And All The Rest Too.

Well, lovely Cliona has taken some great (that means proper!) photos of the Animal Parts which will be up on the Big Softee website very soon.



In the meantime, here they are posing for nice little group shot.

Mood Clouds

So, I'm finally finished. I love that feeling when you are on the right side of a deadline.

I did the last bit of hand finishing this morning, bagged them and delivered them to Chris. It was only when I got home did I realise I hadn't taken any pictures! So I'll have to wait for Chris to send some to me. Some of them are the same designs as last time, with a few new ones, including these little fluffy cloud-pillows which I did take a picture of. Each one has a sad and a happy face, one on each side, depending on your mood!



And what's all this for? Well, there's a great new shop opened in Temple Bar in Dublin, called Versus? which is in Smock Alley. For more information on the whole venture have a look over here.

It's having an official opening launch tomorrow evening, so if you're in the area...

Oh Look At Us!

Chris pointed out to me the other day that we are on the Crammed Organisms homepage! Which also includes a link to our website which will be up and running soon.



In the meantime I'm working on the last two Animal Parts so will have them to show you in the next day or two before they are shipped off to the U.S.

Carnage!

I can't believe I did it. Four of the Big Softees are finished and on their way to Crammed Organisms as I write.

I just love Chris' designs. I love his sense of humour, and if you look closely (or click on the images) you'll see that these are in fact Animal Parts. Yes. Severed limbs, decapitated heads. All made in fleece or plush as I think it's known in the States. If you have the time to check out some of the other artists involved you'll see that these little dears will be right at home with them!

Fantomville.

I've been meaning to post this link. It's to Chris Judge's website showing all his weird and wonderful creations, and more. He is after all one of my little brothers! Check it out here. And here are some of the funny friends I made for his previous exhibition Nautilus. You'll see photos from that show on his site too. Hopefully he'll have some from the Xanadu show up soon.

Happy Things

Here they are! I had such fun making them, and Chris is delighted with them too. See more of his amazing work here


This is the first thing we see in the morning! Happyhappyjoyjoy!


We love shadows in this house. You'll be seeing a lot of them here! What is it about hand shadows in particular? I have such strong memories of our Dad doing little shows on the walls of our tent all those holidays in Lough Key Forest Park. It's so nice to see him doing them for my kids now. This is Ru's flying bird.



Found this while browsing photos today. This was taken on the first friday after going back to school last month. The summer was so miserable we had only been to Brittas Bay twice all summer. It was the most perfect day. Look at that blue! We were so glad to have made the effort.