220 Pound Dress Made of 50,000 Gummy Bears Is A Tribute To Alexander McQueen.

For TWELV Magazine's debut issue, Hissa Igarashi and Sayuri Marakumi created a dress entirely out of gummy bears; paying homage to the late Alexander McQueen.



To create the masterpiece, steel wire was twisted into the shape of the dress and covered with a sheet of vinyl. Then 50,000 gummy bears were painstakingly glued on by hand in a colorful pattern reminiscent of a Chevron rainbow.



Taking three weeks to complete, the final dress was fitted exactly to MAJOR model Jessica Pitti's measurements. And weighing in at approximately 220 pounds, required the strength of three adults to move.

The shoot was held at Splashlight Studios and took 4 to 5 hours to complete.

McQueen's Rainbow Dress that served as the inspiration:



information and images courtesy of TWELV Magazine

The Boodha USB Dock. Infuse Your iPhone and iPod With Positive Zenergy.

Diploo Studio Design of Poland has created this cute tabletop glazed ceramic figure with a built-in USB dock. Made of white ceramic clay and glazed in white, Boodha will only supply positive energy to you iPhone or iPod. He looks a little like the Stay Puft Marshmallow from the side and a Lion wearing headphones from the front, but his belly is all Buddha.






Color: white
Dimensions: 20cm x 20cm x 20cm
Material: glazed ceramics, usb dock
Tehnique: sculpture, design
Year: 2012
Designer: Diploo Studio
Weight: 1kg
Origin country: Poland
Shipping to: Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia
Additional info: USB dock included.

price: 130.00 €, Buy it here

Handcrafted Nintendo NES Controller Coffee Tables - And They Actually Work!

There was such a positive response to the wooden coffee table that was shaped like a cassette, I simply had to share with you these two different versions of Nintendo NES Controller Coffee Tables by Charles Lushear of Venice, California's Bohemian Workbench.

The tables, which can actually function as your game controller, come in two versions. A beautiful handcrafted version in maple, mahogany and walnut with dovetail joinery and mid century modern legs ($3700):






And it's available in a less expensive painted wood version ($1300):





The made to order tables can fully function as a Nintendo NES controller and can be used to play games with the glass removed. The cord is retractable from underneath. They are also available as non-functioning coffee tables.

Dimensions: 42" length x 18.25" width x 18" height


images and video courtesy of Charles Lushear
Buy them from their etsy store.

The Most Beautifully Eerie Dolls You've Ever Seen. Mooqla Dolls Get A Makeover.

I first introduced you to the hand made silicone-encased plastic articulated Mooqla dolls by Russian artist Polina Voloshina four years ago. At that time, she had just begun to make the exotically featured featured, fashion forward, macabre, elfin-looking dolls. Featured in that post were her creations from 2006 and 2007, like those shown below.

EARLY MOOQLA DOLLS:



above: the dolls and packaging as they first appeared.

LATER MOOQLA DOLLS:
Beginning in 2008, the dolls' features softened, their cheeks are less gaunt and their eyes are closer together, making them less unique, but more lifelike. They have become less 'creepy' with the addition of faces that have slight and subtle smiles, eye make-up, lipstick and in some cases, freckles.




Gone is the albino skintone and although some still have the turned down mouth -it's more of a pout than a frown. The dolls are now one of a kind with hand crafted heads in a variety of styles topped with all types of hair colors and styles. (To see how she makes them check my first post here). The make-up is painstakingly applied to each original doll and the result are a variety of some of the most eerily beautiful and in some cases, realistic, dolls I've ever seen.

















With their full lips and exotic eyes, some of the dark haired dolls have a striking similarity to Angelina Jolie and NCIS's Pauley Perette:





Some even have freckles like those shown below:


And some have epicanthic folds, making them appear Asian:

Others are uniquely made up as Goths or Robots:



Mooqla doll designer and art director Polina Voloshina:



Sadly, the dolls are no longer sold at an online store, their English website is gone and Art Lebedev Studio, who designed the dolls logo and original identity, does not carry them anymore.

But you can find a few of them at the Dolls Boutique and some of the amazing clothing for them can still be purchased here.
Mooqla.ru