Monday, November 9, 2009

Kristin Baybars and the Ostrobogulous

The stuffed animal Ostrobogulous Hedgiwig, by Kristin Baybars, 1964, London, England. Found in an antiques shop in Maine. We thought it would be perfect for the boy's room (although out of reach, lest I find myself asking a baby "why did you rip that tag off? It's been on there for 45 years!"). After a little Googling, we found these days Mrs. Baybars has a pretty nifty miniatures shop in London, whose front window (the pink building below) looks the spitting image of our own front window, what with the miniature house and boat, among many other things. 
Cheers to kindred spirits.
Further Googling revealed a photo of a couple other Ostrobogulouses (Ostroboguli?) from Design Journal, December 1969, uploaded and html'd- along with every page from every issue- by the good people at (VADS (Visual Arts Data Service). I'd never seen this resource before, but it's endless and incredible. 


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