WALNUTI – 4″ Wooden Toy by pepe

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Hell hell hell…. No nut stays uncracked when he comes!!! Icon Biggrin in WALNUTI - 4 Wooden Toy by pepe

walnut wood & brass eyes / high-gloss finish
handcrafted, iron-branding signed & numbered by pepe

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available next week in our SHOP!

Right of my head into 3D – interview up on t-ninja!

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Recently i gave a short interview for the urban street & designer toy blog of the t-ninja crew from Russia and told them about what’s SMALLSTUFFSTUDIO all about! Head over and read a bit more about me, all my wood & resin stuff and how i create my toys. Icon Biggrin in Right of my head into 3D - interview up on t-ninja!

Check it out here! – Right of my head into 3D

PANGAPANGABLOCKS – 2.5″ Wooden Designer Toys by pepe

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panga-panga wood & alder wood / high-gloss finish
numbered & iron-branding signed (No. 01-05)
designed & handcrafted by pepe

…soon available in our SMALLSTUFFSHOP

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PURE BRASS – “pepe” Signature Branding Iron for my Wooden Toys

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After the first wacky try to make a branding tool (HERE), i made me another tiny brass branding iron stamp for my wooden toys.

This time instead of using a common font, i did vectorize my signature and let the CNC mill do the work with a our smallest 0.3mm drill. Afterwards i made a brass mount with M2 screws for holding the stamp plate in position. The signature is approx 15mm long and i still have to get a feeling about long i have to press, till the signature is proper burned into the wood. But i’m pretty happy with my new tool and it works very good while clamped into a soldering iron.

Now all my new wooden stuff will get some hot mark on their butts for sure! Icon Biggrin in PURE BRASS - pepe Signature Branding Iron for my Wooden Toys

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AncientCritter – “Golden Age” Custom

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Have a bunch of wood & resin toy projects going on right now. I really hope i can release these little fellas as a DIY edition in march when spring is coming and the sprouts are growing! ^_^ Now i have a lot of details to sort out, especially how to export the cress seeds from the “Happy Gardening” Set i’m planing…

Meanwhile some WIP pictures of my first custom i’m working on: “Golden Age” AncientCritter. Hope you like him Icon Biggrin in AncientCritter - Golden Age Custom

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PEARGIR – 4″ Wooden Designer Toy by pepe

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4″ Wood Designer Toy by pepe
(pear- and maplewood, high-gloss finish)

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Besides pushing my resin AncientCritters to get them ready for shipping, i felt like i should do another Wooden Toy for the Collection. The idea for this tiny giraffe came little by little while cutting and sanding the pet out of a rough wooden sheet and somehow i finally bring up to a round figure. There was no concept drawings or sketches for this design. I used pearwood for the body and maplewood for the smaller parts, then finished the piece with a high-gloss varnish to get all these sweet highlights. Icon Biggrin in PEARGIR - 4 Wooden Designer Toy by pepe

PEARGIR will be soon available in our shop, follow me on twitter to get to know when he’s up for you!

AncientCritters – Testing New Seeds

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Our Test labs are full of new organic experiments with all the different AncientCritters. We had to send out our best recources to get some new rare species and varieties for the “Happy Gardening” Kit Icon Biggrin in AncientCritters - Testing New Seeds

Nasturtium officinale
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Medicago sativa
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AncientCritter – It’s greening up nicely!

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The Release of the AncientCritters will be in late February with a first run of 33 DIY pieces, handcasted and numbered by the artist. Differents colorways and some surprises will follow till then, stay tuned! Icon Biggrin in AncientCritter - Its greening up nicely!

Now it’s time to share some secret WIP shots of our new fellas. Last week our studio turned into a greenhouse and the first AncientCritters resin casts were used for planting series of experiments. I’m petty sure the AncientCritters will bring the best out of you and a green touch for your desk & toy collection! ^_^

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AncientCritter ALTRO – Molding Process

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You can see on this short slideshow the silicone molding process of AncientCritter ALTRO.  I have placed the the prototype and the seem line in a slightly strange position for this two part mold but I had the feeling I should give my silicone-plug-system-technique™ a shot Icon Wink in AncientCritter ALTRO - Molding Process

Now after the first few resin copies i have to say, casting is going pretty well so far …and I’ve got some wicked ideas for these fresh Resin Critters right now! Stay tuned.

AncientCritter ALTRO – sleek & smooth prototype (WIP)

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Short update on my AncientCritters. Just applied basecoat filler and sanded down the ABS layers till everything is sleek & smoothed Icon Smile in AncientCritter ALTRO - sleek & smooth prototype (WIP)

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Finished 3D-Print Proto with white NC-paint. Now this fella is good to go for a first mold! Check back soon…

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DIY Resin Ham-ster Cavy by Mathias Bax

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Designer and Architect Mathias Bax from Germany has created his first DIY Resin Toy the Ham-ster Cavy. I’m pretty shure the Ham-ster will become a nice plattform to realise lots of awsome custom jobs. The Ham-ster’s comes in two versions one with movable arms and one with fixed arms (for kids;). A piece will cost approximately 10$ plus shipping costs.

So get your hands on your own DIY Ham-ster straight from his creator and place an order at bax.architekten@arcor.de. He will handling production and shipping by himself. The first cute fellas will find their new owners right now in January 2010.

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“Ancient Critter No1″ is alive! Designer Toy Rapid Prototyping

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After reconstructing the “Ancient Critter No1″ information from a tiny bio-harddisk we were finally able to revive a first specimen of it! For the time beeing it’s growing fast and we feed it with fern and other ancients herbs. But see for yourself! Icon Biggrin in Ancient Critter No1 is alive! Designer Toy Rapid Prototyping

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More about these long time died out “Ancient Critters” next week…

2010 is here – “Ancient Critters” and ready for even more stuff!

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Happy New Year from smallstuffstudio to all!
The year is pretty young, but i have so much new stuff to show you! Icon Biggrin in 2010 is here - Ancient Critters and ready for even more stuff!

First of all, the last few PEARBLOCK Angels will find a new home today at my grandparents and grandaunt’s shelfs. They where a great joy to give away as Christmas presents. So i have one last left (no. 01/16) and i will sell him here on the smallstuff page for you in a few days! Stay tuned if u want to grab this unique handcrafted 2.5 inch Wooden Designer Toy py pepe for your own collection.

Now to the fresh stuff: Ancient Critter #1 – Keep your eyes open, long gone species will revive 2010! Check the data-sheets I found deep burried in a secret vault of this ancient little fella… Strange things will come! Be warned! Icon Wink in 2010 is here - Ancient Critters and ready for even more stuff!

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“designer toy” – Google Insights

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Just played with a nice Google tool: Google Insights for Search
Here You can see the stats of the keyword “designer toys”.
Very interesting are these peaks every year before Christmas…
Next year, I think i have to plan the timing for my releases better Icon Wink in designer toy - Google Insights

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XMAS PEARBLOCK – All Together (WIP)

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The first bunch of XMAS PEARBLOCK Angels are gone for Christmas and
few more waiting for their new owners. Happy Hollidays to all! Icon Biggrin in XMAS PEARBLOCK - All Together (WIP)

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XMAS PEARBLOCK – Second Session (WIP)

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Ok i’m late as usual Icon Wink in XMAS PEARBLOCK - Second Session (WIP)

…so i’ve worked today on my small series of XMAS PEARBLOCKS.
I droped the arms because they where to small for my taste, i’m fine with
only the two wings on the back of the body.

All the pieces are now finished with semigloss varnish. Still have to
assemble them and have to find a nice giftpackage solution…no idea
about this, very simple i think. For iron branding it will be too late
…grrr no time. (and srry for the blurry mobilepics i’ll update you
with better pic’s of this series PEARBLOCKS when Christmas is over)

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Lost all the Stuff – Back again!

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Lost yesterday my complete WordPress database with all my pages,
posts and comments Icon Sad in Lost all the Stuff - Back again! I was really downhearted about my work on
the code, css and template i’ve done so far for this page the last half year…

Now today the Support of my Web-Host was my year 2009 hero!
The Support answered to my ticket after two minutes, they had a Backup
of my Database and even repaired a damaged file for me without charging anything for it.
This is what a client-support should be!
..now smallstuff.ch is up and running again!!! jepeee! Icon Biggrin in Lost all the Stuff - Back again!

thnx METANET

XMAS PEARBLOCK – Handcrafted Wooden Toys (WIP/limited series)

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Last month I had so much work to do in the model building studio and nighttimes i was more on the painting-some-stuff-wave. Finally I’m ready again to work on my Toys and I’m really enjoying it to work with wood. It’s such a wonderfull material and it offers so many ways to cut, drill, mill and carving some nice toys out of it.

For the time beeing I’m working on a first small series of my PEARBLOCK Wooden Designer Toy. Have some ideas for these first 15 pieces. I want to spend them two angel wings out of bright wood (maybe maple), but I’m not shure if it fits well…any suggestions? I planed to give most of them away as Chrismas presents. Check the WIP pictures of the process so far…well, still lot to do till x-mas! …and if you be in luck, maybe Santa won’t give away all of them and you can get even one of these guys in my shop, stay tuned Icon Biggrin in XMAS PEARBLOCK - Handcrafted Wooden Toys (WIP/limited series)

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Vote for SQUIMONK – Aarting DIY Toy Challenge

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Voting for the DIY Designer Toy Challenge on aarting.com is on!!!
Please vote for SQUIMONK till 15. november 2009 (every vote counts, you can vote every 30min for my design). If my concept wins, SQUIMONK will be produced by Aarting and you can grab your own 4.5 inch blank D.I.Y SQUIMONK for customizing! Icon Smile in Vote for SQUIMONK - Aarting DIY Toy Challenge

VOTE HERE! thx

PEARBLOCK and PEARDEER – Wooden Toys in the Sun

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PEARBLOCK and PEARDEER (3 inch/ 2.5 inch Wooden Designer Toys)

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