German artists Mark Landwehr and Sven Waschk, as ‘coarse‘, started creating beautifully chiselled art sculptures from resin and/or fibreglass back in 2003, finishing them by hand at their workshops in Hamburg and Hong Kong. Living in two such diverse cultures, the artists exquisitely blend eastern and western aesthetics to create unique original sculptures, ‘coarse originals’, that through traditional toy production techniques are transformed into enchanting vinyl figures under their ‘coarsetoys’ imprint. Sold exclusively through corasehkg online and selected worldwide retailers, False Friends are a menacing duo with beautiful detail, a butch man-like rabbit and an aggressive little chap in a rabbit outfit….. their imaginations are frightening! Packaged in a lush, tenderly crafted wooden box with monkey-rabbit nose handle(???), the pair are put to sleep between two cotton pillows, embroidered with the incredibly limited running number, and with only 200 available from 7th January, we can see these two becoming a serious collectors concern.
jingpi
January 25th, 2010
I like it! Where i can buy?