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Eric Nocella Diaz has been sculpting toys for about 15 years. Though he may not be a household name, chances are you have something he’s sculpted in your
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On Friday night, We Kill You! brought Rubbish to the Mission’s Million Fishes Arts Collective. The show was the result of a month-long bender of toy molding mania
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studio visits
Frank Kozik is misunderstood. Or maybe he’s perfectly understood in a scene with many contradictions. Either way, he’s earned a living making stuff he likes for three decades.
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I made it to the big time! Amazon’s Toy Whimsy blog invited me to be a guest blogger, and I began writing an Art Toys 101 column called
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Perfect opportunities like this don’t come around very often, so when they do, it’s just…bashert. In late June, I got to meet up with Jon Burgerman in my
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Art
About Cuddly Rigor Mortis 2008 was the year that changed my mind about designer plush. It began with the innocent-enough acquisition of two items: A Curster Yeti by
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SKWAK is back! Technically, he never went away. He’s actually been pretty busy, and his current schedule includes new toys, new tees and a show. Johan of the French
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Art
About MONSTREHERO MONSTREHERO is Sean Blay and Cliff Kirschner, two guys who live in Orlando and like to make toys. They draw influence from superheroes, Japanese monsters, comics,
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Art
About Jason Freeny Armed with a youthful, overactive imagination, Jason Freeny creates smart, intricate illustrations that tickle the deviant intellect through a hard graphic, pop iconography and wit.
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Art
About Mike Slobot Mike Slobot is an artist and a storyteller. Each of his creations is a character with a background (and a future). Many of Mike’s customs
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