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...Tuesday, April 7, 2009
All of this is just speculation from a sketch sent to us by the brilliant Bob Conge. What we see here appears to be Bob’s Skulloctopus riding atop Emilio Garcia’s Jumping Brain. Bob’s email was titled “Could it be?” Which makes me want to finish the sentence with “for the Resin Collective group show in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 19, 2009
Damn, if you thought Emilio Garcia’s Jumping Brains couldn’t get any hotter, try pairing the brilliant resin sculpt with a set of CMYK hypodermic needles. This is hardly heroin chic, the message IS the medium: The Design Junkies Edition of Lapolab’s Jumping Brain will be available April 11th at the Resin Collective show at Red [...]
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...Monday, December 15, 2008
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You’ll be seeing red on December 20th, when Emilio Garcia (in conjunction with Lapolab), drops a new range of 3-inch resin Jumping Brains. The brains will be red, signed and numbered. Limited to one per customer on the Jumping Brain website. I’m hoping for another run of the green brains (the RGB brains sold out [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 5, 2008
Due to the huge success of the RGB Jumping Brains by Emilio Garcia in conjunction with Lapolab, a DIY white Jumping Brain is slated for release this fall. Originally shown at Bread and Butter 08, the 3-inch resin brains will be for sale on the Jumping Brain website. You’ll need to act fast though: the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 8, 2008
I like smarts. So the more brain power at my disposal the better. Spanish web designer and smarty pants Emilio Garcia in conjunction with Lapolab have created this trio of RGB three inch resin Jumping Brain figures to give more mind power to the world. These limited edition craniums “have 6 parts in total, 2 halves, [...]
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Monday, April 13, 2009
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