Steph Mantis Uses Both Ends Of Mini Animals For Home Decor.

Mini plastic animal heads become whimsical wall racks and/or jewelry holders when mounted on black walnut, white oak or long leaf yellow pine planks salvaged from cabinetry shops and old warehouses. Handmade in Brooklyn, New York by designer Steph Mantis.





The Pack Rack™ jewelry hanger:
Wall-mount ready. Screws not included.
Designed: 2010
10 x 1.5 x 5/8"

$58 each. Buy them here

The Other Ends
So what did she do with the back ends of these animals? She's turned their butts into magnets!:


The plastic animal butts are mounted on rare earth magnets and are sold in sets of 7. They measure approximately 1" - 2" with 1/4" diameter.



Plastic Animal Butt magnets:
Magnet pull strength: 1.15 lbs
Package measures 4x7"
Weighs less than 4 oz.


$20 a pack, buy them here

Casualties Of War: Provocative and Compelling Versions of Plastic Toy Soldiers.

These tiny sculptures, created by Dorothy, were designed for a Colorado Springs Gazette article entitled “Casualties of War.” The two-part article in which these toy soldiers were featured focused on a single battalion based at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, who since returning from duty in Iraq had been involved in brawls, beatings, rapes, drunk driving, drug deals, domestic violence, shootings, stabbings, kidnapping and suicides. Returning soldiers were committing murder at a rate 20 times greater than other young American males.

A separate investigation into the high suicide rate among veterans published in the New York Times in October 2010 revealed that three times as many California veterans and active service members were dying soon after returning home than those being killed in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

The soldiers have been generating a lot of interest in the USA and Canada and the art collective has been contacted by a number of war veterans making them both proud and humble. The toy soldiers were also recently featured in an article in the Irish Times.

Here's a look at the provocative versions of small molded plastic soldiers:








Not for sale.

Prime Cable Network Promotes Popular TV Series With Mini Dioramas

To promote the PRIME series available on Belgium's PRIME Telenet network, Prime TV, director/deisgner/animator Steven Huybrechts filmed and composited miniature sets with tiny figurines to represent their line up of television series.

A smart and entertaining solution, this meant they didn't have to get clearance for clips from the actual shows, or book the actual actors, saving lots of red tape, moola and time.

The :60 television ad - shown after the screen grabs - features the following shows [shown in alphabetical order]:

Boardwalk Empire:

Breaking Bad:

Californication:

Deadwood:

Dirty Sexy Money:

Hung:

Lost:

Mad Men:

Matroesjka's:

Modern Family:

Pillars Of The Earth:

Six Feet Under:

Sons of Anarchy:

Spartacus:

The Pacific:

Weeds:

4400:




Credits:
director: Steven Huybrechts
producer: Sofie Gebruers
cam: Geert Verstraete
edit: Tom Willems [represented by Caviar Content, Brussels]
soundfx: Yve@Sonicville
compositing/fx: Steven Huybrechts
client: Ludo Luykx PRIME

A special thanks to Fubiz for bringing this to my attention!

Perverse Plush Toys: Meet Sanchez & Friends

Sanchez & Friends is a new collection of perverse plush toys and accessories recently launched by Andy Tider of Brooklyn, NY and the first four products in the line are now available for purchase, just in time to make for fun shocking stocking stuffers.

If you don't know the meanings of the names of the following products, I suggest you google them or look up their definitions on urbandictionary.com. Because as hip as this blog is, it's not as crass as the terms after which these hilarious miniature stuffed toys are named and therefore will not expound upon them to protect the innocent.



Sanchez & Friends are four small felted plush toys named after deviant sexual acts; The Dirty Sanchez, The Golden Shower, The Donkey Punch and The Cleveland Steamer.

The Dirty Sanchez




The Golden Shower:




The Donkey Punch:




The Cleveland Steamer:





At only $10 each, they make great stocking stuffers for your friends- but only those with a sick sense of humor and an open mind. Let's just hope they don't come out with an Alabama Hot Pocket.

Buy Sanchez & friends here.