more avant-garde toys....

Vaclav Spala

"Devil"

1921

Libuse Niklova

"Little Boy"

1960s

Minka Podhajska

"Devil"

c. 1908-1919

Ladislav Sutnar

"Lion"

c. 1930

Ladislav Sutnar

"Rhino"

c. 1930

Libuse Niklova

"Motorcyclists"

1964

Libuse Niklova

"Motorcyclist"

1964

Libuse Niklova

"Chimney Sweep"

1964

Libuse Niklova

"Tamer"

1964

Libuse Niklova

"Ducklings"

1964

Libuse Niklova

"Baby"

1964

Kocka Micha

"Micha the Cat"

1963

Evzenie Konarikova

"Hen"

1981

More

HERE

HERE

HERE

and

related post

HERE

why was i the last to know: strandbeests!

Sometimes I wonder how I am 

the last person 

to hear about something so amazing.

Theo Jansen's

"Strandbeests"

have somehow eluded me until I read 

this article last night in  

The New Yorker.

So amazing....

Check this video out:

SO

CRAZY!

The "beasts" are all powered by the wind.

It's slightly more complicated than that,

and the "reason" and implications 

of their existence

is even cooler.

I'll let you discover 

all that 

when you read the article...

The photos below are all by

Lena Herzog

and are from here.

Much more 

HERE

(Make sure to watch ALL the videos!)