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New Sickly Green Sicklings by Yosiell Lorenzo
December 18, 2012Everything that’s green and a toy and comes with candy doesn’t have to be about Christmas right now. Yosiell Lorenzo cast a new batch of sickly green Sicklings, and each figure in the edition of 12 comes with a single kernel … Continue reading
Hand-Painted Poison Sweet Sickling Vinyls by Yosiell Lorenzo
June 22, 2012Something magical happens when an artist “customizes” a vinyl production toy that he/she designed. For the artist, it’s a chance to experiment while still realizing a complete idea: Style matches sculpt. Aesthetic follows intention. Technique finishes form. For the fan, it’s … Continue reading
Relentless at Oh No! Doom Gallery
May 13, 2012Relentless, a four-man show featuring the artwork of Tyler Coey, Yosiell Lorenzo, Brent Nolasco and Matthew Ryan Sharp, opened this weekend at Oh No! Doom Gallery in Chicago. The four artists are part of the M. Collective, and Sharp and Lorenzo were in attendance. … Continue reading
The Wounded Sicklings are Stirring… New Resins by Yosiell Lorenzo
April 27, 2012The Wounded Sicklings are stirring. The thought of travel awakens a curiosity from deep within, but it also makes them nervous. These Sicklings are wounded. They wear sashes made of gauze like involuntary contestants in a morbid pageant, and the … Continue reading
New Sicklings Wearable Art from Yosiell Lorenzo
March 15, 2012Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves, and some people wear their art on their sleeves. Now, you can do both. Tomorrow, Friday, March 16th, Yosiell Lorenzo is releasing his first ever wearable art Sicklings. (Today, he is sitting … Continue reading
New Tea-Sipping Sicklings by Yosiell Lorenzo
February 17, 2012It’s time for a new batch of Sicklings from Yosiell Lorenzo! In just 10 minutes, eight one-off resin Tea-Sipping Sicklings will become available in his webshop. Each Sickling is lovingly hand-painted and imbued with its own individual personality. As is … Continue reading
Hibernating Sicklings in 30 Minutes!
December 23, 2011Here’s a little video Yosiell Lorenzo made to send the Sicklings into Hibernation. The edition of only five elaborately finished pieces will be available at 11AM PST today (approximately 30 minutes from this post). Details of the release are here. … Continue reading
The Hibernating Sicklings of Yosiell Lorenzo
December 22, 2011If that most excellent Philadelphia-based museum of medical oddities, The Mütter Museum, curated its collection with imaginary curiosities instead of, for instance, Chang and Eng’s conjoined liver and John Wilkes Booth’s thoracic tissue, without a doubt, they would include Yosiell Lorenzo‘s … Continue reading
Sanrio Sicklings by Yosiell Lorenzo
September 8, 2011Hello Kitty fandom is a boundary-breaking melting pot of children and kidults who like cute animals and grown men who like cute animals and also heavy metal and Satan (references cited: Frank Kozik, Buff Monster). The only division in the … Continue reading
