By Magda, 20 December 2009

Happy Sleepy Suavey in tangerine velvet and chocolate brown leather

The latest addition to the shop is Happy Sleepy Suavey, made from
orange cotton velvet with brown suede “sunglasses” applique. When turned upside down, the sunglasses look like a mustache.

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By Marc, 13 September 2009

Rotate Thought Objects : I’m ready for my chip


This is the web edition of a large format painted art zine. It is 30 pages long. It’s dimensions are 12.5 inches by 19 inches. The paper is Rising art print. The materials include india ink, gouache, acrylic, watercolour, and Sakura gelly roll ballpoint pens. It was created between June and September 2009.
By Magda, 27 August 2009

Sculptures for

Threespine stickleback pretending to be barracuda.

These guys were commisioned by fellow Flickerite Frenquency to commemorate the end of his PhD studies of this fish species. He studied the evolutionary loss of pelvic spines and was able to switch the relevant genes back on, producing fish with one or both perlvic spines. The thesis title was “The Genomic Basis of Parallel Evolution in Three-spined Sticklebacks”.

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By Happy Sleepy, 30 June 2009

The Books of Michael - Excerpt 4

From the Sixth Book of Mohammed Michael Egypt, First son of Africa.

And so it came to pass that my Michael was asked to speak at Oxford, a seat of great learning in the United Kingdom. Many leading intellectuals and scholars had gathered for his address, including the rabbi Shmuley.

"I am asking you, I am asking myself, to give our parents the gift of unconditional love, so that they too may learn how to love from us, their children. So that love will finally be restored to a desolate and lonely world."

"I am asking you, I am asking myself, to give our parents the gift of unconditional love, so that they too may learn how to love from us, their children. So that love will finally be restored to a desolate and lonely world."

Michael began*,

Tonight, I come before you less as an icon of pop (whatever that means anyway), and more as an icon of a generation, a generation that no longer knows what it means to be children.

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By Magda, 30 May 2009

Happy Sleepy Kathmandu portraits

Marc Ngui and Magda Wojtyra, aka Happy Sleepy.

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At the Moonlight Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal 2009.

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Chibi heads with Buddhist thangka inspired flowers. Drawings by Marc, colour by Magda.

By Magda, 18 February 2009

Happy Sleepy

Happy Sleepy tumble and surf
Building pillows drift

Travel in style
Dare to smile and smile
Opening feelings shift

Buying hides
Riding the tides
Eyeing the Eye of Sauron

Wishing tales
Jumping scales
Stroking the pet of a life on earth

Playing with strings and vibrating things
Happy Sleepy tumble and surf