Some time ago I sew a doll named Claire – and so far I only made one doll like this. But I always wanted to make some more. And now I used her pattern to create a cute accessoire: A pendant. You can put the pendant on your bag – just to deccorate. Or you can use it as a keyring pendant – and even as a little purse.
Right now I’m sewing a million cute little bunnies for a special event… and actually I’m a bit fed up by cute little stuffed animals :-)
So I had to create something that is not cute, absolutely not perfect but crooked and weird. Tadaaa – here it is: The little grumbler Grimbo.
Grumblers are born out of bad thoughts from people and they are cursed to be really mean, love to tease sad person, scare little kids and kill cute ladybugs.
But… if a grumbler meets a brave and kind child who starts to love this miserable creature – they are not cursed anymore and are able to love and will become the best friend a child could ever have.
But, as you can see… it’s not really easy to love a grumbler – for they are pretty ugly. Grimbo has only one eye, two different legs – had a lot of fights that led to many scares in his face. And someone even bite a piece out of his ear.
Would you be able to love such a mean and ugly creature?
And again a revoluzZzionary creation is among the Polka Dot Color Challenge finalists: The cute little Christmas monster:
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow… :-)
Recently I took part at a competition of a local bag designer: tauschetasche.
It’s a pretty successfull shop with a nice idea: You can change the cover of your bag whenever you like and there are many, many different covers you can buy. And so it’s like you have a new bag when you change the cover (and every woman loves new bags of course). Or you change the cover for a special occasion. Or just another cover for every outfit. Most of the stylish women and mommies here in Berlin/Prenzlauer Berg own a tauschetasche-bag (and of course I own one too :-) ). Recently the tauschetasche-team opened new shops – one in Dublin and one in Tokyo.
And that was the theme of the contest: Dublin – Tokyo.
Means: Special covers for the shops in Tokyo and Dublin.
Today I got an email that told me that I didn’t win the first, second or third prize. Well, that’s alright. But: I won an special prize and soon you can buy a bag cover with a cute little manga-girl on it. And – it’s an originally revoluzZzionary design :-)
Here you can see the other winners.
You can see all the great works in an exhibition:
13th August – 13th September
tauschetasche shop
Raumerstraße 8
10437 Berlin
Germany
I really like the theme „creatures“ a lot – and it made me think about a creature I wanted to make already a long time ago.
My kids are huge fans of the book „Where the Wild Things Are“ and there is this little lion-hearted boy Max who has exciting adventures and wears a wolf costume. Although it’s just a costume it made me wanna create a softie that is half human and half an animal. Of course this is a very old idea that was used already in very old mythological stories (Sphinx, Centaur, Minotaur, mermaids and so on).
And now this plan came to my mind again and I made a sketch of a kitty and a bunny girl:
And today I sewed the first little brandnew RevoluzZza creature :-)
I really like her – and I made a mistake concerning her face (used a wrong material) – and so I’m not giving her away. And I like it that she is going to stay with us :-) . Actually we don’t own many RevoluzZza dolls.
I already made a new pattern, changed her body and her arms a bit. I hope I will finish another kitty girl tomorrow.
I’m very excited and happy about the fact, that I’m invited to join some of my RevoluzZza creatures to an exhibition in Los Angeles. Mr. Funky is organizing a show at the gallery Ghetto Gloss at the end of September this year. The theme is „creatures“ – and I LOVE it.
Alright, there is lot’s of work to do now :-)
BTW: Do you know „Mr. Funky“? She is an amazing artist and is creating „crochet stuffed animals and knit wear with retro 1920’s to 1970’s styling“. And her creations are really great – have a look at her work at flickr. And she also made a very nice book about her work: Mr. Funky’s Super Crochet Wonderful with photos of her animals, fashion accessories, caps and so on – all with patterns and instructions. It’s great, if you do crochet or are interested in crochet – you should really have a look at this book. Oh, and she even made caps for some celebreties: Christina Aguilera and Charlize Theron. And her work was published in many magazines. Well, just have a look at her website. It’s worth it! :-)
