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Last night, a variety of homegrown Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo mutations hit San Francisco’s Rocket World for the first I.W.G. custom show. If you’ve never been to Rocket World (aka T.A.D. Gear), you owe it to yourself to visit Patrick Ma’s haven for high end adventure gear and designer toys. Enter the garage doors to one [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 11, 2009
DrilOne is curating a custom vinyl show based off the Rocketworld I.W.G. figures. This is the first time a show like this has ever been thrown on this platform. 80+ artists are customizing blanks for the exhibit. Scroll down for a complete list of partipating artists and more info about the show. Humans Beware: The [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
Kid Kustoms is collaborating with the world’s best hot rod stripers, street artists, illustrators, air brushers, graphic designers and cartoonists to put the art back in (kid) cart. The artist list includes fenders by Peskimo, Squinky, Nathan Spoor, Richard Van Over (of Wheaty Wheat), Skaffs, Jim Koch, Brent Nolasco, Julie West, Pixelfillu, Triclops Studio, kaNO and a host of others.
Continue reading...Friday, October 31, 2008
Jim Koch sent in word that he’s doing a two-artist exhibition with Chicago artist Charlie Owens at Rivet in Ohio from November 1st through the 26th. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, November 1st from 7-10PM. Jim sent previews of some of the work he’ll be exhibiting, like these customized Skullbees (below) [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 25, 2008
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Master-customizer (who is soon to release some original toys), Phu!, is sending in the troops to tonight’s custom Mad*L show at LIFT. As usual, Phu! combines debris into details: The 10-inch platform figure was enhanced with cardboard, cable ties, brass rivets, broken toy parts, disposable plastic spoons, hose clamps, felt, googles, plastic beads, bottle [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Opening on August 22nd, the same night as the Crazy 4 Cult 2 show but on the opposite coast will be the House of Liu Customs Show at APW in New York City. If you could make both events, I’d be REALLY impressed. A variety of artist such as Julie West, Shawnimals, Kerry Lee, Jim [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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The Rotofugi Plushform exhibit and launch party is just over a week away and I’ve been waiting for the leaks and peeks. On Monday, KaNO showed his custom Plushform, blogging that “plush is kind of hard to paint on, but once you get cracking it gets easier.” Taking a cue from KaNO, Sketchbot posted [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 9, 2008
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October Toys is currently looking to round out the fourth series of their designer vinyl Gwins with a few new designs. If selected, your Gwin would be in the outstanding company of soldiers dispatched by Mimic, Doktor A, Eric Treadaway, Nixon Scratches, idlechimp, SpookyAMD, El Maz, Alex Pardee, Voltaire, C. Spliedt, Kruse, Charlotte Link, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
Just got back from the Derailed Custom Train show. It’s so great to see art locally (and local artists) after all the NYCC hype (and drooling). Santa Cruz is kind of a collision of students, skaters, punks and hippies, and although every block of downtown has a self-styled musician in need of a bath, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Jim Koch the low brow artist /designer who’s work has blessed such toys as Circus Punks, the Deviled Egg Qee, the Zugan Mephist Festa, the Gwin Goofball, and the Gosho Doll will be celebrated with his own solo show “ It Ain’t Pretty” at the Rotofugi in Chicago, IL opening this Saturday May 3rd. The [...]
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
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