Wooden Toys
Two toys made from wood and painted with acrylic. With both characters the top of the head comes off to reveal what the character is thinking about.
Based on the saying ‘open your mind’ and ‘I’ve changed my mind’ the idea is that you can control what they are thinking about, taking out the circular wood chip of a brain and replacing it with a different design such as a clock or the world.
We’ve done quite a few different designs for the circular chips including, a tyre, the sun, a clock, a brain, an eye ball, the world and an English breakfast. We wanted to play on the idea of people being told what to think.
May 3rd, 2005 at 10:09 pm
Wonderful and interesting. Looking forward to seeing them in toy shops up and down the land, exchanged for loads on eBay and then, of course, a custom show.
May 3rd, 2005 at 10:47 pm
That’s cute and cool
May 4th, 2005 at 12:52 pm
wow! that’s superCool!
you’ve made a mold of these guys? or is it just some painted wood? please tell us about a process of making these…
With Love.
Orr.
May 4th, 2005 at 3:36 pm
Thanks guys. We made these with the help of our local green candidate and wood cutter extraordinaire, he cut out the pieces and we glued, sanded and painted them.
May 10th, 2005 at 2:00 pm
C double O L
May 12th, 2005 at 6:48 pm
This is awesome guys! Keep it up…
May 13th, 2005 at 10:59 pm
keep up the good work!
I really like these little wooden guys! (girls? - does it matter?)
how about putting a donut in their heads?
or a cookie of some kind…mmmm….I’m hungry.
later.
May 15th, 2005 at 10:17 am
i actually don’t like them. I mean I love wooden toys- but these ones aren’t that great.
I wish they could do something more than switching their brains… rims and an eye ball? Hate. Why would the character be thinking about an eyeball???
But what do i know- I just post things on sites all day because I have nothing better to do. I should actually be making wooden toys to rival these pathatic excuses for “toys.”
It would be more exciting if they transformed into hamburgers.
aaaaannd- I’m spent.
May 15th, 2005 at 2:33 pm
Appreciate the feedback, I think. It’s good to have your own opinions.
“Why would the character be thinking about an eyeball???”
Why wouldn’t he, he’s actually an eye doctor about to perform a Laser-assisted Cornea-transplant. Anway, I suppose they’re not really toys in the traditional sense, but it was just some fun, never expected it would fuel some HATE.
May 18th, 2005 at 4:17 am
coolness.
where can i purchase these things?
May 24th, 2005 at 10:05 pm
I love the toys. I think they’re fun. When I was small, I used to have a cloud-shaped cookie cutter and use it as a template to make thought bubbles for my animals. (Barbie, obviously, didn’t have many thoughts.) Obviously these are too sophisticated for kids (…or ARE they?…) but anyway, it just made me think of that.
PS, I work at a computer screen all day, and I think about my eyeballs a lot.
June 3rd, 2005 at 6:19 pm
Nice toys dudes. You should make them so they have a different facial expression on the reverse side, then you could make it so they are either happy or sad thinking about a donut or something. That would kinda follow on with the idea of changing your mind. and possibly hinge the shoulders inside their bodies - nothing too fancy - but just to make them a bit more functional.
What was i thinking about again - oh yeah..
Mmmmm donuts …..
November 3rd, 2005 at 2:55 pm
these toys are really random what the hell are they?!?!?!?!?!?
November 3rd, 2005 at 3:00 pm
me again i was just thinking over these toys, i have changed my mind i think they are really poo, so you can make one in my honour with some shit on the brain
November 3rd, 2005 at 3:03 pm
I would like to see one of the toys with sex on their minds i think this would be a really fun idea and bring a main adult audience
November 13th, 2005 at 2:45 pm
i think its not a toy but if it is made with no glue sticking out and well sandpapered you could sell it as an design object you know limited edition … if you send the things to me i will promoted it in belgium where i live also the reason why my english is weird