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Showing posts with label artist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artist. Show all posts
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Fada Moranga loves Fantastic Toys!
Timothy Haugen, the author
"I love designing and making toys! It allows me to combine all my favorite artistic activities such as sculpting, drawing and sewing.
My career as a toy maker began over 5 years ago making miniature dolls and puppets. Soon after that I discovered the world of plush and quickly became enamored with the awesome cuteness.
My toys seem to bring out the antsy pants feeling of being a kid in a toy store. Whether it may be just a smile or squeals of delight, they make people happy. Inspired by Japanese crafts my kawaii (japanese for super cute) softies are my spin of the indie plush craze.
Each collectible toy is handmade from my original patterns. My soft toys may start as a sketch or just an idea. The process of making a pattern can be at times difficult and may take several attempts to achieve the desired look of a character. Felt is the material I mainly work with. I enjoy felt because its easy to work with and has a long history in the toy industry.
I have imagined a world of sweet forest dwellers that include forest folk, fawns and critters with a playful and whimsical spirit.
Whenever possible I use eco friendly materials to construct my plush. Because some toys have small parts they are best suited for display. They are not recommended for small children. I hope you enjoy my toys as much as I like making them."
www.myfantastictoys.com
The blog:
myfantastictoys.blogspot.com
The Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/fantastictoys
Free paper crafts and felt tutorials - printable downloads
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Fada Moranga loves witty Paul!
"A professional free-lance Illustrator and Graphic Designer,
based in London's East End.
A graduate of the National College of Art & Design, Dublin.
A love of simple marks, and the feel and form of words.
A strong & witty graphic sense.
An irreverent sideways look at life."
Paul Bommer’s “Superstition N.2”
That thing we're told as kids:
If you swallow an apple seed a tree will grow in your stomach... :-)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Meet AnnaLaura!
AnnaLaura Cantone wanted to be an artist from the time she was a child. She hated school and just wanted to draw. In fact, when she had writing assignments, she would write very large and would include lots of drawings.
She was born in 1977 in a city called Alessandria, near Turin, Italy, and attended the Istituto de Arte and the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan. AnnaLaura is now a children's book illustrator with books published in several countries and an instructor in illustration at the Istituto Europeo di Design.
"Push children to use lots of imagination. Use everyday materials and recycle things to create something new. That allows all of us to be free to try something new and different. If you use expensive materials you are going to be afraid to try for fear of wasting precious materials."
How does she create her illustrations? She draws with pencil, acrylics and brushes and does a lot of collages with all sorts of materials: small squares of cotton fabric, rubber, metal stamps, beads, sometimes clay (to create the eyes for some of her characters), painted coffee beans, pompoms, matchsticks, and even the discarded packaging from cookies. AnnaLaura is an environmentally-friendly artist, and likes to get a little dirt on her hands while working.
She loves the 3-D effect and she scans fabrics and coloured paper to help create the characters, background and the colour fields. She uses two lines around the characters: one black to define the character and one red to give it a vibrant effect. She also uses a sewing machine to stitch some of the designs and borders on the pages.
AnnaLaura’s favorite artist is Picasso. She also likes Robert Rauschenberg, the Pop Artist, for collage and the abstract expressionist, Mark Rothko for colour.
AnnaLaura's new book is Prudence and Moxie by Deborah Noyes, a picture book about an unusual friendship.
www.annalauracantone.com
LINKS
http://www.marlenaagency.com/alaura/alaura014.html
http://www.edizioniel.com/DB/scheda.asp?idl=1749
http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_cantone_annalaura.html
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Fada Moranga loves Little Odd Forest!
“Lynda Lye has been inspired by the wonderful childhood fantasies of bizarre fairytale adventure stories set in magical forests, resplendent with quirky images and wonderful illustrations of talking monsters, animals and trees. She still has all these storybooks from childhood, thanks to her dad, an avid oil painter/artist, who began reading incredible tales to her when she was still a foetus. It is no surprise that she has always felt she belongs to another world of enchanted forests, filled with magical animals and imaginary creatures, after being fed with (too much) bizarre fairytales as a child and thus take inspiration from the world created in her head.”
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