I’m Lisa Rae Hansen and I make character driven art. My formal training is in jewellery and silversmithing but my heart lies in the world of art toys.
I grew up in the 80’s playing with Star Wars and Masters of the Universe figures, and not a Barbie doll in sight! I spent the rest of my time drawing and making, whenever I wasn’t climbing trees or riding my bike.
Fascinated by movies like the Dark Crystal, Beetlejuice, Star Wars (of course), these childhood influences stuck fast and to this day still inform my desire to create other worldly characters. I might have grown up but I’ll never grow out of toys!
Excited to share a project I recently completed!
I was invited to customise Strange Cat Toys very own Mascot “Grandpa” for their second instalment of “Grandpa & Friends” . This time featuring just UK artists, it was showcased at their booth at ToyConUK in London last weekend. This unbelievably cute little guy was designed and sculpted by In Prime We Trust. It’s always…
Toycon UK 2020! I was unable to go again this year unfortunately, but I was there in spirit. It was Flatties 10 year anniversary and they put on a “Fans of Tea” Show at the convention. I wonder if there was cake… The Dark Knigh(T) GID Large Tea and a Small Tea were my contributions.…
I was invited by Flabslab to take part in the “Oh Boys! Custom Show” to customise a Kong Andri’s OWANGE BOY figure set. Owange Boy and his 3 little friends are so cute!! After a lot of drawing and countless possibilities I kept coming back to the helmet reminding me of Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing helmet.…
I was commissioned by Jeffrey Koh at the awesome Flabslab to create a character for them to produce as a small resin run. The brief was to create a cheeky wee boy dressed in a Quokka suit. My first step was to Google a Quokka. Where have I been? How have I missed the most…
Strangecat Toys invited me to be part of the second “Misappropriated Icon” Show, where the platform was a bootleg KAWS Companion. I decided to go with a Babycakes character and wanted to have a little fun with the whole appropriating an icon so I added a little Mickey Mouse back in and called her “Reappropriated…
I was one of over 100 artists from around the globe who took part in Martian Toys epic “Falling Apart” Show at NYCC 2018. The platform was Jermaine Rogers VEIL Specimen figure which is a whopping 10 inches tall. I hacked up the poor bear and created a Babycakes character wearing a panda suit. She’s…
I wasn’t able to go to Toycon UK this year but I was very lucky to have been involved in 3 custom shows which were part of the event. First up was Zukaty’s mini Bruzzy custom show! Read The Toy Chronicle’s coverage of the show here. “One two, Bruzzy’s coming for you!” Next up is…
Back in 2013 I participated in a toy show called Toy Heist customising the “Stranger” figure by Flaw Toys. I created “Old Skool” with a retro feel. I was commissioned to make another one but this time in blue. The collector asked if I could incorporate a remote control in it’s back pocket. It sits…
I was invited by Matt Jones AKA Lunartik to take part in “The Lick of Love” custom toy show where we got customise the whopping BIG LICKER! This toy stands 12 inches long and I’m very happy to have one of these toys in my collection. I didn’t want to change too much about the…
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