Papa Cloudy is a series of stop motion web videos by Akiko McQuerrey who calls herself a “DIY children’s book author who’s focusing on making the world cuter.” After his first view of Papa Cloudy my 5 year old quietly picked up a piece of paper drew a picture of Papa Cloudy with a big heart over it. This is a new series, we hope it continues!
Papa Cloudy ♥ from Akiko McQuerrey on Vimeo.
As the day of love quickly approaches, we thought we’d lend a hand to all you radical, crafty people out there by hooking up these little printable raskullz Valentines day cards.
Simply, click here, print, cut and share the love.
Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey is a national traveling exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution. The exhibition-affiliated Remixes app gives creative kids an opportunity to learn a little bit more about this American artist and the inspiration for his collages. It also provides kids with a digital canvas to remix elements from Bearden’s collages with their own cutout shapes to create new masterpieces that can be posted to a public gallery and shared with others. Kids can also incorporate sounds and words to their digital collages, adding their own stories to their artwork.
The color and whimsy of Bearden’s landscape backdrops and cutout figures is inspirational to say the least, and a great way to spark an after-school afternoon.
You can download the app here. And find out more about the traveling exhibit here.
Here at Raskullz Headquarters we’re big fans of all things 3D. That’s why we were so excited to stumble across this little gem of an afternoon craft.
Thanks to Minie Co. for the fabulous idea.
“The Event of a Thread” was a stunning large scale, participatory installation by Ann Hamilton that recently filled the cavernous drill hall at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The centerpiece of the installation was an enormous curtain of fabric that stretched across the width of the hall. An array of swings, available to the public, were tethered to the curtain by an intricate rope system overhead—when participants used the swings, the swinging motion caused the fabric to ripple and move up and down.
The joy of swinging is something you never grow out of.
From your enemies at Raskullz Headquarters…
Hello little rowdy Raskullz! We have a fun little craft project for you on what is a magnificently cloudy afternoon here at Raskullz Headquarters. So get your printers and imaginations ready for these cut out finger puppets. You can click here or on the picture below to print out puppets of your favorite Raskullz helmet characters.
We recently stumbled across this dazzling little site. Kaleidolism. Making kaleidoscope wallpaper backgrounds of any image you deem amazing enough. Try making your own, or check out our little rendition below.
Here at Raskullz Headquarters we are always eager to find new sources of creative inspiration for our products. Recently, a thought occurred to us, “why hog all that life-affirming inspiration to ourselves?”
So starting now, you can check back here at the Raskullz Blog for all kinds of new happenings that we find totally awe-inspiring. We’d like to start the show with a beautiful, family-friendly short film we found by artists Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III of an art collective called Friends with You. Enjoy!