mike burnett's neighbourwood

everyone say a big "howdy" to both Olon Birch and Celtis Elm:
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= gorgeously wood-crafted and painted figures from the hands of Mike Burnett for the NeighbourWOOD show@Compund Gallery (happening now in Portland til Dec 30th) [via] sees a host of customizers and artists interpreting the deceptively simple wooden-form into characters that puts a new spin on the age-old wooden-boy lore: Pinocchio ;p

[images from their respective flickrs]
top-row: Jeremiah Ketner / Colin Johnson / MCA Evil Design
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bottom-row: HelloBard / TAM / Rik Catlow = *schweet*
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also do check out VinylPulse's wonderful feature on the behind-the-scenes making of the wooden figurines = *neato*
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