The nightmarish plushies of UK artist Anna Sternik.
One may already be under your bed.
Tag Archives: toy
Disheartening toys, randomly distributed in actual stores by Jeff Wysaski, aka Obvious Plant.
Lucky Truck
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Another ASMR-inducing time-lapsed Tonka resurrection by Rescue And Restore: this time, a 1960s AA Mighty Wrecker tow truck gets the Dremel-ultrasonic-sandblaster treatment..
Previously: Retonkafication
Two (of many) very satisfying time lapse videos by the Rescue And Restore channel showing the deconstruction and rehabilitation of (in this case) a rusted-up Tonka dump truck and military jeep.
Come for the nostalgia, stay for the sandblasting.
Retinkled
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A very satisfying 13 minutes (if you have them to spare) wherein a rusty and wrecked old toy piano found in a barn by YouTube fixer-uppers Rescue&Restore is sandblasted, powder-coated and restored to its former glory.
Square Wave
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A dubiously described but pleasing to look at ‘five dimensional’ sculpture inspired by mathematics and the Fibonacci sequence.
Conceived by artist Ivan Black and Atellani, the Square Wave consists of 21 precisely bent metal rods and assumes various shapes and patterns depending on how it is held and the amount of kinetic energy applied to it.
Intended as a stress relief toy and possibly also a means of opening a portal to Hell or something.
https://vimeo.com/306739628
A toy designer tries to please his boss by resuscitating her dog in an accomplished short by CalArts student animator Andrea Reyes.
Cian McKenna writes:
Found and rescued from somewhere behind the Elephant enclosure (North Road, Phoenix Park) on an unusually warm Easter Monday evening. Currently being fed and watered in the local area and patiently awaiting repatriation.
