Bronze Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design · 2021
Cabulero Mini Monsters Art Toy
by Ivan Lopez
- A' Design Award 2021 Bronze Winner in Toys, Games and Hobby Products Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: Iván López S.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 21,177
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About Cabulero Mini Monsters Art Toy
Cabulero Mini Monsters is a series of handmade art toys conceived as amulets linked to good fortune. Each figure is modeled by hand in modeling paste and finished in detail with acrylic paint. Silicone molds can be made to reproduce the figures in resin when a small series is required. The pieces measure 55 mm in width, 70 mm in depth and 70 mm in height. The figures have no joints and are delicate collectible objects produced in limited numbers. The project was developed in Quito, Ecuador, to offer original art toys in a local market where such collectible pieces were absent.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Cabulero Mini Monsters are amulets, attractive original figures and novelties, to give to whoever you want and in any commitment, they bring good fortune.
So if you want a little magic spark (not miraculous either) in your life.
Welcome! ... and remember the saying: "Luck is crazy and it's up to anyone" - Dimensions & Packaging
- width 55 mm, depth 70 mm, height 70 mm
- Tags
- Cabulero, Monsters, Aart Toy, Toy, Lucky, charms, amuleto, Ecuador
- Production Technology
- Cabulero Mini Monsters are amulet figures, made by hand with modeling paste and later if you want to create a series you can make silicone molds for reproduction in resin. For its finishes (in detail, as it should be) they are made by hand with acrylic paint. Therefore, it is friendly to the environment and of quality... Ah! and of course they are made in Ecuador.
- Design Challenge
- The most difficult part of the project was the search for materials to model and paint, since in the country it is very difficult to find specific and necessary art materials for the creation of Cabulero Mini Monsters, along with the non-existent market for the reproduction of toys of any type So the only way to create a series of various pieces is by hand with some art and some construction materials such as resins.
- Project Duration
- The Cabulero Mini Monsters Project began in March 2014 in Quito - Ecuador and ended in June 2014 (the first series of Art Toys). The 50 pieces made were sold.
- Operation Flow
- These are Art Toys created from a simple modeling paste. They are collectible pieces of low stock because they are handmade pieces, they do not have joints, their care must be important because they are delicate items.
- Research
- For the development of Cabulero Mini Monsters, the research starts with the need to create non-existent pieces in the local market. The only thing similar to an Art Toy is the crafts identified in various towns in different regions of Ecuador. Our goal is to create unique and exclusive Art Toys to open a collecting market in the country. Our research methodology was based on the observation of these crafts on various trips within the country for the compilation of references and information for the elaboration of Cabuleros. In addition to a long list of references from international artists who inspired creation.
- Inspiration
- All of us, whether or not we believe in luck, will have done something to make it happen to us.
And in that voracious search for love, wealth, prosperity, ... happiness! We inevitably consult popular wisdom. Tips like getting a rabbit's foot, a clover and even a dead bone as my grandmother would say, could possibly help our purpose.
And were you told that there are more effective and less scandalous amulets? ... since it would interest you.