Wednesday, 13 October 2010

DIXD MoLI begins

To conclude my research i ended up looking into phonograph as a dead medium, speaking dolls as my dead speaking technology and circuit bending. Got interesting Stuff, the phonograph was sound being recorded on a tin foil cylinder using no electricity and i found that is was used to play music on sowing machines. Using the peddle on these machine to spine the cylinder as well as powering the sowing machine

Now i am in a group with Dave Clement and have decided to create a 1950's - 60's styled speaking teddy bear.

The idea is that you can make it speak by the way you move with it and play with it. Like kids hug bears so it would go "ooooh" and if you shake it it woulb be like "aaaaaaaaah"

Not finished the style for it yet but we are liking the weird toy designs from the 60's and 70's. The stuff like frogman he's like an action man but he swims in the bath. makes me laugh.. why frogman?

A link to good gallery of these toys http://www.timewarptoys.com/gallery.htm

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