toy art Archive
sculpture
With this week’s Pope Mania, we take a trip back to 2011 for Miriam Jonas’ Polka Popes. Jonas, a Berlin-based artist, sculpted portraits of fictitious popes using colorful
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sculpture
I was really taken by this collection of sculptures by Dario Tironi and Koji Yoshida called Things (Crash Toys). The artwork itself is visually interesting, and I’m fond of discarded toys
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vinyl
Sticky Monster Lab is a multidisciplinary design agency from Seoul, Korea. They work in illustration, graphic design, animation, motion graphics and product design. All of those specializations come together as superb
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vinyl
Last night, one of my Dunces (Goody2Shoes) by Gary Baseman tumbled from its perch and broke a leg. I’m posting the photo here because although we get some
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sculpture
I’ve been totally enamored with Jay Howell‘s Super Sculpey characters since he began revealing them on Instagram. Lucky for me, the Los Angeles-based artist debuted the new 3D work
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prints
Frank 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
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plush
Having last captured my heart with an Overly Literal Cat Valentine, Vancouver-based artist Hine Mizushima gives me a smile again with this whimsical Self-extinguishing Firebug. Mizushima needle-felted the creature
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vinyl
2012 saw the release of 2bithack’s limited edition Banksy toy, Smiley Copper, and 2013 is off to a solid start in Banksy bootlegging. Introducing a full spectrum of Rude
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plush
Filed under So Bad It’s Good: Barcelona-based Pussie Toys was commissioned by Spanish Agency Tiempo BBDO to make a range of plush meme toys. Pussie Toys is the
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sculpture
There’s nothing grim about this reaper sculpture by Jay Howell. Howell has recently taken his stretchy characters into the third dimension, and they look great. Howell is probably
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