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Jamie Ferraioli

She had me at “cat bus.”

So tiny, yet jam-packed so full of cute your teeth will rot and you’ll just beg for more, Jamie Ferraioli’s hand-painted polymer clay sculptures are TO DIE FOR. She’s got a Flickr page and a Twitter account and of course an Etsy shop.

  • imaginary

    Wonder if she needs to pay a licensing fee to sell those sculptures that use the Totoro characters.

  • imaginary

    Wonder if she needs to pay a licensing fee to sell those sculptures that use the Totoro characters.

  • http://www.drawn.ca/contributors/leif-peng Leif Peng

    You mean the way thousands of artists pay a licensing fee every time they sell a commission drawing/painting of some Marvel or DC character…?

  • http://www.drawn.ca/contributors/leif-peng Leif Peng

    You mean the way thousands of artists pay a licensing fee every time they sell a commission drawing/painting of some Marvel or DC character…?

  • http://tumblr.luclatulippe.com/ Luc Latulippe

    Right; It doesn’t seem like she’s mass-producing these either. In fact, the Totoro figurines were in a set of wedding cake toppers, so I’m guessing they were commissioned specifically for someone’s wedding and not for commercial purposes. Her collection of handmade figurines is pretty extensive, and 99% of it are all characters of her own creation.

  • http://www.luclatulippe.com Luc Latulippe

    Right; It doesn’t seem like she’s mass-producing these either. In fact, the Totoro figurines were in a set of wedding cake toppers, so I’m guessing they were commissioned specifically for someone’s wedding and not for commercial purposes. Her collection of handmade figurines is pretty extensive, and 99% of it are all characters of her own creation.

  • imaginary

    Yes, that’s exactly how I mean. Using someone else’s character, especially if you’re getting money for it, is stealing. Whether it’s from a big animation studio like Studio Ghibli, or a struggling illustrator. Some would even argue (http://bit.ly/6UzKnR) that using someone’s art in ANY fashion without permission is stealing, regardless of whether you’re getting money for it or not or how few people will even see it.

    It’s a shame that the initial image for this post is something unoriginal considering her body of work. I agree that her original figurines are pretty extraordinary.

  • imaginary

    Yes, that’s exactly how I mean. Using someone else’s character, especially if you’re getting money for it, is stealing. Whether it’s from a big animation studio like Studio Ghibli, or a struggling illustrator. Some would even argue (http://bit.ly/6UzKnR) that using someone’s art in ANY fashion without permission is stealing, regardless of whether you’re getting money for it or not or how few people will even see it.

    It’s a shame that the initial image for this post is something unoriginal considering her body of work. I agree that her original figurines are pretty extraordinary.

  • http://www.easynamechange.ca/ bc name change

    Is that a figurine or a desert?? Very deceiving one indeed.
    One thing is for sure. It's really cute..