Tomi Ungerer's Ink Pad Orgy

From my favorite pervert (I say that admirably), 1974.

Now, off to Craftmania for some supplies...

related:
Far Out Isn't Enough

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Far Out Isn't Far Enough- The Tomi Ungerer Story

Far Out Isn't Far Enough- The Tomi Ungerer Story from Handle Like Eggs on Vimeo.


The brilliant madman drowning in talent.  
and where does he get all those wonderful toys?
Cannot wait to see this.

Related: giant Tomi Ungerer posters in our son's room

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Anthology magazine

Our son Fletcher's room is on the cover! Thanks in large part to Keith Kustard and Tomi Ungerer, and of course photographer Seth Smoot and everyone at Anthology.
See a preview of the fantastic issue *here*

More about the stuff in Fletcher's room here and here.
Just out of camera range is the full disclosure of Thomas Trains, Caillou videos, and every plastic truck imaginable.

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Fletcher's room

Like many things in our place, our one-year old son Fletcher's room is furnished with from yard sales, thrift shops, flea markets, and hand-me-downs.
The dressers and cabinets are old George Nelson for Herman Miller- the long glass case originally meant for record albums. The Mickey Myers crayon prints and signed ("For Amanda") Bil Baird Marionette Theatre prints were bought years ago at the Carousel thrift shop in Southport, Ct., which funnily enough is located in the church where I went to nursery school. We found the Stokke crib on Craigslist, from the local window-washer who washes the windows of the local Scandinavian Shop. The mobile has since moved away since I took this photo a few months ago.
Linda's old Eames rocking chair was from the 26th St. flea market and is now home to a Freudian-looking Keith Kustard. The teak monkeys are hanging around a teak floor lamp by Laurel, from a garage sale.

The Kodak Instamatic X-15 camera was a store display from the 60's. The flash cube is actually an electric light.
The wooden sail lamp was made by our friend Fidi.  Over to the left is a giant Marimekko beanbag, and an unphotogenic mass of stuffed animals and books.

The hi-fi system with fun-for-Daddy records including Harry Nilsson's The Point! and my brother's and my old Jim Copp and Ed Brown records, inscribed by them when we were kids and our mother took us to see them perform at Bloomingdale's in Stamford, Ct., in the shadow of the giant Bjorn Wiinblad ceramic fountain.

For more on his room and our inspirations click over to the super nice and extremely patient Jenny Dalton's site: LittleBig Magazine



Below is his room in its previous state as our guestroom:




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Julie Merz's room, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, January 1978. From the incredible, fascinating Nooney Brooklyn Photographs, 1978-1979. From the NYPL Digital archive.

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