PANGAPANGA CREW – back on the wooden track!

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After a break, smallstuffstudio is back on track! I had to move our studio and all the stuff i need for doing art & toys was packed up in big boxes for a few weeks. Now we’ve settled down near the beautiful Zurich lake and i’ve started with new toy projects right on! Icon Biggrin in

We have a lot of fancy new things ready for you, so let’s start with some shots of the PANGAPANGA CREW! The PANGAPANGABLOCKS you might know allready, but now PANGABOSS is here to keep an eye on them! They will be available soon at my shop, just be sure to sign up for our newsletter and get all the news ahead of the others! (pssst… you can even win one of these guys!)

4″ PANGABOSS with his 2.5″ PANGAPANGABLOCKS by pepe

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Fancy LEOpold II – Plush Monster

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Fancy LEOpold II – 9″ Plush Monster
I was playing with the sewing machine again last sunday! “Fancy LEOpold II” is a little plush guy who loves to wait under childrens beds to scarry the kids with his pompon ears! Icon Biggrin in

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PLUSH-FEVER! smallstuff(ed) Plush Toys

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I was totally into plush last week and made my first experiences with a swiss “bernina” sewing machine. The first idea was to make a cute jellyfish out of this nice hearty fabric! Have to say, sewing is pretty tricky stuff…but fun! Icon Biggrin in

my first plush toy: Jellyfish MELVIN (cotton, batting, glass eyes)

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…now the next toy idea was to do kind of a squared elephant with big red hearts on his ears. so first i did some sketches, then cutting out all the parts out of different fabric and afterwards sewing this little fella together. To wander with my toy concepts trough all kind of materials and technics is for me a very inspiring way to see new connections and synergies in toy designs.

Little Hearty HELGO (fleece, cotton, felt, batting, glass eyes)

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Sometimes i think i have to be an real apple-addict… ’cause i did his ears without planing anything, exact the size of an iPhone. They would fit easily as a cute cellphone cozys too! Icon Biggrin in

GOBBO SKULLY – PVC Show Custom

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“GOBBO” – a hunting trophy i brought back from the swamps Icon Biggrin in

support my design & VOTE now on DeliciousDrips for my GOBBO Skully Custom:
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-> short update: WIP Making of Slideshow of GOBBO

GOBBO made it to the 3rd place in the PVC Contest!!! HERE are the results Icon Biggrin in
thank you all for your support & the votes for my custom Skully GOBBO!

WALNUTI – 4″ Wooden Toy by pepe

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Hell hell hell…. No nut stays uncracked when he comes!!! Icon Biggrin in

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

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available next month 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

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

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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

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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 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

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

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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