Any Other Artist Out There Feeling Like They're Fundamentally Uncreative. Not In A Sense Of Being Unable

Everyone's a critic

guten fucking morgen

This is my euphoria

Shoenhut doll construction was fucking wild. You can show me as many examples as you want of it, and I still feel overwhelmed.

Like, their contribution to the toy industry in general is crazy, from how it was one of the biggest manufacturers in the United States to how no one outside of collectors knows of them now, but the sheer technological complexity of their play dolls is mind boggling.

This was the 1910s; ball jointing with string was the predominant method of movement, and composition was king. Shoenhut started out with toy pianos, and had only worked up to jointed dolls via their smaller scale circus line and a Teddy Roosevelt playset (yes, really).

The "All Wood Perfection Art Doll" was not only a mechanical marvel, but was specifically advertised as being durable and painted in such a way that it wouldn't (not for a while, at least) wear off or chip. They're a relic of a bygone "Made to Last Forever" mentality, and many of them can still hold their poses to this day.

Hades "I hate you and THIS fish in particular"

Walter GAGGING

Space

florence's new album is about to cut my heart out with a big sword