The V&A is jam-packed full of weird and wonderful objects and we’d like to show you some!
If you enjoy this, check out our other Weird and Wonderful objects relating to Easter.
Star Wars Jabba Glob
Jabba Glob is based on the character Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. He made his first visual appearance in the third Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi, where he was introduced as a gangster. This action figure comes with a tub of slime and little oozing frogs that can be put in Jabba and squeezed out of his mouth. Eww!
Quatchi
Quatchi the Sasquatch was one of the little mascots for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Mascots are a person, animal or object that are a symbol for good luck. What would your mascot be?
Rode Rat
Hello little Ratty! This delightful ceramic sculpture is actually pretty grim when you look more closely. The artist glazed it in red to resemble a skinned animal. Gross!
Handbag
At the start of the Millenium, the world had a bit of an obsession with crisp and chocolate brands, especially in the UK, with Walkers crisps. There was a trend for parents to put empty crisp packets in the oven and create keyrings out of them for their kids! Crazy! This artist jumped on this humorous trend and made actual bags based on the confectionery packaging. Would you wear one of these handbags now?
Eclipse Night
This stone sculpture is called Eclipse Night. Look at its surface – remind you of anything? Something we see in the sky at night perhaps? That’s right! The moon! It is a large piece of pottery at over 60cm, which is two school rulers stacked on top of eachother. Imagine how it feels to touch – crusty!
