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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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!

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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

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

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.

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

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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

Nasturtium officinale

Medicago sativa

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