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WALNUTI – 4″ Wooden Toy by pepe

pepe — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:38:53 +0000

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

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

available next week in our SHOP!

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

pepe — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:47:29 +0000

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.

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

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PANGAPANGABLOCKS – 2.5″ Wooden Designer Toys by pepe

pepe — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:58:18 +0000

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

pepe — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:04:31 +0000

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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AncientCritter – “Golden Age” Custom

pepe — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:23:15 +0000

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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PEARGIR – 4″ Wooden Designer Toy by pepe

pepe — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:20:20 +0000

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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AncientCritters – Testing New Seeds

pepe — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:36:21 +0000

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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AncientCritter – It’s greening up nicely!

pepe — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:29:21 +0000

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!

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

pepe — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:19:04 +0000

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

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.

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AncientCritter ALTRO – sleek & smooth prototype (WIP)

pepe — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:49:55 +0000

Short update on my AncientCritters. Just applied basecoat filler and sanded down the ABS layers till everything is sleek & smoothed

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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