Vintage Little Metal Hippo

While cleaning out a friend's barn, my husband made this discovery. I loved it so much that my friend let me keep him. He looks like he is made from cast metal, and he must be old. My husband is guessing that it's from the 1930s. I found out that the star-shaped screws were invented in 1934, and it is held together with these type of screws.

I tried to do some research on him, but there are no markings on him. The only thing I found was this blog post where someone else, in New Zealand, had found one that is identical. Mine appears to be all original. I opened him up and he is hollow inside.

his mouth opens:

his head, arms and legs rotate around, and he has a "loop" on his head that leads me to think that he is meant to be a pendant of some sort:

If you have any information on him, I'd really love to hear what you think!

atlantic art couture

Gold Antler Charm Necklace with Gold Plated Finishings 20.5 Inches Long Altogether
"I am a young teacher living on the east coast of Canada- in the Maritimes! It's a beautiful area of the world with colourful houses, ocean breezes and quaint little towns to wander through. Many of my paintings reflect this way of life- I love to paint sea scapes. Also, I have traveled extensively and I am inspired by the many things I have seen around the world. As I add to my shop, I hope this will become apparent in my jewelry collection. I love crafting jewelry... I find any work I create with my own hands to be very rewarding and fun!
I have been involved with art from a very young age, including being an "art grad" from my high school, taking various art history courses in University and formal painting courses from a local artist who is world renowned. I am so happy to be able to open my own little corner of the internet, to share my love of art with all who visit!
When I'm not creating, I am teaching or walking my dog (a Pug named Lola!) around town."
bio written by Jessie via her etsy profile

9th Annual Zine Fair in Halifax

I was curious if there were other zinesters in Nova Scotia, so I searched zines & Halifax. To my delight, I found a site advertising a Zine Fair in halihax, Ocober 20-24th, 2009!CHECK IT OUT HERE
Depending on the weather, I will try my hardest to be there!!! Anyone else?
Anyone been to one of these things & could offer some tips to a first-timer?
So I started to write some notes tonight for my first perzine. I ended up with 5, dairy sized pages full! I was wondering anyone's thoughts on whether they prefer perzines to be neatly handwritten (maybe making it more personnel?) or typed...