Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Coffee Mates

Mr. Shackleton and Mr. Hudson share a love of tweed hats, cardigan sweaters and strong coffee. Neither cares much for killer whales.
Made from coffee cream containers.

52 comments:

Kelly Medina said...

Absolutely brilliant, Eric!

Kelly Light said...

sweet sweet mother of cappuccino, you've done it again

Coralie Colorie said...

That's amazing ;-) I love them!

abhishek singh said...

TREAT this is:) you have given those coffee jars a life for which they will be remembered for long:)

zillustration said...

Wonderful work! Love the idea!

Vanessa Brantley Newton said...

This is so FREAKIN' HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!! Oh my goodness it's brilliant! And I'm not just saying it because I'm your sister either.

Axel Zapata/ Ilustración said...

Great!!!! so wonderful, it's acrilyc paint?

Food and Drugs said...

Funny and tasty!!!
Killer whales will be anxious.
:-)

berenice said...

these characters are so wonderful Eric, from that magic land where you live, i love them already! and Mr. Hudson's donut looks so good too! Congratulations on your great creations, i need a sweet coffee now too :)

rossichka said...

Look who's living here - true mates, hidden by the labels! Such a lovely idea! I think they have some serious matters to discuss, while drinking slowly their coffee!:) Love the colours and all the details - especially the cookie and the pince-nez...

J. E. Morris said...

I would have guessed Shackleton was a tea drinker but adorable just the same!

Stacy Curtis said...

Love it!
I want to give this a try sometime.

linda sarah said...

I completely love these - they're superb!

Lisa M Griffin said...

Wonderful! It is so fun to see what you come up with. :)

Roberta Baird said...

Fantastic!

Cassandra said...

oh those are Brilliant!!! Love them!!

Alicia Padrón said...

It's hard to type when my head forehead is looking to the floor while I bow to you!!! You rock man :o)

Skulleigh said...

So much awesomeness!

Denyse said...

Clever!

Mónica said...

¡¡Amazing!!, make me smile, congrats, Eric :) Hugs

LAConley said...

I'm blown away by your talent and creativity! These are so great. They make the original packaging look bo-ring!

Shirley said...

These just knock my socks off, Eric..you are truly a master! : ) I love them!!

Isabelle said...

Nooo way!! these are just AMAZING!! The idea AND result... spectacular. Bravo!!

vjarumugam said...

wastes are no longer wastes! That's glorious perspective Eric, truly "you see ART IN EVERYTHING"...love it!

matt dawson said...

From woeful plastic, tasteless eergh into tasteful, characterful, wonderful old friends. You are doing the world a service sir! More people would sort there rubbish if this could be the outcome.

theartofpuro said...

They are amazing:)

Nina Seven said...

love these, eric!

donny* said...

These are so great! LOVE em.

damon said...

so good i love the hats

ValGalArt said...

sweet, creamy, delicious and very natty dressers! Great work Eric :)

Linda Hensley said...

I especially love the walrus. Great expression! Such a cool thing to do with leftover bottles!

AtelierBrigitte said...

You have such great imagination -lovely!

Valerie Lorimer said...

Every time I come to your blog I'm just totally blown away with what you do! These are absolutely wonderful, Eric! Such a delight to see your work.

Chico lim@ said...

Maravilha Eric muito bom mesmo!!!

Tracy said...

DUUUUDE! You are awesome! :D And I LOVE the play on words, of course!

Doodlestreet said...

not only is it an endeavor in painting, but i see you also do a bit of sculptin' and figurin' with your work...like having to fill the seams and gap where the lid is...very very cool. it's fun to do work where it takes some engineer work to, eh? :D

Faruffa said...

wonderful!!!
I love these characters :o)

Rebecca Agra said...

Cute!

I liked!

Regards from Brazil!

Dot said...

Dude. You da man.

Marián Lario said...

ah ah ah I love them!!

Sjan Weijers said...

Very cool idea Eric... this makes me want to paint on stuff too :)

jasperandblue said...

love this glad to see the coffee mates became mates that drink tea

Anthony Holden said...

This is such a wonderful idea! Charming shapes are all around us; now I'm taking particular notice.

elojocadaver said...

I CAN'T BELIEVE!!! WONDERFUL!!!

Maya Hanisch said...

absolute Magic Eric!

Lucas (Pinduca) Manoel said...

Manual art that conveys a gracious and wonderful lyricism! I loved your characters!

Dida said...

Hello! I'm in love with this, it is really beautiful and touching:)

Tomás Serrano said...

An adorable couple!

Amanda Dilworth said...

These are such great characters, loving the outfits:)

James said...

I'm in awe of what you do. these are incredible. Beautiful work!

STOVEPIPE.NET said...

Those are top notch that's for sure!

Georgia said...

Beautiful! I love it!what a wonderful way to reuse items we normally trash!...a great activity for kids..not just to inspire creativity but it is environmentally responsible too!