Fresh!

Forget blank toys - let's do customs on deodorant rollie sticks! Yay!

Tenacious Toys and Nemo are putting together a custom "toy" show for Halloween 2009. No blank toys; just rollie sticks. LOL. It's gonna be fun and challenging at the same time. I approached Nemo to do a collab piece for the show in addition to my own. *Note to self: wear gloves when I empty these sticks. Join in on the fun and get your rollie on ;)

Here's the important stuff...

Mail your custom to:

Tenacious Toys

P.O. Box 287042

New York, NY 10128

(By Oct. 28)

Show:

All The Right

3561 Junction Blvd

Corona, Queens, NY

When: Oct 30 7pm

2nd Stop: Off The Wall

*Original event took place on 09/25/09

Second stop for the night:

Caged Minis

Tandy Kunkle:

I want this on my wall. So. Cool.

JP Neang:

Evan Hayden:

Met amazing sculptors and caught up with a few local artists.What can I say other than I had a blast again at the Space Gallery. Special thank you to Chris again for inviting me back for yet another installment.

1st Stop: Shopwars Battle

The theme of the competition surrounds the 8" Qees of Toy2R. Local shops and companies, ranging from tattoo shops to toy stores like Kidrobot of SF, customized their Qee of choice for the competition.

Voters choose their favorites and cast their votes. All of the toys are for sale and 50% of the proceeds are donated to Project Open Hand. Project Open Hand is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that provides meals to people with AIDS and seniors.

Gotta love that hairdo.

Packaged "Qeef" teehee...

Yup, some where underneath all this was a 8" Qee.

All of the artwork are being displayed at 1AM until October 10th. Most toys are $100; it's for a great cause and just plain o' good investment for you art collectors out there ;)

Lief of Delicious Drips brought out a 16" Qee Cat for all the artists and attendees to doodle on during the show. Feeling inspired, everyone grabbed a paintbrush and doodled away. I couldn't stay til the end to see the "mural" Qee Cat. Hopefully, Lief will have updates on this one...

I want to give a big thank you to Lief for putting the show together and Dan at 1AM for being such a great host.

News: A Toy Show?

First show in the East Bay for me: Terminal22 Gallery. The exhibit will feature custom toys by a whole bunch of toy makers from around the states, including my friend, NervisWr3k. I was brought on board kinda late, so I couldn't make it onto the flyer. Oops.

Sal and I will be there this coming Friday; come see him in person if you didn't make it out for his debut :)

"3D Canvas Custom Toy Show"

Oct. 2 | 6pm - 10pm

@ Terminal22 Gallery

2443 Telegraph Ave

Oakland, CA 94612

Episode 2 - Pablo & Francisco

Hope y'all enjoy the second installment...

Special guest: DJ Qbert Music provided by Shape Shifters and Omid

I'd like to thank the musical artists that provided their talents to this video and for my good buddy, Esau for making these videos happen.

Lastly, a special thank you to Raymond and Kevin for giving me this opportunity.

2 Shows; 1 Night

The pressure is on...

Chris invited me back for a second show: Off The Wall exhibit at the Space Gallery. At the same time, Delicious Drips also asked to battle at 1AM with Lt. Lajos in tow. It's gonna be one hell of a Friday night!

When: Fri, 09/23

1AM Gallery | 6pm - 8pm

1000 Howard St

San Francisco, CA

Space Gallery | 8pm - Late

1141 Polk St

San Francisco, CA

"We Ain't Plastic!" - Toy2R

Toy2R's US division is celebrating its one year anniversary with a Qee exhibit, "We Ain't Plastic!" The exhibit will kick off on October 2 and the show will run for a month. The great folks at Toy2R invited both local and international artists to apply their skills to the signature 8" Qees. Pablo and Francisco will be there; so should you ;)

"We Ain't Plastic!" info:

The Public

1033 O Street

Lincoln, NE 68508

Update 09/24/09: New teaser/flyer spotted.

Pablo y Francisco

A while back ago, Kevin of Toy2R USA generously sent over two Qees for me to do for the First Friday Art Walk in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Meet Francisco and Pablo; the latest additions.

Pablo

Francisco

They will be on displayed in and around Lincoln (maybe Omaha). I hope the good folks at Toy2R will enjoy these two kids for many years to come.

Lt. Lajos

Lieutenant Lajos is a do-er, not a whiner.

When General Gannon gives an order, Lajos will get the job done.

Like entering the DIY Shopwars Competition at 1AM Gallery on Sept. 25, 2009.

Lajos - prepare to battle.

***UPDATE: 10/09/09*** Yay! Lajos got 3rd place!!! "That'll do, pig, that'll do."

Re-Introduction

This guy was created a few months ago but never got the proper introduction.

Franky Fingerless, part of the 222s crew.

Just another day for Franky, chilling with the minis...