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My work is play, using humor and irreverence as a way to explore and examine the world, to weigh up human behavior and emotion in all their forms, to call things unsparingly by their proper names.

I take my point of departure from the complicated time in which we live. I like to stomp in muddy puddles of cognitive dissonance. I am attracted to questions more than answers. I love old tools and shiny garbage. I’m invested in the possibilities created by slowness. I believe in the high-five.

My art seems to center around a basic theme which is playfulness, fun and toys. Toys are so important to me that I not only makes them, I create with manufactured toys, collect them, and I first started making plush toys when I could not find just what I was looking for to add to my personal collection. I loved the idea of creating my very own toys. read more

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Karin Madan is a maker of 'things and stuff'

Born: Seattle

Background: Gable Design Group, Edmark, SuckerPunch Productions & Loose Cannon Studios

Daytime: PopCap Games

NIghttime: Dev & Makers Mark

Loves: Dev & the color purple

Hates: getting out of bed 

The shop is 100% made & designed by artists and small indie businesses! They've got 1000 amazing items created by 100 artists from around the world!

Shana Logic is owned and run by one girl (Shana ;-) She started the shop in 2003 in her teeny basement but today it's run out of a small warehouse with the help of three fabulous assistants

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Coco Howard started Softlife in 2007 as an umbrella company for her various artistic endeavors. Under the moniker Softlife, she makes plush creatures, engages in amateur photography, creates needle felted wall hangings, sculpture, and installations, and teaches creature-making classes in elementry and middle schools in the Seattle area.

Coco currently resides in Seattle with her three children and husband, Spencer Moody, all of whom are devoted to fighting the soft fight every day.

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Jon is based in Seattle and makes creative urban toys, usually monsters.

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Pamela Davis is the creative force behind MuchoDesign. She is a self-taught artist/crafter whose work has been featured in the annual Plush You! show in Seattle and in Gallery Hanahou in NYC. She has projects in the Plush You! book and the upcoming title Button and Stitch both by Kristen Rask.

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I make PLUSH MONSTERS!!!!! These little dudes will make a great addition to any toy collection. They can hang on your wall, sit at your desk, chill in your bed. They are fantastic at warding off intruders.

Official blog of the annual Schmancy exhibition along with general plush "shop talk" and show and tell.

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Kristen Rask is the proud owner of SCHMANCY in downtown Seattle with a mission to provide quirky toys, collectibles and original art work to the world. Kristen started Schmancy in September 2004. Feel free to come and say hello to her anytime. She loves company, except for drunk hobos. read more