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Mon, Jan 5, 2009
Looking to see if you won? Scroll down to the bottom of the comments to see who won Lana Crooks’ custoMONDAY. Not your name? We will have a few more custom plush skulls to offer for purchase in mid-February. Please check back! And don’t forget: our next custoMONDAY custom toy contest begins at noon on January 19th.
We begin the first custoMONDAY of 2009 with a first for the series: plush. And who better to kick things off than full-time plushinator, Lana Crooks? As the proprietor of Crookedart, Lana spends her time between freelance illustration, costume and set design for film and TV, visual design for retail and, of course, making unique soft sea creatures and skeletons. Over the past couple months, we’ve blogged about her pieces in group and solo shows. Lana’s work has been shown at A.Okay Official (where she is also a curator), Get Knifed Gallery and Gallery1988, to name a few. You can view her creations 24/7 online at Tor Gallery. The best place to keep tabs on the busy artist is at her Crooked Art blog, and if you like what you see, you can pick up her plushes in LA at Munky King. Or, you could win one right now. Which brings us to…
Although Lana has made plush skulls before (beginning with a piece for Patrick Ma), she’s never had a name for them. Since the skulls are becoming something of a staple in her art, she’s looking for a name for the series. Leave a comment with your suggestion below and you just might win this one-of-a-kind soft skull. The custom (shown above) measures 9″h x 8″w x 10″d. Lana will pick a winner from all comments received by Sunday, January 18th at 12noon PST. We will announce the winning entry shortly before the next custoMONDAY on 1/19.
ToyCyte: Tell us a little about how you got into working with plush.
LC: I got into plush kind of by accident. I went to school for and have a BFA in Illustration. I was working as a freelance illustrator and costume designer right out of school. The first plush I made was a backpack to house my costume / illustration portfolio while at the SDCC. After that I started toying with the idea of mixing the two mediums. I made a pink Octoplush named Bubblegum just to keep myself busy. It was well received and I started making more.
Where do your ideas come from, and do you have a particular thing for sea creatures?
I get inspired by things at random, a video game, movie, photo, nature, a trip to the museum or a joke. I often will be in my own head, walking down the street and I will just think of something and giggle. A good deal of my inspiration comes from my friends. Fellow artists Max Bare, Arkady Roytman, Alex Willan and myself tend to bounce ideas off of each other… we talk about the most ridiculous things. Sometimes I hang out at a sketch group and doodle but usually the doodle only goes somewhere if I already had an idea floating around.
Octopi, squid and giant toothy sea monsters are among my favorite things. They have so many arms; just think of how many things they could do at once. Not to mention how very expressive they can be even though you can’t see their mouths.
As for all other things aquatic, I grew up in South FL. When I was little my grandfather had a small inflatable boat, the “S.S. Lana Lee” was painted on the front…I was named captain of the vessel and we would tool around the lake in it. After that my father had a boat he named “The Lana Michele” (named after my sister and myself). I enjoyed fishing and my sister enjoyed turning green and praying for land. In high school I was considered the most likely to become a pirate. All of this may have prompted a fascination with the ocean.
Can you describe your working method(s)?
I generally come up with some strange half-formed idea that I think is funny or aesthetically pleasing. I doodle. I pick out fabrics and other objects to add in. I occasionally work with a pattern but a lot of the time I actually just draw on the fabric. Creating the pattern is sometimes a feat in engineering. Cut, sew, stuff, battle physics, sew some more, add hardware and finally sign the piece. It is very rare that I do a multiple run of anything. Most of my pieces are one of a kind sculptural works but I have recently started working on skulls and surly sea stars that are smaller and of a portable nature.
How is creating your own characters different from customizing a platform (like Plushform or Munny)?
Characters tend to start as an idea that may or may not be physically possible. One little spark from something I have seen or have heard. The finished piece can go in any direction and be any size. With customization I feel more grounded. For example, all I need to do to the platform is add to it, dismantle it or paint it. I tend to get ideas faster when looking at the shape of a blank rather than leaving my mind to wander aimlessly. The plushform was one of my favorite blanks to work with.
Plush skulls seem to be a part of your repertoire. Tell us about your custoMONDAY piece and what it is about skeletal softies…
I am fascinated with all sorts of skeletons and I have a large skull collection near my workspace. I first incorporated a plush skull in a custom octo piece I did for Patrick Ma (Rocketworld). I posted photos on my blog of the piece in progress and I started getting emails asking about the skull. Because a real skull is so symmetrical and perfect it is quite challenging to replicate in soft form, lots of pieces in need of hand sewing. This specific skull is one of a very small run (6). The design will change slightly if I do the run again but I plan to diversify my plush skull collection this year.
You got a mention on BoingBoing! Can you talk about what it’s like to be an artist of this generation and the need to maintain and update your virtual presence?
There is indeed a great need to update ones site, unfortunately I am horrible at it. My site is currently awaiting “The great overhaul”. I am happy that I’m not so horrible at updating my blog.
I am also very honored to have a gallery up on Tor.com. It is through them that I got BoingBoing’s mention. That mention also prompted more posting on my own blog.
Having a blog is far more convenient to update than my site, which I also have built and “maintained” for many a year. I post to my blog at least once a month about my upcoming shows and photos of new pieces. My website could only be so lucky. I think the fact that people can send a comment to me coupled with the feeling that I am communicating…something…makes having a blog more personal. Therefore, blogs are a lot less tedious.
What can you say about the television pilot you did?
The project was a series of short comedies. I worked as the costume designer, set costumer, art director, and make-up artist on “After These Messages.”
I worked as the costume designer, make-up artist and plush wrangler on “Kusper.”
I have done a couple videos and commercials with Lowcarb Comedy so far. We have discussed other adventures in the coming year. I have worked on a couple feature films but have really been enjoying the atmosphere of working with a bunch of comedians.
I know I’m not the only toy collector/Top Model fan. What can you tell us about your contribution to Nigel Barker’s A Sealed Fate fundraiser/show?
I have worked with Carlos Torres and Sadie Woods before for their Rock the Future fundraiser (you guys wrote about that) and I was very interested in working with them again. My animal themed/friendly work will be projected on the walls of the space before the screening of Nigel Barker’s film and possibly at the after party as well.
This specific screening will be at: The Silver Room in Chicago, IL (1442 N. Milwaukee Ave) on Wednesday, January 7th from 7-11PM.
When you’re not creating Crooked Critters, what else do you like to do?
Generally if I am not working on Plush I am working on something else. Lately I have taken on a lot of other jobs in addition to keeping up with my shows and what have you. I have my own business that revolves around various Visual Merchandizing gigs. I travel nationally creating windows and displays for Virgin Megastores, and I am now the visual consultant for A.Okay Official. In addition to all that craziness Max Bare and I have recently become A.Okay Official’s gallery curators. Even though I have less and less time these days, I will still pull a video game all night-er. I’m a video game nerd, and I do not discriminate on the system.
What toys do you collect/artists do you admire?
I collect comic books and books of all kinds. I have a menagerie of vinyl and vintage toys. I have a growing art collection, mostly due to having artistic friends. My house is turning into a toy/science/textile/natural history museum.
I admire the work of Jim Henson, Arthur Rackham, Dr. Seuss, Shaun Tan and Liz McGrath to name a few. I find great joy in a lot of different art and am honored to know so many talented people. I am currently planning some collabs with some of my favorite and most admired artists. They are mostly in the planning stage but I will definitely be posting something as everything falls into place.
Looking forward to it!
Jeremy Brautman - who has written 1965 posts on ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected.
Jeremy Brautman joined ToyCyte in 2008 and has been writing about toy culture ever since. You can currently find him contributing to a variety of blogs, artkiving doodles at Doodlesplatter.com and cataloging artistic ephemera at ARTkivers.com.
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January 5th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I think Skullee is a good name
Its what it is – A Skull
But the ee adds the fun and cute bit ^^
Keep up the good work, these are looking soo great!
January 5th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Sorry for the double post, but also
Squidgee Skullz could be cool aswell
January 5th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Brain Cage
Nice work
Love Dr Seuss too!
January 5th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
A couple of options:
Shkulls
Craniyums
Soffils (like fossils)
January 5th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I think I should win it because it has quite a resemblance to me and others in my family tree!
January 5th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I don’t know about the whole series, but I’d name one Yorick.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
What about “Fontanelles”?
(the scientific name for soft spots on the human skull)
January 5th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
for your fluffy skulls, I suggest selling them in pairs and calling them–
bin der & done dat
January 5th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Aw, those are all super cute. A cephalopod was one of my first plus making experiences too!
Craniopod
Craniumz
Sara Bellums..? Only listed because I like puns
January 5th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I like the name Yorix, as in Yorick’s skull from Hamlet.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Fontanelle! oops, someone got ther b4 me
January 5th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
You could go with “fontanels” which is what you call the soft spots of a baby’s skull, or maybe “plush parietals”…
I’m kind of partial to “Wonder Wuzzers” because when you look at them you wonder what they wuz…
My two cents anyway…
January 5th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Skullptures.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Anna-Kate beat me to the winner but I have a different spelling
fontanel
January 5th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Soft in the Heads!
January 5th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I’d say “soft in the heads”, but whatever you choose they are very cool
January 5th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Plushkulz
or..a variation of fontanels, the “soft spot” on a baby’s as-yet-unfused skull:
Funteanels
or
Feltanels
January 5th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I like the vacant stare, so I am all for calling one a Vaycancie; more than one would be Vaycancies. Then they could have first names & last names, such are Yorix Vaycancie, Fontanelle Vaycancie, Ambrosia Vaycancie, Bubba Vaycancie, Squidgee Skullz Vaycancie, and of course, the infamous Noe Vaycancie.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Aw! I was going to say Yorix or something like that. Grrr.
Yorix
Heady
Sensible Squishable
Noggins
Soft Spocks
Fontenelles rocks. Great suggestions, people
January 5th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Craniacs!
January 5th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
How about
For Unlawful Cranial Knowledge
January 5th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Hmmm…
Cranimols? (a mashup of the Latin for skull, Cranium, and soft, Mollis)
January 5th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
BRONCO !!
January 5th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
They remind me of the skulls from the Mexican day of the dead so I suggest calling the line “Los Muertos” for “the dead” or just “Muertos”.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Snorkel…Look I can do it too!!
January 5th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
I see that I was just a bit late with “Soft-in-the-head” toys. Well done TJ, obviously brilliant minds think in like channels.
KC
January 5th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
How about Pleasure Skulls? Or Highly Skullful.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Great work. How about:
NumSkulls?
Bonz or Bones?
January 5th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
How about Craniopods? These things are independent objects but formed after the cranium.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Sklush
January 5th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Manuel or Manny for short!
January 5th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
How about foambones?
January 5th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
This also reminded me of “dia de los muertos” so I was thinking “cabezas de los muertos”
January 5th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Skelheads!
January 5th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
oldskulls
this made me thinking though, will definitely come back with another one later on
cool skulls anyway
January 5th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Dead Puppets, Playniums?.. Zaniums? FUN skulls?! I WANT ONE!
January 5th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Funny Bones.
“Yes, it can be tickled.”
Also leaves leeway for other body parts. : )
January 5th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Lana Crook’s Softer Stiffs
(oooh, wordplay!)
January 5th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
sofspot
January 5th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
It’s from “the Paleoclothic era” (or Paleoclothic collection, as if in a museum).
January 5th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Skrushies!
January 5th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Soft Spots
Dead Heads
Totenkopfs
January 5th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I was going to go with fontanelles, but since someone got to that how about Trepannies? Like trepanation and i guess sounds enough like 3-penny (as in opera). That’s all I got sorry.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Morbid Softies
January 5th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
As a name for your line of felt skulls, how about “Calaveras”?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calavera
January 5th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
The Plush Skulls of Calaveras County?
January 5th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
How about The Skulltaculars!
Great work! Lovin the White and Pink Octo-thingies, awesome…
January 5th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Suave-cráneo’s =) simple and descriptive
January 5th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
How about Teddy Skulls
January 5th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Lucy, of course. Lucy Pithecus. Or, Miss Lucy, if you’re nasty.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Skuddles, for skull/cuddle; or Skunoodles, combining skull, noodle, canoodle.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
What a snuggly looking little noggin. I submit:
“Snoggins”
January 5th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
How about “Soft in the Head”
Very cool and creative work!
January 5th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Skull comforty sort of like skull duggery
January 5th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
brain jars
or
SQULZ
January 5th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Skeletorn! Or maybe Skeleworn! But certainly not Skeleporn.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Noggin
(Fontanelle is pretty clever, though)
January 5th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Headpans, which was the Anglo-Saxon term for skulls.
The url has been reserved for your use if I win!
http://www.headpans.com/
January 5th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Dang. Not fast enough on the edit button.
I see that someone beat me to incorporating “noggin”, while I was thinking.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
How about ‘Merciful’ or possibly ‘Mercifully ignorant’? Quoting Lovecraft, “The most merciful thing in the world… is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.”
Something lovecrafty just feels right with all your wacky soft sea creatures.
Or, more mundane options,
How’s about something suitably tentacly and lovecraftian like ‘Dhole snacks’ or ‘Ghoul Snacks’?
‘Mellows’? In reference to their marshmellowy softness and their being dead and all.
-Rose
January 5th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
How about NumNuts?
January 5th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
They’re crushable plush skulls, right? I nominate:
Skullplushers
January 5th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Love the plush skulls! How about “snuggly skulls”?
January 5th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I’d call them Skullduggeries. The definition fits it to a T, methinks: “Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it.”
January 5th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Archie O’Logical
or
Paleoriffic.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
How about Skulligan?
January 5th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
how about “Australoplushecus” or more commonly known as Homo plushilis (Plushman)
January 5th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
soft skull crabs!
January 5th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
cuddlebones.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Numbskulls
Boneheads
SKLLS
dokuro (”skull” in Japanese)
Jolly Rogers
January 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
fontanellies…. !
January 5th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Skwuws. alt: Squolls, Seekwulls, Squllis, Skwuwis!
I’d love to give one of these to my girlfriend. They’re rad!
January 5th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Skullkatins
Skillows
Skullows
January 5th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
australopitheCUDDLY
January 5th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
How about Flossils?
That would also cover any other bony soft things you might want to add to your collection.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Crook’s Craniums
Cranium Crooks
Crooked Craniums
January 5th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
How about Squisholiths?
January 5th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Howsaboot
“KrankenSaft”
meaning Medical Juice in german or something thereabouts?
January 5th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Doubleskull
Sk|_|LL
Death by stitching
S.K.U.L.L. (Still Killed but Understandably Lovable and Lana)
January 5th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
cushskulls?
skushskull?
squishskull?
January 5th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
SoftSockets.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
How about Duggeries as in Skull _____
January 5th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
I am violently in love with your squid.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Crookniums
Crooksniums
Crooks Craniums
I’m sure you follow my line of thought…
Or just Sanchez.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Occiplushatal
January 5th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
cranio cushy
January 5th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
how about – “Boogaloo Investigatas” or just “Boogaloo’s”or “Ooow He-He Hah-Hah’s”
January 5th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Curses someone beat me to the Crooks stuff
I still like Sanchez though.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
amazing work – you have a new fan
how about smooshie scalps?
January 5th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Hugaskull.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
nick says:
sarcophaguskulls
January 5th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
”DuggeryDoos”..as in skull’Duggery’ and ‘doos’like Aussie Didgeridoos ?
”Squlls”..as in Squishy Skulls?
”Nog-Pods”..as in Noggin Pods ?
”Kopfniks”..as in german Kopf and russky ‘niks’ or KopfPods/KopfNOgs..
”CephNogs” or CephaNogs..from encephalooooOOOo.. oh,u get it :~}
January 5th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
How about Soft in the Head as a title.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Buddy Bones
Hug-A-Head
Have-a-Head
Decap-a-Cuddle/Decap ‘n Cuddle
Bone Daddy
Mr. Stuffy
No Body
No Body’s Plushie
Mr/Ms No Body
Cuddly Craniums
Skulls-n-stuffins
Fiberfill fer Brains
Soft Thoughts
Dead A Head
Skull Dolls
January 5th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I’m a neuroscientist and I really, really want a plush skull.
Head Case
Crooked Craniums
BrainHats
BrainHelmets
Head Gear
Brain Warmers
Skull Caps
Brainiacs
Crafty Craniums
Skull & Foams (instead of Skull & Bones)
Suture Self (sutures are the places in the skull where the plates meet)
BrainStuffs
BrainFelt
Plush Pans (ie, brainpans)
Lint-for-brains
Woolly Brain Syndrome
Woolly Headed
Neurostitchery
Fuzzy Fenestrae (fenestrae are the holes in the skull)
Fuzzy Phrenology (phrenology was the “science” of guessing a person’s personality by the lumps in their skull)
OK, back to work.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
FluffForBrains
or
Soft in the Head
January 5th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Skullcuddlery … another take on changing skullduggery to better fit squishy skulls, and the first thing that came to my mind
January 5th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Bare Cranium
January 5th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Ill bet one dollar bob….
January 5th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Woolleynoggin
January 5th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Noggins
Mandibles
Fuzzy thoughts
January 5th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Room for worms
January 5th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Brain Warmers
Wooly Willies
Head Games
Grim Softs
Cranial Cushies (Cushees?) Coozies Cozies
Skeletonia / Skeletoniums
January 5th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
‘headrest’
‘fontaellows’- fontanel+pillow+marshmallow
‘felt like dying’
‘deathbedding’
‘one head in the grave’
‘calciYUMs’
‘malshmarrow’
January 5th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
First of all, stitching a skull leaves you WIDE OPEN for this joke:
You reap what you sew.
Second, I suggest this name:
Reaper Keeper
January 5th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
At last, plush Yoricks!
Soft Yoricks plays on sophomoric,
Poor Yoricks is fun to say, but a mouthful;
Plush Yorricks and
Crooked Yorricks are de rigeur.
It’s not so good a name for the objects, themselves, but I must mention
Grave Culture
Love them, thanks.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Skulfs!
January 5th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
So cute!
How about …
Phreno Friends
or maybe
Suture Squishies
January 5th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
If it wasn’t already stated (tl;dr),
Skitches (for Skull stitches)
January 5th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Brain Box Babies
January 5th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Soff-noggins
January 5th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
The Plushful Dead
The “Killing Me Softly” Series
“Too Plush or Not Too Plush”
“Mort Douce”
Plushocalypse
“Alas Plush Yorick”
January 5th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
The “Sleeping Prince”
January 5th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
“The Horrible End”
January 5th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
How about fuzzyoricks?
January 5th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Skulldles
(I was thinking “Skuddles” but I googled “Skuddle” and the first returned result was pretty nasty.)
Phred
Also Phrenuddlies
Phrends
Skullbuddies
Tete Bares (like teddie bears, but we’re looking at “bare heads” after all)
Grimbles
Skrummies
January 5th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
* Plushkull
* Skull Plush One
* Mort Tête
* Skullpture
* Phrentastic
* Plushkin
* Vulcan Mind Felt
* Dead Head
* Masque de Mort
January 5th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Stuffuls, for stuffed skulls!
And if you’re going to use Yoric, at least use “your”ic!
January 5th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Sculchies! Or, alternately, Scultchies or Scullchies. I suppose it could very well be spelled with an “sk” as well.
It’s just what comes to mind when I think of a squish-able soft-sculpture skull.
January 5th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Cute Calveriums
January 5th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
The Ossum Series. Oss is related to bones (as in ossuary), and it’s a pun (pronounced like “awesome”, which these clearly are).
January 5th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
SofSkulls
Skulks
January 5th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
How about Memento Maurice?
January 5th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Grandpa
January 5th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
you contemplate me dolefully with dark and vacant eyes
i should fear the darkness there, but much to my surprise
i feel a sense of soft repose a not anxiety
aware of all our likeness, you’re not that strange to me;
soon enough i will be joining you, there is no need to hurry,
lend me patience fuzzy friend, named Memento Murry.
January 5th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Skullonoscopy may bring a smile to those young AND old =D
January 5th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Plushing Man
January 5th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Henry VIII’s No Fault Divorce
January 5th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Lana Crooks’ Suture Lines?
January 5th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Neo-craniates?
January 5th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
skullicious
or
numb skullz
but not
sew noggins
or
squirrel food
January 5th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Ace of Cabeza or Senor Huesos
January 5th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Skull Munkee
January 5th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
skushies
My dead friends
skulliones
cuddle skulls
January 5th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Skullorful (more colors? I’d like to see more colors at least.)
January 5th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Ozzy S. (as in “osseous” – the S. could stand for Skull)
or
Bone Urz (as in boners)
or
Dead Threads
January 6th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Sophikulls, Sofikulls,
(Like philosophical)
January 6th, 2009 at 12:34 am
coco naughts
my 4 yr old daughter coco is fascinated by anything to do with death and dying. She asks me to recite all the ways different cultures dispose of dead bodies… burning on a pyre, burying, chopping up and feeding to birds etc. It is curious.
coco naughts
January 6th, 2009 at 1:27 am
I have a few suggestions. They are the word “skull” in a couple other languages….
Albanian = kafkë
Dutch= schedel
Finnish = pääkallo
Hungarian = koponya
Indonesian = tengkorak
Japanese = Kanji
Japanese = Katakana
Norwegian = skalle
Pig Latin = ullskay
Portuguese = caveira
Scottish = claigeann
Serbo-Croatian = lobanja
Swedish = skalle
Turkish = kurukafa OR kafatası
January 6th, 2009 at 1:28 am
I was thinking that ‘Skullhuggery’ would be good….maybe with a different spelling ’skulhugaree’
or maybe even….’skulfux’
January 6th, 2009 at 1:52 am
Craniart?
January 6th, 2009 at 1:54 am
Catacombies
Catacombeez
Catacombiz
Catacomby’s
January 6th, 2009 at 2:04 am
Lux Interiors
January 6th, 2009 at 2:05 am
Brain Containers
BrainContainer 3000
Contain-a-Brain
January 6th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Giggle Mortis
January 6th, 2009 at 3:01 am
Skullpture
January 6th, 2009 at 3:17 am
I would like to suggest: “BAREFACE” or “BAREFACES”
It presents you as the real you!
January 6th, 2009 at 4:14 am
Skullture Klub, Skulture Club, Skulture Klub .. well you get what I mean, allphonetic variants thereof! Is that more than one entry? does that matter?
January 6th, 2009 at 4:32 am
“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest”
* “Yorick” (Hamlet’s skull!)
or
* “Azriel” (like the angel of death)
or
* “Skushion” (just in case)
January 6th, 2009 at 4:50 am
or “Grim pillows”, “soft Grims”, something with ‘grim’ in it or “Grimm” like the writing brothers
January 6th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Thanatoys
January 6th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Momento Morties
January 6th, 2009 at 6:34 am
Skullows
January 6th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Dead Heads
Ungrateful Dead
Skushies
Skullfarm
Good Head
January 6th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Appena Cranio’s … Just skulls in italian.
January 6th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Soft-spots like a baby’s skull…
January 6th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Fontanels
or
Soft Spots
January 6th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Simple. Call them Brainless.
January 6th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Empty Dreams
January 6th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Skuddles
•Squishyskulls or •Squish-a-skulls
•Osteomalacia
•Softheads
•Softtza (shrunken heads are known as tzantza in indigenous Shuar langauges)
•Suavelaveras (Suave meaning soft in Spanish, calavera meaning skull)
•Feltheads
•Snuggle Skulls
•Head Pillows
•Posada Softies (José Guadalupe Posada is a famous Mexican artist who portrays skeletons in much of his work)
and my personal favorite:
•Teddy Bones
January 6th, 2009 at 8:36 am
And then there’s:
Skullector’s Items
The Skullection
Skullamities
January 6th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Skullies. Simple, descriptive, and evokes other elements of geek culture.
January 6th, 2009 at 9:30 am
I was thinking ‘Skullies’ too but perhaps a totally unrelated name would suit them; I’d call the featured one ‘David’.
Perhaps you could call a collection ‘The Davidians’
January 6th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Nuzzle Noggins
Skullows [i.e.pillows]
Plushtralopithecus
or
Australoplushicus
Lucy
January 6th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I would name them Dr. Grimm, or maybe CryptoPlushies.
January 6th, 2009 at 10:01 am
A few more:
Postworm Predust
Mikabra Mushies
Plush Magdon
Fuzzy Wuz He
“Um, Sara Belle!”
Post-Mordem Mushies
Grey’s Skulls (after the Roswell aliens, not the He-Man castle or the TV show)
January 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Bedheads
January 6th, 2009 at 10:48 am
“Yorick” or “Yoricks” (after the skull in Hamlet. I think they’re awesome because their so physical and having them linked to Shakespeare could add to their wit.)
January 6th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Oops I just noticed that someone earlier suggested “Yorick” so I’m going for “Yoricks” with an “S” at the end to change my submission
January 6th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Sell them as a pair, Skully and Moulder.
January 6th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Disembodies
January 6th, 2009 at 11:46 am
My little daughter is obsessed with skeletons.
She calls them:
Skulketins, that’d be a good name.
-or-
Skillows
Skullows
you know, like pillows…
January 6th, 2009 at 11:49 am
SKUFFLES!
January 6th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Plush Yoricks (you knew them well).
January 6th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
braincaps
skullcaps (I’m sure someone thought of this one)
January 6th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
I’m going with “Death Pillows”. If I think of anything else, you guys will be hearing from me! or at least reading from me!
January 6th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
they remind me of memento mori’s or vanitas. So maybe you could just go with that “memento mori” or just “moris” or “vanitas.” maybe mix your name in them…
sorry if someone already suggested it, but i didn’t read through all the posts… great work!
January 6th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
How about Skella?
Or Ossies?
January 6th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
“Ossies are Ossum.”
I got it from the Latin for bone, if you are wondering.
January 6th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Boneheads
January 6th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Osteoplushies (os-tee-O-plu-shees).
January 6th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
What about
Kuddly Kranium
Cuddle-cranium
cranium-cuddle buddies
Cuddly Cranium
or cuddle-ranium
…that’s all I’ve got really. I hope no one’s said it :S
(plushmonsterfeed.blogspot.com)
(kelligilbert.com/blog)
January 6th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Naymaxilla Lackingpeepers
You love it.
January 6th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Karakara = 空 kara (emptiness), 殻 kara (shell)
January 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Mike and Red Wolf, dibs on “Skullptures” — but thanks for the moral support!
A second proposal: “HeadLights.”
January 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
SKELLYNOGS!
January 6th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Skully B
Dr. Skulks
Nogginz
Skullanimalz
Skullsh
Old Skul
Old Skullz
OldSkullz
January 6th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Plushy En La Cabeza
or
Fuzzy En La Cabeza
January 6th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
sedbo’u or sedbohu
January 6th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Phrenoplush
January 6th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Calabrazo(s)
January 6th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Well, it looks like a “Soft Skull’ture” to me. Anyway, your work is tres fun! Keep on keepin’ on!
Eric
January 6th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Fuzzy Logic/s
January 6th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Call them Steve.
January 6th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Pale Leons (from paleontology) — YES???
or how about Mr. Skoftie…
or Cuddly Cal C. Um…
or ComfyHeads
January 6th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Skullflock
January 7th, 2009 at 12:16 am
LC’s Skulls-N-stuff
January 7th, 2009 at 7:42 am
skull+plushies= sklushies
January 7th, 2009 at 7:54 am
I suggest Mr. Skullomania or El Calavera
January 7th, 2009 at 8:03 am
How about Sofskulls?
And do you use reverse phrenology to produce these? (See Terry Pratchett’s definition- roughly: giving bumps to create characteristics. Heh.)
Maybe Phrenofriends.
January 7th, 2009 at 8:52 am
SCALPT
January 7th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Super fantastic work, Lana! LOVE the skulls. How about:
Hannibals
Eulogias (from an alternative name for the Skull and Bones secret society)
Cohorts
Bonesemen
January 7th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Cuddle bones
Boney Jones
Grim plush
Dan
fluffy brain
January 7th, 2009 at 11:33 am
stuffed noggin
January 7th, 2009 at 11:59 am
We’ll, a few suggestions:
-Skully
-Sklush (skull + plush) or Plull (naaaah)
-Splush
-tnraacnisopnoarlte (try to spell that!)
-Puch-a-plush
-Stuffed Head
-Stuffed Skull
-Stull (Stuffed + Skull) or Skuffed (?!!)
-ocsnelav
-utak-aalala
-brain stew
-cervello stufato
-per capita (hu?)
-PSSYD (Plush Stuffed Skull for Your Delight)
…enough for today, see ya!
January 7th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
How about Craniumies
January 7th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Or perhaps Soft-in-the-Head
January 7th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
How about “Kill-U-Softly” series?
January 7th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Head appealled
January 7th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
How about FUZZYBONES
January 7th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
My wife is going with “Brainless softies”. Insists she’d buy something with that name
I’m still thinking about it.
January 7th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
LOVED THE TOYS AND THE PICTURES WHAT ABOUT “SOFT BONES” OR “SOFTY BONES”.
January 8th, 2009 at 4:50 am
I’d name it Boo! (with the !) if it was to name only one and Plush Skullz if it was to name the whole series.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:14 am
i am plush obsessed. Hi. from Pompano Beach – These are amazing!
skullycrooks
soft in the skull
Lana Crooks Skullplosion
LC’s bone soft designer plush
Crooks Grave Digger series
Die for Plush
Underground plush Design
January 8th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Call them Sally.
January 8th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Hows about
Head Plush
Out of your skull
Skull mask
Endoskullpic
Skull Schmull
Numskull
January 8th, 2009 at 9:08 am
I like “Stuffy Heads”. Flexible and evocative. Plus you can make some fun advertising with stuff like, “Stuffy Heads – No perscription needed.” “Stuffy Heads – A perscription for cute.”
January 8th, 2009 at 11:34 am
SkullsSoSoft ….
(preoccupied with dry skin right now)
Lovely skull, Lana.
January 8th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Sing it with me!
Foam Heads, Foam Heads,
Rolly Polly Foam Heads.
taf
January 8th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Cranilove
January 8th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Stitch For Brains
Sewn Bone
January 9th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Love the design, plush is becoming more and more popular along with the vinyl trend ! good job original & design.. its not kid-like, like domo or ugly dolls.. it has an adult feel to it =]
as for a name…..
i had sklush then i looked and someone else had it already!
so… skranium
or plush mush! (idk why lmao)
January 9th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Bleached Creech (short for creature)
Crooks Skulls: The Bone To Pick!
January 11th, 2009 at 2:13 am
Shoot, I thought of Skully too. How about Agent Skully? Kind of nerdy, I know…
January 11th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Amazing work! Your hand sewing looks so clean and professional, I’m a bit jealous!
As for a name, what about “Bone Machine”? Not too cutesy, and it has a high PQ (Pixies quotient). Or I’m tempted to do something with “morte,” like “Amorte,” “Mortiarty,” or “Mortadella”
January 11th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Awesome ideas everyone!
- Skullface
- Hard & Smoothies
- Fabricface
- Skulltactulars
- Crazy Awesome Critters
- Funny Bones
January 11th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Crooked Cadavers
Natural Selection
Crooked Anatomy
Wormsmeat
I absolutely love these plush skulls and one would look awesome in my skull collection!
January 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
“Skullte” or “ScuLte”
something that
January 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
I like the idea of naming one yorik ..
lots of fun ideas…
plushkull or plushkulls
skullkap
the missing plush
artifact #151
pieces,
Jeremy
January 11th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
YUMSkulls
Pad to the Bone
Ortho Petey
Kush E. Kabeza
January 12th, 2009 at 2:51 am
SENSELESS MINDS
SOFTWARE
PLUSH SOFTWARE
“SOFT TO THE BONE”
January 12th, 2009 at 2:58 am
MINDLESS MOMENTS
MINDLESS IMAGE
“PLUSH TO THE BONE”
January 12th, 2009 at 3:00 am
MINDLESS TOYS
January 12th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Noggin Pals
January 12th, 2009 at 9:31 am
They’re a little “Soft In The Head” (… just like me)
Waycool stuff! ;^)
January 12th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
how about:
“Cranium Collection”
“Stay in Skull”
“Dead Headz”
“Scalped”
“Snuggly Cadavers”
“Mortified Monsters”
“Mummified Monster”
“Deceased Dollies”
“Defunct Dollies”
“Lifeless Likenesses”
“Ended Efigies”
“Breathless Buddies”
“Inanimate animals”
Any how you name them…it will be awesomeness.
January 12th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Cute Freak
cuz its all plushy and soft yet being from horror themes =p
January 12th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
1) “Calvaria” (means bones of the skull) – this would also work in the singular form, “calvarium”
2) “skullcaps”
3) “death heads”
4) “crani-o-plushies”
5) “numb-skulls”
January 13th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Well, I was just watching “night of the living dead” and I cannot stop repeating it:
BRAINS!!!! (simple like that)
huahaha! More:
Plush from Hell
Coffin companion
MoRbId
Hug-A-Skull
“To plush or not to plush?”
Cute boneZ
BoneZ
The brainless
RIP
YPSF – Your Plush Skull Friend
Ol’ Airhead
January 13th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
simply (SKULLANA)
January 13th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Either Zillah or ronmascara. They’re just plain old cool names. I’ll probably come up with a better one, though.
January 13th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Crypt Cushions
January 14th, 2009 at 12:13 am
P-bone (p for plush, doncha know…)
Luvly Bonz
Skwee’s (as in a skull you can squeeze…)
January 14th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Squishy Rogers
Spongy Noodles
January 14th, 2009 at 6:26 am
Those are too cool!
Bad to the Bonez!
January 14th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Boneheads
January 14th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Fossilized Friends
January 14th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
i prefer AustralopithecusH! great work no matter what it’s called!
January 14th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Cabeza de Hueso (bone head in Spanish)
–> Mr. Bonheur (”lucky” in French, but it reminds the word “bone”)
Testadosso (bone head in Italian)
January 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Ev. E. Dents
January 14th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Very energetic you are!
I suggest:
Brain Buckets
Good luck with finding a name you have TONS of choices
January 14th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
OK … I think:
HEDBONZ
or
Stuft HedBonz
January 14th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
I would call them “soft shells.”
January 14th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Simian Soft.
January 14th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Skullacious Softies
January 14th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
evolution by hand.
under your skin.
January 14th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Neanderskulls.
Skeletoys.
January 14th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Soft Skullz
Pillow for Your Thoughts
Head Plush
Plush to the Head
The Plushing Heads
Handmade Heads
Brain Squeezers
Keppies (Yiddish for “head”)
Softened Criminals
Skull Crooks
January 14th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
I was going to say Australoplushicus, but I can’t believe that someone already thought of that! Damn you, Dave!
So, I’m going with Paranthroplush or A. Plushirensis. Yay for geeky anthropology names!
January 14th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Braincase
January 14th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
I suggest :
“Skullfully Made by Lana”
Or
“Skulls For All Seasons and Reasons”
The whole lot here is brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
~SR
January 15th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Skullfurs
January 15th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Hominids
January 15th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Bonoggins
Sofnoggins
Boneheads
Bonediggity
Crackity Jones / Crackity Bones
Fluffybones Jones
January 15th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I love ‘em! I make plushies and Dia de los Muertos art but I never have combined them like this, very cool.
This naming is too fun, here are my suggestions:
BrainBoxes
BrainFrames
BrainCages
Awesome Ossicles
Osseous Matter(s)
SkeleShells
Bony Fragments
Crainiates (scientific term for animals having Skulls)
Crazy Craniums
Attic Armour
Highbrow Helmuts
Mind over (grey) Matters
Good luck!
Can’t wait to see the whole series!
January 15th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
dump truck
January 15th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Phenomskulls
January 15th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Here are more suggestions:
1. Schadel (with the 2 dots over the “A”)-skull in German
2. Totenkopf (which is another way of saying “skull” in German but I believe it also literally translates into deadhead)
3. Ded-Hed
4. Kallo (”skull” in Finnish)
5. Morty (’cause mort is dead in Latin)
6. Helmets
7. Skally
8. Scully
January 15th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Wild Empire Skull
January 16th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Longest. Custom. Monday. Ever.
January 16th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Never underestimate the staying power of plush! custoMONDAY switches over to another exciting custom on 1/19 (this one could be called custoMUNNY hint hint). So get your comments in for Lana’s contest this weekend!
January 16th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
How about… “Inside the gaping maw of Teddy Ruxpin”
or
“Skulls, now soft and cuddly like bears.”
January 16th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
how about numskull
January 17th, 2009 at 7:01 am
one more thought is skull and cross stich
January 17th, 2009 at 8:24 am
skully pooz
yay!
THIS IS SURE TO BE THE BEST NAME EVER!
January 17th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Craniations – a cranium of your creation.
January 17th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
kashmimplenoxx?!
lol
(KAH-SH-MIM-PLE-NOCKS)
that better win!
January 18th, 2009 at 12:51 am
1. Morty Face
2. Soi-Disant Skull
3. Quietus Plush or Quietuses
4. Expiry Face
5. ZomZom (in honor of my cousin)
6. Naked Face or Nakehead Face
7. Your Face
8. Jack’s (in honor of ‘the nightmare…”) or The Skellington Gang
9. Sugar Cubes
10. Dead Adorable
Those are my idea’s.
January 18th, 2009 at 6:23 am
Wow! Some great names so far. Hopefully I’m not repeating suggestions.
How about:
Skullery Made(s)
Cranial Comforts
Comfy Cranials
Soft Sockets
Material Mortalities
January 18th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Grave-Robbins
Cuddly Monsters
Plush N Petrified
Getyerowndammit
Moldy Oldies
January 19th, 2009 at 10:07 am
After a no-doubt near-blinding bout with sorting through comments, Lana has crowned the winner: Paleoclothic Collection by Geoff Williams! There were so many great submissions, and this was a really fun custoMONDAY to read and a really hard one to judge. But as NBP joked above, “you reap what you sew!”
I’ll be getting in touch with you Geoff, but everybody else: we will offer a few handmade plush skulls by Lana Crooks (part of the new Paleoclothic Collection!) for purchase through ToyCyte in the middle of February. So please, check back, for an opportunity to get one. And if you’re not Geoff, don’t be blue on MLK day: our next custoMONDAY contest will go live in 2 hours for another chance to win a great custom toy.