SooperCrapz turns handcrafted wooden sculptures into playable art toys

Take ‘em apart, put ‘em back together, paint them, Build Your Own Story!
Post-apocalyptic robot themed DIY art toys has just launched on Kickstarter

Budapest based SooperCrapz is a melting pot of emerging European creatives from contemporary artists through designers to street artists, specializing in the creation of robot themed wooden sculptures and DIY art toys.

SooperCrapz originally started as a love project of the street artist ‘Binshua’ a few years ago, when he started handcrafting robot themed sculptures in his bedroom, reusing scrap wood of nearby hardwood processing factories. Recently he teamed up with his mates to bring the wooden sculptures to a wider audience in the form of DIY vinyl art toys that are fully costumizable and playable in terms of paintwork and assembly.

New release! Bill the Butcher limited edition kokeshi doll by Kokeshi Clan

Bill the Butcher from the film "Gangs of New York" by Martin Scorsese by Kokeshi Clan is available now ! 

A limited edition of of 10 pieces, each kokeshi doll is made of birch wood and intricately hand painted using acrylic paint, then sealed with a non-toxic matte finish. Each doll will be signed and numbered.

He will be shipped in hand made custom packaging created to resemble Bill the Butcher's top hat from the early scenes of the film. 

These kokeshi dolls are made to order and will ship out within 2-3 weeks of purchase. 

Available now on Temple7e's etsy shop!

Edition size : 10 pieces 

Item size : 4 1/4" tall by 2" wide

Medium : Acrylic paint on birch wood

Price : $100 each (Free shipping within the United States.) 

Bunnie Reiss + BLAMO release Custom Minkys - "Magic Sky Wizards" Six Piece Limited Edition

Blamo has just released six limited edition Minkys in collaboration with Bunnie Reiss. Each Minky is hand carved from Suar wood and customized by Bunny Reiss. The figures stand approximately 8″ inches tall and come in a screen printed box. These are available now at the Blamo website for $300 a piece.

Hold the Door: Laser-Etched Hodor Doorstops by Karvt

Yeah yeah yeah, these aren't toys. I get it. Calm down.

You live in a house with a door, right? You need a doorstop more than you need a plastic toy, trust me. If you're a GoT fan, you need these Hodor doorstops. Yeah, OK, listen, my feed is full of Hodor fucking doorstops too. Most of them are basic blocks of wood. THESE are LASER ETCHED with precision awesomeness.

So ditch your crappy doorstops and grab a pair of these here on the Karvt site.

You'll be trendy ... this week.

omen fade wood - available February 1, 2016 x Coarse

Coarse studios were overwhelmed by your support for the previous editions of Omen Wood. Once it was available in their online store it was gone within minutes, and they know so many of you were disappointed to miss out.

They listened to your requests to offer another edition of Omen Wood and are excited to announce another opportunity to add a unique wooden omen to your collection. Omen Fade – Ash and Omen Fade – Walnut will be available at their website on Monday, February 1.

These new editions of Omen Wood are entirely produced at the coarse studio in LA, and both editions are limited to 30 pieces. Each figure stands 4.5’’ [approx 11.5 cm] tall, includes a laser-numbered wooden base, and will arrive in a screen-printed wooden box.

Available February 1, 2016

omen fade – walnut
4900 HKD [630 US$, 580 Euro]

omen fade – ash
4900 HKD [630 US$, 580 Euro]

Prices includes global shipping


Both editions of Omen Fade – Wood will go on sale February 1 at the following times exclusively at the coarse online store coarsehkg.com:

07:59 am Los Angeles
10:59 am New York
04:59 pm Berlin
11:59 pm Hong Kong

Kickstarter - Steamy Chums by Mira Conci

 

Steamy Chums is a recently launched Kickstarter project, by Mira Conci of the Netherlands, to help fund the production of the Steamy Chums line of designer toys. Steamy Chums is a line of handcrafted and hand painted designer toys. In order to find more efficient ways of producing Steamy Chum figures, while maintaining high quality and standards, funding was needed. Mira Conci hopes the Kickstarter will not only produce funding to improve fabrication techniques and streamline production, but also allow for the development of new characters. The reward levels are priced in Euros and for people outside of the Netherlands, a few more Euros needs to be pledged for shipping. With rewards starting at just 1 Euro, there is a reward level for everyone. So, check out the video and if possible, pledge for a reward to help make this a successful Kickstarter project.

This is no potato salad.

  - Mark-Anthony

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Atlantean Smasher, circa 1886 by DeeTen

DeeTen's latest, a commissioned piece, is the Atlantean Smasher, circa 1886.  It features his trademark style combining vinyl, wood, metal and acrylic.  It's finished off with a weathered look.

You can see more of his work in his store.  

-+The Highest Fever 

Autonomous Amplifier, circa 1886 by David Ten

Created for a charity auction, David Ten's latest piece is crafted from wood, metal, clay acrylic and vinyl and draws inspiration from antique 1940's wooden radios, steampunk aesthetics, art deco, and Kabuki Masks.  You can seen and purchase more of Deeten's amazing artwork at his online store.

-The Highest Fever

@thehighestfever

The Guardian of Devotion Munny by DeeTen

The Gaurdian of Devotion by Deeten

This unbelievably detailed and intricate custom Munny is the brainchild of Deeten.  Created for the Heart Strings Valentine's Day show at SubUrban Vinyl, the figure is made from vinyl (obviously), metal, wood, clay, acrylics and even clam shell!  This piece is still available at SubUrban Vinyl.  Get it for your sweetheart.  Or you.

-The Highest Fever

@thehighestfever

Cameron Tiede to Launch Wood Candy Workshop

It seems that Cameron Tiede is launching a new line of wooden art toys! He wrote in saying the following:

"I’ve been laying low the past few years to refine some new skills and I am happy to announce my new adventure  “Wood Candy Workshop”. My first figure “Chester” will be released the last week of October.

To learn more visit www.woodcandyworkshop.com please sign up there to subscribe to the new email list as I will no longer be using the old list.

Those who sign up before the release date of Chester will be emailed a free shipping code.

Cris Rose x Pepe Hiller Release Arborobots

Pepe Hiller and Cris Rose have jointly designed and crafted new sets of wooden & brass sculptural toys- Arborobots! Each set includes 3 pieces; 2 robots and a telescope, the tallest of which stands 7". The Stargazer & The Gardener "Ramble & Roam" are extremely limited. Only 6 sets were made in each of 2 wood varients made of Wenge and Spruce wood.

The patterns on the wood grain are lovely in both dark and light sets, and being hand-made, will have some slight pattern variations in each that will make your set unique and individual.

UK Artist Cris Rose has some available on his eStore here.

You can find more of Pepe Hiller's wooden sculptural art on Instagram @pepehiller and his blog here.



-Tasha Zimich

Wooden works by Colin Rhino

Quite some guys of you are into wooden toys. Just have a look at this amazing artist and take a look at his blog!

 

     - Don P 

BEECHBLOCKS by Pepe Hiller

A bit late, but happy to see that this series was sold out fast. This is the latest series by Pepe Hiller, called the BEECHBLOCKS.

Some details:

• 4 inch wood toys by Pepe Hiller
• First edition of 20 Pieces
• All signed & numbered
• Beech wood, brass feather & bees wax finish

The BEECHBLOCKS comes from a beautiful place where it is always late spring, with blooming flowers and cloudless skies, never too warm or too cold. Their heraldic motto is “Walk upright like the trees and keep the sun in your heart!”

Follow Pepe Hiller here:
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Queen of the SOLD OUT LunaBEE's...

The Queen of the instant sell outs has done it again! Lunabee teamed up with Pepe Hiller to make these cute little hand painted wooden bees. I have to say this collaboration is amazing! With Pepe Hiller's smooth wood skills and Lunabee's painting skills, combining both skills makes for a killer combination. Although these are SOLD OUT now, I am sure with enough requests both artists would definitely be up for another collaboration! For Lunabee's website please click HERE. For Pepe Hiller's website please click HERE.