These are awesome! I LOVE pac man the most! By Serena Kuhl
Showing posts with label Serena Kuhl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Serena Kuhl. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Video Games
This past weekend was a video game convention in Seattle. I go in waves of playing video games more or less based on if I know someone with them. I know someone now and he must think I am scary. I love playing with his Wii and Exbox...that sounds dirty. sorry folks.
These are awesome! I LOVE pac man the most! By Serena Kuhl
These are awesome! I LOVE pac man the most! By Serena Kuhl
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Serena Kuhl Interview and Giveaway!
I have had the pleasure of working with Serena Kuhl for several Plush You! shows along with her contribution to Plush You!: Lovable Misfit Toys to Sew and Stuff. She has always been supportive, inspiring and her work is funny to boot. I am so glad we finally have her for an interview. Leave a comment here for your chance to win your own cannibal bunny! Don't forget to leave contact info!
S- Can you first tell us more about yourself and how you got into sewing plush toys?
SK- My mum taught me to sew when i was really young, I used to sew a lot of pillows! I'd get sick of doing it half way through and then start making the stitches bigger and bigger! Then when i started school I was shown how to make these snake characters out of old tights, you were supposed to put them in front of doors to stop the draughts, so I ripped a lot of my stockings so i could make a legion of them! I didn't really make toys again until i was at art school. a bunch of female students were asked to respond to the theme "Male" in a sculpture, so i made a pile of pastel coloured phallic objects out of plush, and have been making them ever since
S- I feel like since our first encounter you have really expanded your work and your customer base. How have you reached galleries and shops so far away?
SK- Myspace is suprisingly helpful. It appears it's useful for something other then helping teenagers hook up! People have seen my work and requested it, or I send an email off to them. You get as many rejections and acceptances obviously, as there is a core crew who are operating at a professional level, and you find their work in every toy shop known. Ugly Dolls are a good example of this. A lot of shop owners are wary of investing space and money in something outside of the well exposed artists. and as I'm in a very isolated pat of Australia, everywhere is a long way away from me! So sending stuff to Sweden, the US or Melbourne doesn't really make a lot of difference.
Read full interview here
S- Can you first tell us more about yourself and how you got into sewing plush toys?
SK- My mum taught me to sew when i was really young, I used to sew a lot of pillows! I'd get sick of doing it half way through and then start making the stitches bigger and bigger! Then when i started school I was shown how to make these snake characters out of old tights, you were supposed to put them in front of doors to stop the draughts, so I ripped a lot of my stockings so i could make a legion of them! I didn't really make toys again until i was at art school. a bunch of female students were asked to respond to the theme "Male" in a sculpture, so i made a pile of pastel coloured phallic objects out of plush, and have been making them ever since
S- I feel like since our first encounter you have really expanded your work and your customer base. How have you reached galleries and shops so far away?
SK- Myspace is suprisingly helpful. It appears it's useful for something other then helping teenagers hook up! People have seen my work and requested it, or I send an email off to them. You get as many rejections and acceptances obviously, as there is a core crew who are operating at a professional level, and you find their work in every toy shop known. Ugly Dolls are a good example of this. A lot of shop owners are wary of investing space and money in something outside of the well exposed artists. and as I'm in a very isolated pat of Australia, everywhere is a long way away from me! So sending stuff to Sweden, the US or Melbourne doesn't really make a lot of difference.
Read full interview here
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