waZi waWa ~ Sock Animals

waZi waWa ~ entry 33

2009-06-11T11:09:00.000-07:00

DUK! DUC!? oh... Duck.......... So, recently I have been trying to get back into the swing of things (i.e. waZi making). I have many an idea floating around in my mind for the next waZis and just thought I should devote some more time to making them real. Although still not that many waZi orders as of late, I will take the easy way out and blame the economy. Damn economy, not letting me sell as many waZis as before...

Now for the the "news" so to speak. Introducing the waZi duck! yes, YES! the waZi duck, now some may say why the waZi duck and not the waZi flamingo or the waZi humming bird? Well simple answer to that, is both the flamingo and humming bird suck in comparison the the awesome grandeur that is the DUCK, also neither are as delicious.

So, take some time in your otherwise tedious, long and not to mention boring lives and bask in the efflorescent glow that is the waZi duck.

From waZi duck

waZi waWa ~ entry 32

2009-05-25T10:34:00.000-07:00

hmm... it has been quite a considerable amount of time since my last waZi posting. I would like to say that the reason is I have been diligently working on the new up and coming waZis but, honestly, I have just been lazy. Oh sooo lazy, sooo lazy and sleepy, soooo sleepy and lazy...

But I have filled a few orders in this period of time, and after seeing that I am beginning to have some forms of competition online (via other websites), I will put a new effort to make a new waZi every month. As always, if you like what you see on this blog, please visit my site @ www.mywaZi.com, perhaps do some shopping too?

Now, I am introducing custom order waZi terrier! Perhaps this waZi isn't the most terrier like stuffed animal I could make but check out the custom sock prints!

From waZi terrier

And the new order box!

From waZi terrier

waZi waWa ~ entry 31

2009-02-23T13:32:00.000-08:00

wow, long time no post. Really long time no post. I do apologize to those waZi fanatics that keep up to date with this blog (however few you may be). I have been busily working on my new website where you can order waZis, email me at waziwawa@gmail.com for the web address, so I haven't had much time to make new waZis or to post on this blog.

But now, with that done, I am going to take the opportunity to introduce a new waZi.... drum roll please.... introducing the first new waZi of the new year! The waZi penguin! yes, YES! the waZi penguin with floral print no less. Enjoy the photos below.

From waZi penguin

waZi waWa ~ entry 30

2008-12-11T14:42:00.000-08:00

MOOOOOOOOOOOOO MOO MOOOO, not sure why it took me so long to make one. They are pretty much the mascot of my alma mater, UC Davis, even though the school claims that the mascot is the Aggie (a stallion), it really should be this weeks waZi, a cow.

I really think UC Davis' mascot should be a Cow. Think about all the benifits, no more confusion from the incoming freshman that our mascot is a stallion and not a cow, for picnic day we could have cow tiping competitions, at sporting events instead of cheering we can MOOOO to scare and intimidate our competition and and so much more! Maybe a reader of this blog and current UC Davis student should start a petition. Enjoy the photos.

From waZi cow

waZi waWa ~ entry 29

2008-12-06T10:00:00.000-08:00

sigh upon sighs, went to take the LSAT this morning but... I swear things are ridiculously stacked up against me. I don't want to go into details but man, let's just say a lot of things went wrong really shouldn't have gone wrong. Looks like I'm taking the test in February now...

But quickly moving on to what is more important. I was inspired to make this new waZi yesterday whilst I was doing a bit of studying for the aforementioned test. It is yet another bear, we will name it waZi beAr 12.08. Oh so bear like you are... well I guess you kind of look like another animal... like a gopher or a chipmunk, but I'll call him a bear none the less. Enjoy the photos below!

From waZi beAr 12.08

waZi waWa ~ entry 28

2008-11-03T21:10:00.000-08:00

Man... so lazy, so very lazy. Lately I have been trying to motivate myself to study for the LSATs, and while I seem to be able to manage to focus on it for 25-30 mins (enough time for me to get through a section of the test) I don't seem to have my heart in it. Something about having my job being creating pages of intangible words kind of brings me down. Not really sure what else I should be doing, and the whole economy sinking thing has me a bit on edge to strike out in a new direction.

Well if you have suggestions for other career choices that I maybe better suited for let me know in the comments section.

Now moving on to the meat of this entry... I decided that I should have a waZi at work, so here it is dododo! The waZi crocodile 11.08! I decided to take some photos of this working waZi in it's natural enviroment. Enjoy!

From waZi crocodile 11.08

waZi waWa ~ entry 27

2008-10-14T10:33:00.000-07:00

I got a request to make a pair of monkeys from a friend of mine, well actually a colleague of a friend of mine, well actually the mother of a colleague of a friend of mine, well actually a monkey with a bit of empty nest syndrome of the mother of the colleague of my friend. Hmm... I suppose none of that last statement was true, well after the second part anyway...

So, a monkey. Straightforward enough right? RIGHT? RIIGHTT? no. Suprisingly this has been one of the more difficult waZi's I have made in my life as a waZi craftsmen. If I am making a new waZi, that has never been created before I usually go through one "draft" waZi, to figure out the shape, how to hide the stiching, how big to make the eyes, etc.

But this waZi, I went through three drafts. The first one came out to be waZiman in the previous entry. The 2nd well... let's just say the second won't be making any apperances on this website. Before I finally arrived at the 3rd. So... now without further jabbering, waZi monkey.

From waZi monkey

waZi waWa ~ entry 26

2008-10-02T14:03:00.000-07:00

Look up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? is it gigantic orange and purple blotches caused by a hemoraging brain? No! It is waZi man!

waZi man began his humble beginnings as a stripped green sock that apparently failed to become a waZi monkey. After some more connudling and humnoodling he slowly and steadily progressed into the greatness that he is today WAZI MAN!

In making this waZi, I had a thought. When God made people was he really just trying to make another monkey and just kind of messed up and said, "Oh well, I guess I'll keep it, it didn't turn out that bad"?

From waZi man

waZi waWa ~ entry 25

2008-09-25T23:59:00.000-07:00

Entry 25, oOooOOoo 25 whole entries into this blog. Let us take a moment to reflect on the number of waZis made so far. I think I have made probably pushing 60 or 70 waZi waWas, not all of them posted on this website. From my first waZi cat to my new waZi that I am posting today. Wow... that's a lot of stuffed animals, and I think, "was this the best use of your time?" and you know what? in my mind it is a resounding yes :-p.

But enough dilly dalling, I got some friendly inspiration for this new waZi, and yes I owe you one at some point. Introducing the waZi octopus... and octopus made of socks, socks made into a octopus, sock-octopus, soctopus ahh... there I like that... Introducing the waZi soctopus, enjoy.

From waZi soctopus

waZi waWa ~ entry 24

2008-09-17T22:59:00.000-07:00

ouf... so busy, so very busy.... I haven't really had much time to work on the waZis. But, I have to manage to make payment to my "waZi" label maker. We have a deal worked out, for every 12 labels she makes for me, I make one waZi waWa of her choice. I think I am in debt two her for two waZis and soon to be three... she already sent out her "collections agents" to seek payment... I don't think I can take anymore beatings with multicolor thread or the constant calls threatening to turn me into cotton swabs or the seemingly arbitrary making of the sun rise in the morning and set at night YES! I FEAR YOU, PLEASE STOP CONTROLLING THE SUN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT AND YES YES I WILL PAY SOON!!!

Okay, beyond my paranoid and semi psychotic rantings. I introduce to payment number 01, a waZi chibi totoro. A bit bland I suppose but look at the waZi tattoo on the butt, that is how you know it is quality.

From waZi chibi totoro

waZi waWa ~ entry 23

2008-09-02T13:19:00.000-07:00

Delong delong, as my Indonesian friends may say. Hmm I suppose I am not in dire need of help so a "delong" would suffice, actually, I don't really need help at all... I guess I just enjoy that exclamation.

Long weekend, and I managed to only create one new waZi, although I should have made two or three, but oh well c'est la vie. My friend C to the Athy visited me from SF this weekend (although I think she stayed with me out of desperation) but it was nice, she was my source of inspiration for the new waZi. Well it is just a fat pink elephant, but the similarities are astounding. Look below...

From waZi elephant type 02 (pink)

waZi waWa ~ entry 22

2008-08-28T13:04:00.000-07:00

do do do, another work posting. It's been slow here at the legal office, not quite sure why. My boss says there is a lot to do just a bit unfortunate that he can't delegate the legal work to me... Damn me and my lack of being a lawyer... well I guess that process is going to start next week lsat class, then lsats then applications, ouf so much fun? I guess for the time being I will sit and read up on trademark law and do some more logic games.

Enough of my humble little existence. I have made a new waZi bear for the person that I am temping for at my current job (she is on maternity leave). She just had a baby ooo so shiny I'm sure, and I guess every baby deserves to have a pink and purple waZi bear, no?

waZi waWa ~ entry 21

2008-07-30T10:19:00.000-07:00

hmm... well another weekend, another waZi. For whatever reason I found the waZi two face rabbit rather draining to make. Perhaps it was the increased amount of sewing involved in making a dual colored sock animal. Well not dual colored I suppose it is really dual tone because black and white aren't colors, they are tones... or is that pigments.... well I open the debate, not that anyone will participate.

Introducing the waZi dog type 07.08! the body of it looks more like a real dog then the orginal waZi dog, although it it's face is rather cat like in apperance... hmm, I guess I have to work on that... but anyhoo, enjoy.

waZi waWa ~ entry 20

2008-07-26T17:27:00.000-07:00

Hmm... another long sabbatical between the last waZi creation and now... I started a new job recently, just got through my second week and I think things are working out alright. Although been thinking I should probably move closer to the coast since the commute is a bit long.

Well this waZi is a gift set. Half black Half white, took a long time to sew up. After I watched the Dark Knight I realize this is a bit of a tribute to Two-Face. Not that these bunnies are evil, well except for the santanic versus that I have sewn into them just the resemblance is striking don't you think? Enjoy.

waZi waWa ~ entry 19

2008-07-07T11:17:00.000-07:00

It has been a long and quite productive July 4th weekend in LA. Didn't do very much at all really, sat around the apartment, cleaned stuff... ummm ate stuff.... ??? Oh, a bit of news about me, I finally managed to get a new job! Hurrah! I will be working as a legal assistant of sorts, my commute will be twice as long, my pay is negligibly higher, and my hours are the same, but hey feeling productive is a nice feeling. That and I am begining to feel the presure from the parental unit to do the law thing sooner than later.

But for the time being, REJOICE! I have today four new waZi's for your decerning eyes. waZi pig, waZi elephant type 02, waZi rabbit 4.08, and....

Introducing the much thought about waZi bear!

waZi waWa ~ entry 18

2008-06-20T10:17:00.000-07:00

My first post from work... hmm odd I don't know why I don't just normally post while I'm at work. I have a lot of free time floating around between having things to do. Man, I need to find a better job...

Also what is odd is that I have made I believe three dogs by this point but I have yet to dedicate an entry to a dog. Strange, no? I have I think four dedicated to rabbits and two to elephants but not a single one for a waZi dog. So, here it is at long last my first entry dedicated to a waZi dog.

LOOK! admire it's glame/punk like styling, nothing beats black and gold? Perhaps a bit gaudy but I think it still appears quite nice. Enjoy.

waZi waWa ~ entry 17

2008-06-14T22:36:00.000-07:00

Apparently June is the month of making waZi rabbits. Even when I start off not thinking that I will be making a rabbit it is usually what my creations turn out to be. But then again, why fight it? Introducing the waZi rabbit 6.08-3. I believe this is the fourth variation of waZi rabbit I have made. It does quite resemble waZi rabbit 4.08 and 6.08 but it so much chubbier with almost a pig noes. It's also got some nice sweater action working for him. Enjoy.

waZi waWa ~ entry 16

2008-06-08T02:04:00.000-07:00

Another weekend, and another new waZi waWa. Been feeling a bit swamped recently, not really doing too much, I suppose, but it seems that I have found some jobs I'm interested in applying to and they are interested in talking to me. So, keep your fingers crossed for me.

To continue with the rabbit theme, I am introducing the waZi waWa rabbit 6.08-2. When I started this waZi I wasn't intending for him to be a rabbit... More of a pig/dog creature, but I think he turned out to be more of a bunny.

Look how inquisitive he looks with his eyes staring up at you. Enjoy.

waZi waWa ~ entry 15

2008-06-01T21:50:00.000-07:00

Okay, back in the swing of waZi making. I had a request, well no perhaps an order, to make another sock rabbit. My waZi skills were pressed into quick service by a friend who wanted to watch the process. Not quite sure why they wanted to stand and watch a grown man hunched over small pink socks for a couple hours but whichever.

Introducing yet another waZi rabbit, this is waZi rabbit 6.08. I'm beginning to think that these rabbit are my trademark. Although I suppose playboy has a corner on 'rabbit trademarking'. Anyways, this is quite the punk rocker waZi, he kind of reminds me of Hong Kong gangsters with his dangling jewelery and the slight angry/drugged/confused expression on his face.

Enjoy.

waZi waWa ~ entry 14

2008-05-31T16:41:00.000-07:00

Ouf... so, it has been quite the while since I have made a sock animal. Finally moved down to LA and brought down all my waZi waWa making equipment, the socks, thread, buttons, gigantic bag of cotton padding, psychedelic hallucinogenic jelly beans... twitch twitch twitch.

So, living in LA... hmm... I'm living in LA... Ian is living in LA... something about that doesn't sound quite right but I will make the best of it. Been down here for the better part of two months. Not really digging my work, but I listened to a segment on NPR talking about first jobs and how horrendous they could be, and well I need to suck it up and just keep looking and working.

But enough of this "reflection" I'm sure if you are looking at this blog you want to see a new sock animal. Introducing the waZi waWa Dragon 0508. I have named this creature "Merpleberry" not really sure why I have named him Merpleberry, he is neither merple nor is he a berry, but they name will stick.

He is the first in my white/black series, where there will be two of each creature, one white and one black. Enjoy!

waZi waWa ~ entry 13

2008-04-13T14:17:00.000-07:00

And, I'm back in Marin, well at least for another 2 hours or so. Been in LA working for the last three weeks, work is going... yeah.... yeah... well, it is going somewhere probably not anywhere I want it go but money is money I suppose.

I have not purchased any sock animal making materials down in lalaland due to the fact that I am homeless and being a bum at my friends house (this will hopefully change in two weeks time). But since I'm back in Marin I decided to take the opportunity to make a sock animal.

Drum roll...... and..... introducing waZi rabbit 4.08. True this is just a variance of the waZi rabbit, but look at um... look how white it is, how chubby it is, reminds me of americans. All dignified with it's two buttons and it's little brown collar. Enjoy the pics below.

waZi waWa ~ entry 12

2008-03-19T01:51:00.000-07:00

tick tick tick... it is almost 2am and I just got back from the gym... ooo... the gym... my haven from the sock animals. Always taunting me, commenting on this and that in their sockish ways...

Well anyhoo... it has again been a bit of time since my last post, I begin work next week but will try to get one more post before I head down to HEL. A. or more commonly know as LA. I promise I will try very hard to not be one of those people working in LA who is constantly complaining about living there... unless my job sucks, then I will be very vocal about that.

Merp! Welcome one and all as I introduce the awesome sun like glory of the waZi lion.... ooo... how lion like you are, with your mane of yarn and your other lion like features. It is almost too glorious to partake by this humble sock animal maker. Enjoy.

waZi waWa ~ entry 11

2008-03-09T23:20:00.000-07:00

Well I waited to post this one, the waZi Unicorn. All lavendery with a rainbow horn. Done just up to speck for an unnamed party's b-day present. In the mail and sent, but due to some unfortunate circumstances and laziness it appears that the waZi Unicorn has been or will be lost in the greek postal system or in a greek garbage dump

Hmm, I suppose if that were the only thing to be lost it would have been so bad, but so many other things in the package had time and money involved will be collecting dust or dirt soon. I suppose I am not the first artist (or what ever you would term me) who has had their work lost or destroyed.

This is a tribute to you, waZi Unicorn. For the other things created I will remake you eventually, and to the things purchased I guess the money would have been spent elsewhere.

***NOTE***
My spite has dissipated! waZi Unicorn was received woooooooo!!!!!!!! Happy days.

waZi waWa ~ entry 10

2008-03-03T22:12:00.000-08:00

oh my, oh my, it looks like my job search has come to an end. WOOOOOO... employment... I start work in Los Angeles in two weeks or so. I will be working for some kind of Taiwanese makeup manufacturing company there, doing lots of this and that I'm sure. So, Alex, Andy, fair warning, I will be mouching off of you two for a couple of weeks, thanks in advance.

But... on to the main event of this blog. Here he comes. Lurking beneath the great shallow swamps of my dank imagination. Introducing the waZi Alligator! My, so alligator like you are, with the hand sewn mouth and everything. Unfortunately there was for whatever reason a red line sewn into the front of the socks so it looks a bit like the waZi alligator has red lipstick on, but no matter.

waZi waWa ~ entry 09

2008-02-20T23:29:00.000-08:00

Well, I'm on quite the roll. This is the 11th waZi I have made this month. All the time spent not getting interviews or jobs is affording me lots of waZi making opportunities. Perhaps it is this, mixed with a hint of depression over the aforementioned joblessness that have made me more creative, hmm I will ponder that over my next project.

Anyways before we get too bogged down in this entry with "oh the depression" (I wonder how many people read this entry vs. people who just look at the picture?) let me introduce the waZi fish!

Yes, yes, I know there are those amongst you who have been craving sea/water fairing waZi's from me. Here is my first attempt to appease those ravenous hoards demanding these types of waZi's from my door step. Enjoy!

waZi waWa ~ entry 08

2008-02-18T01:56:00.000-08:00

The creative juices are flowing, trickle trickle trickle. The peacock, parrot and dragon in the previous entry ("Req. 01) really got me thinking about waZi making. I decided to revamp the waZi elephant design.

Introducing the "waZi elephant type 02". Oh, how much more elephanty you are... My what a long and flexible trunk you have... and that thing on your head, I'm not sure what it is suppose to be, but it is definitely there.

Ah yes, I'm a bit short of things to say today maybe I will come back later and add more to this entry. Enjoy the pics below.

waZi waWa ~ entry 07

2008-02-17T01:11:00.000-08:00

OKAY! so, I haven't done an entry for a while. One can say it is out of laziness, or perhaps I've been spending a wee too much time trying to get a job... damn jobs, why, WHY!?!? won't you be gotten by me? WHY? hmm... perhaps it is my lack of sense making and grammar in my scrawling.

OH well, to be honest I've been working very diligently on my first request. I dub entry 07 as "Request 01" this entry will hence forth only be referred to as "Request 01" or "Req. 01" not that any other mentioning of this entry will ever occur. So... ooo... damn... I need to refer to it already, "Req. 01" contains:

waZi : elephant, peacock, parrot, rabbit, dragon, "sheep", horse, dog and rounding it out tiger.

Damn, that's a lot of waZis, 25 socks gave their useful, perhaps somewhat drab and possibly odorous lives to create these nine waZis. A moment of silence will not be necessary, seeing how I don't think anyone would be caught dead in some of the socks I used.

Okay... Drum roll please:

all together

waZi elephant

waZi peacock

waZi parrot

waZi rabbit

waZi sheep (any resemblance to a previous waZi is strictly coincidental)

waZi horse

waZi tiger

waZi dragon

waZi dog

waZi waWa ~ entry 06

2008-01-21T02:19:00.000-08:00

WOOOOOOO.... so the first waZi waWa sold on eBay for the respectable price of $25USD. Thanks Chris I know it was you who bought it. I hope you will be enjoying the company of the white waZi cat shortly.

It has been a while since I last posted. After much ball busting about the quality of my waZi waWas by a certain unnamed party I have been extra meticulous with regards to my newest waZi. The waZi rabbit! Admire the waZi rabbit for it's rabbitness. This waZi will be given to the unnamed parties mother for her b-day *oh god please like it*. My eyes and arms are still twitching a bit. I suppose this waZi is my 3rd draft of the rabbit. I made one yellow/white one, didn't like it. I started this one and it started falling apart a bit. Then the 3rd time.... OOOOOO..... and now I'm done. Enjoy the pics.

waZi waWa ~ entry 05

2008-01-07T22:05:00.000-08:00

ooooooup! Okay, as promised in my first blog entry, I have posted my first waZi waWa on eBay for auction. It is the waZi cat that is listed below. I suppose I should call it a waZi Maneki Neko, Japanese fortune bringing cat, but that seems like a bit of a mouthful. I think it is quite appropriate for the first sock animal to be sold... unless it doesn't sell, then... eh.. bad ju ju...

So... yeah... um... a bit short on crazy rants tonight to go with this cat. But maybe something will come to me in the next day or so. Check out the auction on eBay at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120207831294

Oh and here are some more pictures of it along with my "branding" :-p

waZi waWa ~ entry 04

2008-01-06T18:21:00.000-08:00

twitch twitch twitch.. so by popular demand, and you know who you are, here is the newest one to the waZi collection. The waZi panda. I decided to stop taking vanity shots of the socks and supplies before I made the animal. I figured we have all seen socks, cotton, needles, thread and buttons before in our lives. Seen one you have seen them all right?

Every one of these sock animals is imparted with a bit of my... let's just say 'soul'. That is why some owners of my creations have heard them speak to them. Usually random things like, "hmm, I wonder what is for dinner" or "redrum REDRUM". If you are experiencing high incidences of this phenomenon please stop drinking so much. If that does not cause the symptoms to dissipate I can help you get in contact with the local clergy.

In that light, this lovely creation took three hours of my soul. The nose is a bit frilly but, eh, that's how you can tell it's hand made right?

waZi waWa ~ entry 03

2008-01-03T15:52:00.000-08:00

Damn, it is really coming down outside, those on the coast of California will know what I mean. I have recently had many sleepless nights tormented by images... images of.. well, sock animals... Do you think this is a reflection of a restless mind? or am I beginning a spiral downward into the abyss of insanity. hmm... maybe I should work harder on that getting a job thing.

The second creation of the year, the waZi horse! wooooooo so, so horse like, with hair and all the trimmings. Unfortunately this one has already been spoken for, that's right Horn, if you are reading this, the waZi horse is for you. Awesome... actually the sooner you take it the better, its hallow white eyes are draining my soul like that time I had vindaloo curry and insisted that I could take the heat... man that was a rough night, and a rough morning...

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waZi waWa ~ entry 02

2008-01-01T14:42:00.000-08:00

So, it's the new year, 2008, the year of the rat, my year, wonderful. To bring in the new year I present to the public, waZi emo. Not really sure why it is the emo sock animal. It just struck me as such, head slightly turned down, hands in its pockets, seemingly with the weight of the world crushing down down down on it's shoulders.

Haha, and to think I'm gifting this one to my friends nephews in France. Some what appropriate I suppose. The French strike me as people who like to teach their young life's tougher lessons at an early age.

The waZi emo was made with just one sock, so I do foresee a twin in the not too distant future which will be available online.

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waZi waWa ~ entry 01

2007-12-30T01:14:00.000-08:00

So... this is my creative outlet, well for this moment of time anyways. These little sock animals seem to populate my mind wanting to be created. When I was working in Taiwan I stumbled across a couple books that were full of pictures of these animals, Taiwanese men and their sock fetishes.

I think that is what got me going that or the time I drunkenly wandered into a sock factory in Inner Mongolia and was crushed under 500 pounds of “Skechers” branded socks...

Anyhoo... this is my blog of the various sock creations I have sewn. They are all one of a kind, hand made. I will begin selling them on eBay one different one each week and see how that goes. They will be packaged with various documents of authenticity too. So, if you are interested, I will begin posting new ones for sale in about a weeks time along with their eBay links.

waZi Dog

waZi Cat

waZi Elephant

waZi Coffee Addict

waZi pigs

Hide n'seek... I think I'm slowly losing it...

More to come soon.