderbare Wesen: Alle verloren.

Letztens las ich, dass DHL der erste Paketdienst sein wird, der ein Päckchen zur ISS schicken will – wollen wir hoffen, dass es keine überlebenswichtigen Dinge enthält…

Naja, aber nun das Positive: Ich habe drei weitere Puppen genäht, die – dank FedEx – innerhalb kürzester Zeit in L.A. ankamen. Und nun ein Teil von Mr. Funkys großartiger Super Plush-Ausstellung sind!

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Lale is a little tulip girl – a very kind and nice creature. /Lale ist ein kleines Tulpenmädchen, ein freundliches und liebes Geschöpf.

And she has a little felt tulip on her hand that you can take off if you like. It’s fixed with Velcro./Sie hat eine kleine Filzblume in ihrer Hand – die man abmachen kann, wenn man möchte, denn sie ist mit Klett befestigt.

And this is her friend: Lilly. Lilly is a little dwarf – beautiful and cheeky at the same time. / Und das hier ist ihre Freundin Lilly – eine hübsche aber auch ganz schön freche Zwergin.

And Lilly has a cute felt bug on her hand – it brings luck :-) / Lilly hat in ihrer Hand einen süßen Filz-Käfer – einen Glückskäfer :-)

The two cute girls have another great friend – he is a very quiet and patient creature, he loves to tell and listens to great fairy tales. And he has magic powers – but this is a secret: Uller, the little tree. / Die beiden süßen Mädels haben einen weiteren großartigen Freund – er ist ein stiller und geduldiger Kerl und liebt es Märchen zu erzählen und zu hören. Und er hat magischen Kräfte – aber das hält er eher geheim: Uller, der kleine Baum.