I am going to live by these!

Poster available at this shop.

Separated at Birth?

When I discovered the Kay Bojesen monkey online about 4-5 yrs ago, it struck me as strangely familiar. Growing up in India, we played with a very similar monkey. When I went back to India this summer, I found many of these wooden monkeys in the handicraft stores, made in Channapatna, South India, an area well known for its laquer wood toys. I wondered how this monkey that was designed 50 years ago in Denmark, made it's way into the repertoire of the Channapatna toy maker? Google offered no explanation, so it was left to my imagination. A Danish tourist left their toy monkey behind, and the craftsman picked it up and replicated it? Or was it more deliberate? We will never quite know, I guess. Any information from you is welcome!

 Image from here: http://www.nova68.com/

Image by me.

Kay Van Bellen

Fantastic illustrations in the latest issue of Small Magazine by Kay Van Bellen.

 

Images from Small Magazine.

Japanese Kids have the Cutest Lunchboxes

Ninjas and Kissy Girls - how could I resist!??!!! I bought these Kokeshi Bentos in Chinatown in New York, and I am imagining a slew of little Wee Gallery animal lunchboxes in the same vein... wouldn't that be nice...

They are available online here.