Remember Arbito’s killer customs for The Resin Collective? Patty Power and The Seeker are back in new colorways, including some spectacular transparent resin. The new figures are joined by “pop-psychedelic” paintings and drawings for Arbito’s Don’t Be a Dope show at Seattle’s Wall of Sound. They are available for purchase at $150 + shipping from [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 13, 2009
Following quite the fever pitch, Red Hot Robot opened its doors for the Resin Collective, and the red dots started flying. Store owner Jason Kiningham was way ahead of the curve curating this show, which featured standout work from today and tomorrow's hottest resin designers. Even a local Phoenix rag covered the show, re-interpreting Jason's "lowbro" lingo as "way cooler than that boring museum crap" in their article, Anti-Toy Story. Those familiar red (sold) dots were quickly adhered to Cris Rose's Rotund's Romp, Cris and Okkle's Happy Joy Bot, Le Merde's Vanfar, Hello, Brute's Danny, Makkinoso's Evil Spike, WeKillYou's William Palerne and pretty much all pieces by Arbito and 2Petalrose. The dotting continued into the night, as fans circled around the display and marveled at the diversity of the medium.
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Arbito has created a crew of hippie homies for his Cosmic Hobo. Shown here are Sammy, The Seeker, Patty Power and Cosmic Hobo. The first three are new characters for the Resin Collective show at Red Hot Robot this Saturday, April 11th. Cosmic Hobo stands about 9 inches tall and 7.5 inches wide, so that [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 6, 2009
WOW. I repeat: WOW. Beginning April 11th, Red Hot Robot is hosting an unbelievable group show of resin toys. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to say this about a group show of this size before, but I’m proud to say I’ve written a little something about every artist on this roster. So either [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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The all-star lineup includes: the Grass Hut Corp (see image above), Jon Burgerman, TADO, Shawnimals, Dehara, Reach, Abe Lincoln Jr., Peskimo, MCA, Nakanari, Stephan Britt, Nanospore, KOA, Jeremyville, DGPH and many more.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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Arbito dropped me a note that he’s dropping ten Cosmic Hobos just in time for Halloween today at 1PM PST in his webshop. The Terrible Ten are all hand-painted and hand-cast resin sculptures. Each figure is 9 inches tall foot to feather and 7.5 inches wide with arms. The glad rags are faded blue, the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 27, 2008
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This Fourth of July, Portland’s Grass Hut asks the question: What is America? Potential answers courtesy of Scrappers: Hotdogs & Prairie dogs. Oil Wars & Star Wars. Cowboys & Indians. Rebels & Retards. I’d like to add my own: “Aggravation and Litigation.” But rather than figure it out it in words, Grass Hut has put together over [...]
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Monday, May 4, 2009
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