Block figures by Ingela P Arrhenius | How About Orange

April 28, 2010

Block figures by Ingela P Arrhenius

While glancing through Grain Edit, I came across the work of Sweden-based illustrator Ingela P Arrhenius. One of her pastimes is creating characters from painted wooden blocks. Completely charming! A bag of blocks...

...becomes little animals and people transported through a mid-century time machine. To meet more of Ingela's characters, visit the wood figures section of her blog.

(Images by Ingela P Arrhenius)

30 comments:

Unknown said...

So very cute! These would actually be a fun project to do yourself and be create all sorts of interesting characters.

Audrie said...

They're so adorable!! I wish I could paint... or draw... I'd settle for just being able to draw lol

MoonDoggie said...

Charming indeed. I'm off to have a look at her blog.

Hena Tayeb said...

these are so great.

Punctuation Mark said...

how cute are this!!!

Kelly Miller said...

I'm totally stealing this idea for my kiddo. He'll be in heaven!

Erica Vojnich said...

Such a great idea and incredibly cute!

jfidz said...

These would be brilliant to do in school. So simple yet extremely effective.

WHATUPDUCK said...

Very cute!

Sarah Pead said...

Love these. And I have a certain husband who has a barrel of woodblock scraps that are just dying to be turned into something like this!

Care said...

I'm in LOVE!!!!!!!!

Ali Maloy said...

Oh my gosh, I NEED some of these. So cute! I wish I had the talent to create things like that - I really admire those who do!

Color Collective said...

SO cute!!!

Bek said...

How adorable! I should remember this when it's birthday time in this house

sadhia said...

beautifullllll
kisss

Nihan said...

how lovely.wonderful.now ı m going to the blog to see all of them.

Multiductus said...

Oh, they're beautiful! It's so inspiring! I'm off searching for unused wood blocks...

Quietly Otaku said...

Great find! I love these they're so cute and I love the style looks fab thanks for sharing.

renee said...

OMG! These are brillant.

Anonymous said...

does anyone know if these are available to buy?

Anonymous said...

Awesome!! What a wonderful idea for scraps and customizable presents.

Theaterkapitänin said...

Oh, how beautiful! I will do this soon, it will be fun.:)

Emily said...

This is so fun!! What a great idea!

Lilia said...

What a great idea! I have an entire bag of blocks just like those and I had no idea what to do with them.

Alison F. Collier said...

I love these. How much fun. I may have to purchase them for my grands. Thanks for sharing. I visit your blog often and really like your posts and comments. Thanks!

kim said...

I am astounded. Absolutely fantastic!

PhotoPuddle said...

Oh my gosh! I love these!

Unknown said...

I LOVE these, and made a little set of them myself when I was about 4. with crayons. so they haven't so much aged well... :-D

Global Shoppe said...

they are beautiful. sooo beautiful. :)

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