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I spent 18 days making the most cursed backpack ever

Ash Bentley

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The giveaway is now closed, and a winner has been selected! Thank you so much for all the entries, I appreciate every one of you 🖤

Welcome to a project that had me constantly asking myself 'why??' I felt compelled to make something very silly and here we are.

The artist that created the original rabbit: Yoshie Kuroda https://kurodayoshiemokemo.wixsite.co...
The torso bag is by Leon Emmanuel Blanck https://leonemanuelblanck.com/
And I originally saw the backpack on Wisom Kaye's Instagram @wisdm
Also thank you to Wool Valley for letting us film there - they ship worldwide! https://www.woolvalley.com.au/
And thank you to Readings for letting us film there too :)

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I'm on Instagram: Instagram: ashbentleyyy
And my jewellery brand is: Instagram: voevalees
and https://voevalees.com/

My Gear - No affiliate links, I just think it's helpful for newbies like me to see what others use!
Main Camera: Panasonic Lumix s5 ii (Soooooo good)
Second camera: Panasonic Lumix G100
Mic: Rode Wireless Go II
Editing software: Adobe Premiere Pro
Music: YouTube audio library

Chapters
0:00 The idea
01:01 The design
01:25 The bag and the rabbit
02:09 Materials (shopping)
03:01 Oh the pattern shenanigans
05:37 Mini roadtrip (wool!)
06:58 an arm
11:53 a hand
18:36 it's alive (second arm)
21:56 The bag construction
27:17 padding the belly
28:15 legs (emotional rollercoaster)
32:29 putting the skin on?
37:18 the head
39:08 whoops we forgot straps
44:30 back to the head
45:56 lining
46:20 GIVEAWAY DETAILS
47:13 (a very silly) Reveal

20 Comments

@dan1ca 2 years ago

The creature thing is so cursed it's beautiful. Also, this video helped me realized that kangaroos are just rabbits with human hands.

@Slacked2196 1 year ago

the way i yelled "NO!" when you slowly intertwined fingers with its hand during the reveal.
This is beyond cursed, and im in love with it.

@brookb6488 2 years ago

I'm going off to college soon, and i'm convinced this backpack is the back-to-school item i need to ensure that I am super popular and totally not seen as weird

@MichaelaDrechselova 2 years ago

the two moments i felt the chill down my spine: when you said it's like a baby but it can hug you back and proceded to be hugged by said bag. and when you wore the bunny and held its hand. i can't decide if it's adorable and i love it or if it's horrific and shouldn't exist. and i have an uncontrolable urge to make one too.

@ShiraCheshire 2 years ago

I love the moment where you fully understand what you are creating and become viscerally disgusted by it. That's how you know it was coming out perfectly.

@Portraitofthemoon 2 years ago

NEVER SPEAK TO ME OR MY SON AGAIN 😂 it’s fantastic

@SquishyTheVampire 1 year ago

What you made is definitely some character from a really old "children's" show that traumatized the kids.

@jaybee4118 2 years ago

So, (hopefully) a funny story. I also have ADHD, but newly diagnosed at 51 and blood pressure is a big consideration with medication (oh god the medication helps so much 😭). I have terrible anxiety with taking my blood pressure because I don’t trust the machine to ever stop inflating, so I do it myself at home over and over until it stops being a problem. I use a nice video that interests me to distract me, this was my chosen one this time. I got my blood pressure down to the lowest it’s ever been during your video, amazing! But at the end when you’re wearing the back pack around with the creepy music, it shot right back up 😂 So, thanks for both of those experiences… I think 😅

@repressedtrauma322 2 years ago

Without eyes, it’s a creepy kangaroo ghost, with eyes, you just made a friend a lovely soft weird friend shaped friend. This was amazing, best backpack ever made!!!

@halfmadbasil 10 months ago

This is the most incredible and horrible use of free will ever. This is the first video I've ever seen of you, and it is perfection.

@Ella-iv1fk 2 years ago

Absolutely incredible work. Truly cursed. Gives kangaroo menace.
Since watching the winter witch video I've worked through most of your back catalogue, I am here for the chaos, the enthusiasm, the distractions, Alf. So much fun.

@xingcat 2 years ago

"It's gonna be terrible, but it's gonna be amazing," is my absolute favorite kind of project. I love this!!!

@Wereblood 2 years ago

I cannot explain to you in actual real words how much I love this guy. He's perfect in every single way. I've never won a give away and if there is one giveaway I can win in my lifetime I want it to be this little gremlin. God he's just so perfect I've got tears in my eyes I want to kiss his little face!!!!

@missmeakat 2 years ago

I LOVE projects that are unhinged to everyone around you but bring you so much joy! I tried solar dyeing for the first time this year and had that same glee, cackling to myself as I made plant fabric potions, feeling like a complete witch 🧹

@nona.liddell 10 months ago

This is exactly the level of silly I am, and I never thought I would find content that speaks to me this much.

@bogscholar691 2 years ago

Yeah this is legitimately a cursed item and just seeing it dealt me psychic damage! Immediately subscribed 10/10

@tamara9186 2 years ago

He is terribly beautiful.
Oh, he is so wonderful. I love that you show your mistakes, and how you work through them. I, personally, find it very inspiring.

@johnm.withersiv4352 1 year ago

I have a bad habit of putting tools in my mouth, nails, needles, screws, pins, whatever needs a temporary hold. I never thought about it until I was trying to teach a kid not to put everything in their mouth.

@The_Glorious_Goat 1 year ago

This was the first video of yours that Youtube recommended to me, and I've been steadily making my way through all of your other ones since. I just wanted to come back to this to say what a delightful time I've been having, your videos are so fun to watch.

Now, as someone with next-to-no sewing experience other than fixing tears in clothes, sewing buttons back on, and making a gym bag for school... 24 years ago.... I've apparently decided I've just got to try my hand at making a wonderfully cursed bag of my own.

@RozmazanaPlama 2 years ago

The moment I saw the thumbnail, my brain decided this was a kangaroo. It's stuck now, and it can't be convinced otherwise.

I think you are very talented, and I love the energy and vibe of your videos. They often accompany me when I do something crafty myself. Thank you!