Emigre’s Zuzana Licko is offering up a brand new batch of handmade, one-of-a-kind sake cups. Each set is $20 and can be purchased from her online shop here.
My dear friend Tiffany Nelson is a hard-working 3D artist for many popular games (Guitar Hero, anyone). But the eye candy doesn’t stop there. She has a freshly launched online jewelry shop, The Whimsical Design, filled with elegant concepts. Clear glass pendants with secret messages suspended in resin — check. Antique clock gears and keys for that Steampunk glam — check. Vintage silver findings — check. Delicate Czech crystal beads — check. Unpolished quartz crystals strung to look like dazzling pieces of ice — well, you get the idea.
Tiffany is a super sweet gal and also creates wonderful custom pieces. I have sent her crudely drawn sketches, and she has turned them into beautiful pieces that fetch many compliments. Also, if you mention that it’s a gift, she will wrap it up all pretty and include a card. ~__^
Wow, I am in awe of Wataru Itou’s handmade, papercraft castle. This intricate paper castle took four years to create and includes lights, a ferris wheel, and a moving train! It is on view at the Umi no Ue no Oshiro (A Castle On the Ocean—海の上のお城) exhibition at Uminohotaru.
The extraordinary miniature knitter, Althea Crome of Bugknits, designed the uber-tiny and delicate knitwear for the stop-motion horror/fantasy film, Coraline.
Here’s a fun, poppy, electronic groove for your Friday.
You don’t need a big budget to make a great music video. I love the DIY papercutting, stop motion animation in Rex the Dog’s Bubblicious music video. The Bubblicious single drops February 23rd.
Illustrator husband and wife duo, Kozyndan, have released their bunnyfish. These adorable handmade crochet toys are ready to swim into your homes and hearts. Each bunnyfish is about 5 inches long and is either blue or green in color. You can adopt one here.
My new favorite blog is Elsa Mora’s All About Papercutting. Like the blog’s title suggests, Elsa provides links all your papercutting needs—tutorials, other papercutting artists’ sites, shopping sites, and more.
This LA-based artist creates some intricate, whimsical (and bittersweet) papercut designs that are too good just to keep to myself. Take a look!