Project Hello 2011 recap

June 25th 2011 will go down in history as one of the most fun times in Denver EVER! Project Hello at Redline gallery was such a great time! The gallery was the perfect place to have such a fantastic event. And there was so much to see and do! Project Hello out did itself this year, can't wait till next year!

So for those of you who missed it, this is a little recap somethin' somethin' of all that went down.

represent represent!

So as you may or may not know, Denise and I made our largest creature to date for this event. We enlarged dear old Finch here to over 7x his regular size! For our part of the "introduction" theme of Project Hello, we introduced people to giant Finch and took their pictures with him. The pictures were printed and given to the people as a gift so they could never forget Finch, WTS or Project Hello.

There were a lot of great creatives who turned out some awesome "interactivities." Fun for the whole family (note family in picture)

There were poets and story tellers with words to listen to...

...things to color with new friends, Block printed shirts made right in front of you...

...comic books being drawn as you watched and group art projects(behind dude)...

..as well as live music. And thats only half of it!

I apologize for not being able to truly justify how fun Project Hello was in the above photos. That being said here are some of our most favorite images that we took. (click to enlarge)

Denise and I printed well over 70 pictures, which, for the most, were taken home by some very happy customers. We look forward to Project Hello next year and hopefully we'll be a part of it again. Now that we have a knack for the giant plushie we'll have to figure out how we can out do ourselves.

Have Fun!

- Denise and Ricardo

WTS is Larger Than Life

First things first, Project Hello is this Saturday from noon - 7pm at Redline Gallery. WTS will be there and we hope you will be there too.

With that being said, Here's a little sneak peak at what we've been working on for this year's installment of Project Hello.

We had some 72 sq feet of giant creature pattern printed up and then took it home, traced it onto over 11 yards of fabric, cut it out and pinned it together.

Then we set up our dueling sewing machines and got to work stitching this bad beast together.

Then I (Denise) got clever and decided to wear the skin of our very large creature ... trying to get an idea of what it'd look like stuffed ... with a human. Everyone keeps asking us, "how much stuffing did it take to stuff that thing?" and the answer is, not very much at all. In fact, our giant creature is pretty light weight considering it's size.

We built a chicken wire frame and covered it with 1 inch thick batting ... it feels nice and soft, and yet it's hollow for the most part.

The whole of making a giant creature has been more like constructing a building or performing surgery more than it has been like making a creature, like we usually do. It's not quite finished just yet so if you want to see the finished creature you'll have to come to Project Hello and meet it,and get your picture taken with it, and have a good time.

In other news, WTS Creatures was commissioned to work with artist, Buster Bear, out of Chicago. He submitted the following sketch.

And Ricardo turned out the following WTS+Buster Bear Creature

I'm going to let those photos do the talking (it's pretty great, huh?)
Whereever you may be in the world, keep your eyes peeled for WTS creatures. You never know when they'll start turning up in your neighborhood ... perhaps in the form of a custom creature, or one of our many classic designs ... or maybe A GIANT CREATURE DANCING IN THE STREETS!

Hope to see you all this Saturday at Project Hello. Until then, Goodbye!

There and Back Again

Last week was most exciting for us two WTS Creature makers.

First of all we took a road trip out to Seattle.



We were there for only a day and a half, but while we were there we met some great Seattle crafters and got brought up to speed on the craft scene out west. The hotel we were staying at was right next door to a little craft shop called "Shmancy". We spent some time in there chatting and checking out all of the great plush work that filled the store. If you are a fan of plush, art, crafty goodness or just all around fun, we highly suggest you take a peak at their website: www.schmancytoys.com, and if you are ever in Seattle take a minute to drop by and say hello.

Of course, nothing beats home though. We got back to Denver and our first order of business has been to get our creatures back out to all of our friends and fans where they belong. Keep your eyes peeled because, soon, very soon, the newest, latest and greatest installment of WTS Creatures will be up in our Etsy store ... and as usual, in stores around town.

Also, if you haven't heard, WTS Creatures will be at Project Hello again, and this year we're doing it real big. Please say hello on June 25, 2011 at RedLine in Denver, and check out the Project Hello blog and facebook page for updates and a list of all of the great artists you'll see at this year's show.



If you want to see some great art before project hello, go check out the microclimates exhibition.




We went to the opening night events at the super ordinary gallery, and as you can see from the picture, it was awesome.Rob Mack and Samuel Schimek have done it again.

That's all from this corner of the world. WTS Forever!