Category: custoMONDAY
The Artists of custoMONDAY
September 9, 2010custoMONDAY was a project I created that ran on ToyCyte from October 27th, 2008 to June 9th 2009. Every other Monday, I interviewed an emerging artist, and we gave away an original or customized toy. The toys were all exclusively … Continue reading
custoMONDAY: Cuddly Rigor Mortis
June 8, 2009About 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 Erin Currie and Frank by Kristin Tercek (aka Cuddly Rigor Mortis). Following … Continue reading
custoMONDAY: MONSTREHERO
December 8, 2008About 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, old school action figures and the environment around them. Perusing MONSTREHERO’s Flickr, … Continue reading
custoMONDAY: Jason Freeny
November 24, 2008About 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. Jason has worked with LEGO, MTV and Nickelodeon and has been featured … Continue reading
custoMONDAY: Mike Slobot
November 17, 2008About 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 begin with a platform toy, but finding the DIY toy within the … Continue reading
custoMONDAY: OsirisOrion
November 10, 2008******UPDATE 11/17/08 10AM PST:****** AND THE WINNER IS…Krakit! About OsirisOrion After two weeks of giving you hand-cast resin toys, custoMONDAY presents its first vinyl customization, as realized by visceral visualizer, OsirisOrion. The artist, born Robert Ingellis, should be no stranger … Continue reading
custoMONDAY: Uh Oh Toys
November 3, 2008About Uh Oh Toys custoMONDAY might not exist without Aaron Arel’s innocent offer to donate an Uh Oh Toys Gift Pack to a ToyCyte reader. Of course, no sooner had he said that did the hamster wheel in my brain … Continue reading
custoMONDAY: Eric Nocella Diaz of Argonaut Resins
October 27, 2008Eric Nocella Eric Nocella Diaz has been sculpting professionally for over 12 years. He has worked on high profile projects with major toy companies such as ToyBiz, Mcfarlane Toys, ToysRus, Hasbro, Kidrobot and Ka-Ching Brands. Some of the licensed projects … Continue reading
