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Soft Sculpture by Jaz Harold
April 22, 2013Wow. Check out this “frankensteined” self-portrait/resin bust by New York-based fine artist, Jaz Harold. She pieced it together from multiple casts—her face, the back of her head and ears, her neck and torso—and rotocast it hollow with a thick shell. … Continue reading
Grumpy Cat Toys from Plastic Foundry
April 18, 2013Like many people who look at stuff on the Internet, I’m just wild about Grumpy Cat. The dour-faced feline appears on all manner of merchandise (I was helpless against buying this Hipster Animals shirt), but Grumpy Cat had yet to … Continue reading
Artful Monsters: A Neo-Kaiju Creature Feature at Toy Art Gallery
April 11, 2013Last weekend was an excellent one for next level toy art openings. The Midwest got hands on with Squadt Assembly at Rotofugi and the West Coast channeled the Far East with Creature Feature at Toy Art Gallery. Creature Feature brought together the talents of Mutant … Continue reading
New Govra Eclipse and Zenith from Sergey Safonov
April 3, 2013As an endnote to 2012, Sergey Safonov released a stark new figure, Govra, (the deity of the end). Well, it’s a new year (2013) and a new conference (Toycon UK), and Govra has returned in new (equally and delightfully minimal, but … Continue reading
MonstreHero Victim Persona 7-in-1 Sets
March 29, 2013It’s been a minute (Pizza Victims!) since the inventive hues of Monstrehero [interviewed here in 2008] last graced these pages, but today, Sean and Cliff revive their Victim, and he looks resplendent in a rainbow of resin. The so-called “Victim Persona” set … Continue reading
Seditions: The Subversive Art of Frank Kozik and Winston Smith
February 25, 2013Frank Kozik and Winston Smith shared a double bill this past month with Seditions, a show of limited edition prints, original collages and resin and vinyl toy art at San Francisco’s Varnish Fine Art. The work in Seditions takes a critical … Continue reading
Bad Apple Toy Art by French Street Artist Goin
February 13, 2013Bad Apple is a character designed by French street artist GOIN and produced as toy art in Singapore by Mighty Jaxx. The luxe Tiffany blue colorway shown above was exclusive to Tomenosuke in Japan, and the edition of 50 pieces … Continue reading
The Rising 2 Resin Hands
February 13, 2013Need a hand? Fugi.me has some. The Rising is Robotic Industries‘ first resin piece, and The Rising 2 is his second edition. The 4-inch sculptures come in powder blue and fluorescent green with a set of mini prints, certificate of authenticity … Continue reading
New GREEN Morbid Toy Anatomy by Scott Wilkowski
January 15, 2013Scott Wilkowski has engineered a freshly infected batch of mythical monster bones, and as luck would have it: they’re green. Wilkowski’s morbid toy anatomy is typically trafficked on the black market of toy conventions, so it’s rare to see him selling … Continue reading
The Popped Art and Eye Candy of Desire Obtain Cherish
Written on March 15, 2013 by jeremyDesire Obtain Cherish is the nom de guerre of Jonathan Paul, a graduate of Parson’s School of Design who relocated to Los Angeles to bomb the streets and give candy to (big) babies. Tonight, Friday, March 15th, Desire Obtain Cherish opens his first solo (gallery) show at KM … Continue reading →