The Siiiiiiiimpsooooons
By way of Afrigadget I found this really cool carving community in Western Kenya (where I'm originally from by the way) that make Simpsons figurines. Also a BBC article on it.
Here's the official site
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This is really cool, I wouldn't mind paying for this. Great initiative!
Posted by: majonzi | Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 11:40 PM
These artisans are amazing. I have to remind myself that they are carving stone!
Posted by: Beve | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 11:21 AM