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Valentine Miscellania Part 1

Posted in absurd, advertising, anatomy, art, comics, craft, dolls, humor, print media, sculpture, vintage with tags absurd, advertising, anatomy, art, comics, craft, dolls, humor, print media, sculpture, vintage on February 12, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

Amazing craft idea for the zombie lover in your life!

Imaginary boyfriends are the best.

This is how to get ALL the ladies!

Who knew cupid’s name was…DAN?

Unparalleled romance:

On a related note, the Newton Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn is offering a morning tour of its sludge processing facility (I’m not kidding!)

My kinda cupid!

If I ever get married, I would shower my husband with beautiful sentiments like this:

You’ll rarely hear me say this, but…forget the chocolate…I want the box!

I forgot to put this fellow, all spiffy in his Valentine suit, in my Bat Valentine post:

Many folks who frequent this blog would probably appreciate the Tim Burton Valentine Card Set.

Boo Boo the Valentine Ghost just wants someone to love him.

And a couple of other sculpted creatures I found, without artist credit.

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Desktop Goodies 1/23

Posted in absurd, advertising, art, comics, creatures, dolls, fashion, humor, introvert, meat, robots, science, sculpture, vintage, you can't handle the cute with tags absurd, advertising, art, comics, creatures, dolls, fashion, humor, introvert, meat, robots, science, sculpture, vintage, you can't handle the cute on January 23, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

This has come up in about 5 of the blogs I typically follow…so Cyborg Gorbachev is really asking to be posted.

If I were a few inches tall, this would be my preferred mode of transportation.

Amazing doll concept by Ali Gulec:

These life-like Beavis and Butt-Head statues having been making the Internet rounds as well. Wonderful job crafting a photorealistic and rather horrifying vision of these two, Kevin Kirkpatrick. See a few more shots here.

Why I love being an introvert:

On a related note, I think this would make great club wear for introverts. It really sends the right message if one is not in the mood for human interaction: Come one step closer and I will BITE you!

Finally, the trendy luxury toward which I harbor an extreme distaste finds a home in serial killer apparel. THIS, I like.

I’m with you, Neil!

Fatal Attraction had NOTHING on this:

Bear with me for a moment of extreme adorableness…

And speaking of cats, take a look at what I always pretty much assumed would be my own future (everybody knows it’s not official until facebook says so…this is the real deal):

Ohhhh-kay, so I’ll admit that I only envision myself in a relationship with one or two cats. I’m about quality, not quantity.

Now we come to the portion of this blog post where I try to avoid making a pun about something being “fishy” here…

Usually at least one of my Desktop Goodies will launch me into utter confusion. Today’s baffling example (caption, anyone?):

…and by “Projection Equipment” they mean her brassiere:

Ladies, I’ll leave you with this romantic gift idea: raw meat.

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Sasha Petrov

Posted in dolls, sculpture with tags dolls, sculpture on January 8, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

I couldn’t find a personal website for Sasha Petrov, but I’d like to show a few of her porcelain doll sculptures.

Delicate, spindly, graceful, haunting and mysterious creatures…

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Sandra Arteaga: The Funeral of Mr. Cookie

Posted in candy coated nightmares, craft, dolls, sculpture with tags candy coated nightmares, craft, dolls, sculpture on September 24, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

I can’t help but revisit and repost certain artists on this blog. Sandra Arteaga is one of them.

I absolutely love her new display, The Funeral of Mr. Cookie.

(Check out the little ice cream baby!)

So twisted and amazing…

Check out some previously selected examples of her work and her Axolotl.

Artist Blog

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Lena and Katya Popova

Posted in craft, dolls, lighting, sculpture with tags craft, dolls, lighting, sculpture on June 24, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

A few years ago I came across this doll photo set and left it in my “to post” folder.

To this day, I still can’t find much about Lena and Katya Popova’s mixed media doll creations (except other blog posts referencing this same set). Nevertheless, they are unique and beautiful.

I love the incorporation of lamp materials (some of which actually light up).

See the rest of the set here.

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Sandra Arteaga: Axolotl

Posted in craft, creatures, dolls, sculpture, sea with tags craft, creatures, dolls, sculpture, sea on April 21, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

I’ve already posted about Sandra Arteaga’s fabulous dolls, but I must post one of her recent creations.

Two years ago I raved about the Mexican Axolotl (and even made a plushie axolotl for a blog contest winner). Now this bizarre, sweet little creature finds some representation in Ms. Arteaga’s work!

Not exactly sweet…but so strange and intriguing, I can’t look away…

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Medical Manikins on Oobject

Posted in anatomy, dolls, humor, medicine, oddities, robots, science, sculpture with tags anatomy, dolls, humor, medicine, oddities, robots, science, sculpture on April 5, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

Have had enough nightmares lately? Let me help you with that. Take a look at this fine medical manikin compilation on Oobject.

Ah, as natural as sitting with a real family…

My prognosis for this boy is not good…

Lest we neglect our feline companions…

See more here

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Grotesque Cabaret

Posted in craft, dolls, macabre, sculpture with tags craft, dolls, macabre, sculpture on March 2, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

An appropriate warning on the main site page states: beware, my doctoring is not for the weak at heart.

Grotesque Cabaret is a unique and disturbing “doll surgery” lab, where porcelain skinned ball-jointed dolls get a curious makeover.

Upon seeing the fascinating detail, I immediately wondered what materials the artist uses…

Materials include: Milliput, Apoxie Sculpt. Rembrandt dry pastels, Tamiya and Hasegawa acrylic paints and associated products, Faber Castell artist watercolour pencils. We also find metal parts and assorted extra eyeballs.

Many of the gallery links have the dolls pictured in stages (plus incredible close ups), so you can see their evolution. I’ve shown some of the tamer ones, but if you enjoy grotesque doll mods, I encourage you to view the rest.

See the gallery here.