when it comes to the world of plush, textile-y figures, i’m not normally a big fan. i can see why others would enjoy them, but they’ve never really been my cup of tea. but, every now and then i find one that really catches my eye. fibers major olivia mew from concordia university sent me these soft dolls she makes and i was instantly taken with them. not only because they’re cute, but because i feel like they’re textile-representations of half the people i see on a daily basis in my borough (minus the antler hats). olivia says she likes to focus on “angsty teenagers or people getting eaten by bears” and i love it. it reminds me a little bit of what jen corace‘s work would look like, in soft doll form. want to pick up one of olivia’s pieces for yourself? click here to check out her etsy shop. thanks, olivia!
ps: click here to check out haylie’s colorful guest blog post for this morning!
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I love the doll with the tattoo!!!!
Super!
This dolls – fantastic!
These are great! I love their little pointy toes.
ow so lovely, special the black cat.
What creative photos and work…love it!
these are soooo great! i particularly love the kitty!
wow. super cool.
i agree, im not normally into stuff like this at all–but i am sooo intreiged by these dolls!! props for giving the doll a tattoo. so cute :)
grace, YOU are the doll for featuring my little guys. i can totally agree with you in that i’m not a fan of that much plush work out there either, only a few select people doing this stuff really impress me. so glad i could be one of those people for you!
Lovely……..!
Lovely…….!
Oh my, those are precious!!
The cuteness is too much!! ;)
so awesome.
Cute… but why are they all so sad?
When I first started looking at this I thought they were all characters from Where the Wild Things are. I can’t wait that movie. Very cute plush characters!
How sweet! I really love the polar bear :)
Do you live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn? Because my first thought is that these people belong in *my* neighborhood. I’m way too square to live here…
elizabeth
ha. i used to- and that was the area i was thinking of. though they’ve crept into my neighborhood (park slope) on 5th ave these days… ;)
grace
I love the little on with the kitty. OHhhhhhhhh!
this work is similar to the work of an ypsilanti, mi artist named ruth marks.
her stuff is amazing! here is her website to check out:
http://www.ruthmarks.com/site/home.html
oh no! I love it too much! :)
I love dolls! And these are adorable. Seems like they’d be good for younger children.
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