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Gary Ham has been making figures out of bass wood for a while now, and was instrumental in me adding a wood toys category to ToyCyte. Now he’s “testing out the DIY world” with his first do-it-yourself bass wood toy: Itty Bitty. Itty Bitty will come unassembled for easier painting and multiple head variations. There [...]
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...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...Friday, February 6, 2009
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Gary Ham is single-handedly keeping our wood category alive these days. And he doesn’t even realize the seriousness of this role he plays when he casually blogs about a new wood toy he made recently. Following his wooden Boston Terrier, Tinky and Superham toys, comes this panda Gary handmade and painted. I don’t think the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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Gary Ham has modestly explained his wood toys with: “I have a decent wood shop and since I don’t know how to sculpt, I do what I can with wood.” Wood is a great, organic medium for toy-making, and as our ever-expanding wood category shows, Gary is not alone. Shown here, and following his wooden [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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Gary Ham has a handful of VTN exclusive pink and black colorway Carrot Shake Jakes left, and he’s making it easier for you to get one for that punk/vegetarian/rabbit lover in your life with a 15% discount from the Superham store. Besides the standard orange, this is the only other colorway to Jake and was [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
Vinyl Toy Network Winter 2008 was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to chat with artists, toy companies, shops, fans and collectors. People were lined up hours in advance to get a crack at exclusive art toys by Joe Ledbetter, Kathie Olivas, Frank Kozik, Gary Ham, Doktor A, MAD, Marka27 and others. Customized [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 6, 2008
OK, it’s been a long day and I’ve got a lot more to blog, but I’m going to leave you til Monday with a slew of posts tagged VTN 08 and two artists with whom I had a great conversation ultimately leading to a “we are not alone in our neurosis” catharsis: Scott Tolleson and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 24, 2008
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Carrot Shake Jake is about to go punk. The Haminal creation, the Carrot Shake Jake, is getting in touch with his inner punker exclusively for the upcoming Vinyl Toy Network (VTN). Jake was designed by animal lover Gary Ham. This vinyl figure is six inches of bunny love and is a black and pink variant, but even [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
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Gary Ham is serving up a tasty new treat. Ham, who is the head honcho at Haminals “animals with oink appeal,” will soon be dishing out Superham! You may recall other adorable creatures in Gary Ham’s zoo such as the bunny of Carrot Shake Jake and the lion of Tinky V1 and Tinky V2. This is [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 27, 2008
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What’s up doc? Well, in the world of Gary Ham, his first self-produced piece of vinyl, he Carrot Shake Jake figure, is what’s up if you were wondering which is now being distributed here, there and everywhere. The vibrant orange Carrot Shake Jake is six inches tall from the tips of his toes to the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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This Saturday, August 9th, the Phoenix, AZ desert really heats up. Red Hot Robot presents the Ham Sandwich Show featuring the work of brothers Gary Ham and Greg Ham and Scott Tolleson. Gary blogs that they will have lots of exclusive items on hand, including prints and toys. Attendees of Ham Sandwich will be the [...]
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
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