Knacker Magazine

You might have seen around town this great free Berlin zine called 'Knacker'. It's created by the Italian designer and gallery owner Luisa Catucci. The little mag covers the vast art scene that Berlin has to offer, from visual arts to fashion and performance. And....... it even folds out to be an A2 poster.....and again it's free!
The latest issue features myself, so go get one ;) Oh it can be found in shops galleries venues all over Berlin. Keep your eye out.

Work in Progress

A few more sculpts underway for my June show. About another 20 to go.

'Modulor' Berlin Art supplies.

I'm pretty spoilt for choice in Berlin when it comes to art supply stores. There's a bit of everything for everyone. My supplies were always kind of hard to find and I mostly had to source them on the net....until I came across Modulor. Seriously this place is the mecca of stationary porn. Set out over four floors, you find yourself staring at shelves full of goodness for hours then coming away with nothing you actually went in for. Instead I come away with a load of stuff like below that I convince myself I can use in a future project;)

They also have an online store so all you folk from out of town can get the goods as well.

Making of: 'Herzensbreacher' heart

A little bit back to front, but here are a couple of work-in-progress shots of my heart for the Herzensbreacher show. I found this great clip once on youtube of how to make miniature trees for hobby train sets. Same technique used here. Spray glue, cotton wool, then sprinkle a bunch of crap on it. Gets pretty messy but fun.

Upcoming Show

In June I will be part of a 3 man show alongside Doktor A, and Skeleton Heart. The show will be a carnival/circus show with a touch of steam punk and will consist of various sculptures from the artists.
I will be doing as many small domed sculptures as I can possibly get done. All the characters are sketched up and I have started the sculpting process for the first lot.

A little Book of Monsters

Ok, so I have had a rather lazy blogging start to 2012. My New years resolution (one of them) was to be slightly more active on here. I have a packed year ahead so there will be a heap to post ;)
The year has kicked off with a bunch of freelancing jobs including kids books, show work and tattoo designs. It's been great to have a little break from the sculpting and get back to some illustrating.
For the last 3 years I have worked doing projects with the Scottish composer Stephen Deazley.
Stephen creates these amazing shows incorporating junkyard style orchestral bands alongside mass children’s choirs. His latest show is called 'A little Book of Monsters'. The show is broken down in to seven sections with seven different songs about different monsters. My job was to Design the monsters.
Below are a couple of examples. One is about a Snob Goblin and the other about cannibal monsters who end up eating themselves.
I will post more info on the show later in the year but for now you can get an idea of the music on their website, it's well worth a listen. (http://www.myspace.com/musicatthebrewhouse)

'Creature Feature' opening night

Finally I have some time to catch up on a bit of bloggy stuff. Here are some pics of the opening night of the Creature Feature show last month. It was a great opening with a heap of really interested people excited to see this type of artwork/sfx work closeup and in person.

'ArtFair 21' pieces

I've just spent the past week down in Cologne/Germany for this years Art Fair 21 and Blooom fair. This is the same fair in which I created the dolls house for last year.
This year I created 4 new pieces to go along with the others from my recent 'Organic Mechanics' collection.
All pieces are one off original sculptures, handmade from a mix of painted sculps, resins and recycled parts. The sculptures also come with a custom wood and leather base and are encased in plexiglass domes.
For info on availability and pricing you can contact Strychnin Gallery here, or take a look at the art fair presale.

Cuckoo Clocks on tour.

The Cuckoo Clocks I made for the 'Enchanted Forest' show at Strychnin Gallery last month have now gone down to be part of a show in the museum 'Musei Civici' in Reggio Emilia, Italy. This is a super interesting show with all the artworks exhibited amongst the natural history section and are surrounded by old school taxidermy.

The Show will run for the remainder of the month. Some info below.......

Also, I never really do plugs on this blog, but ;) if you are are unaware of the artist on the flyer below, her name is Mimi.S. She is a fellow Strychnin artist and SUPER talented at what she does. You may recognise her work from the cover of the new Juxtapoz book. She is still finishing off her website but you can see a bit more of her work here.

1952 Seymour Spyder

I was approached a while back by a guy in New Zealand who wanted me to customise a collectors diecast car as a commission. When I first saw the size of the car I was slightly worried about how I could still give it detailing as a sculpture. Once I got that sorted I was straight into it and it was a heap of fun.

The car measures only 10 cms in length and as you can see it fits on the palm of your hand. The character and added car parts are made from polymer clay and are hand painted and varnished. He also has tattoo decals which are to scale and comes with a custom display case I made as the the original one didn't fit after modifications were added ;)

The modal of the original car is a 1952 300L Mercedes Spyder, hence the '1952 Seymour Spyder', kind of fitting...

New Piece for the Mad Potters

Hi all, just a few pics of my new piece I created for 'The Mad Potters Tea Party' show at Strychnin Gallery in Berlin. This piece is was created with various clays and casts as well as some old broken toys that I gave a new life to. This one was snapped up pretty quick but there are more on the way with a solo show of sculptures later in the year as well as a collection for the NY Comic con.
The Mad Potter show was a blast with hundreds of people attending and the gallery space looked amazing set up in true Alice in Wonderland style.
You can check out some pics of the opening night here and view the full presale of the show inventory here.
Cheers Seymour

The Mad Potters Tea Party

I'm currently working on a new sculptural piece for the up coming February show at Strcyhnin Gallery. The Show is titled 'The Mad Potters Tea Party ' and is an Alice inWonderland inspired collaborative group show with the Uk ceramic innovators 'The New English'.
The show will consist of customised bone China from a bunch of really amazing artists including Ray Caesar, Chris Mars, Lola, Krk Ryden and Matt Haber.
We have all be asked to design imagery for a range of TNE products such as cups and saucers, plate, platters... There are even vases and urns to choose from. Each piece willbe a limitededition of only 10 and will come signed and packaged with a certificate of authenticity.
The UK model makers and special effects team 'Skeleton Heart' will also be making Mad Potters and other characters who will be sitting around a giant dinning table covered by ceramics in the middle of the gallery space.
So if you're in Berlin on Feb 4th come along to the gallery and take it look. This will be a crazy show and a good chance to get some nice custom pieces at a pretty good price.

This is an example of one of the plates that I have already produced with The New English and gives you an idea of what this show will involve.

This plate design is currently for sale through TNE and their outlets.

I hope you all had a great Christmas and have a well deserved holiday!

Cheers Seymour

Seymour Dolls house

Hi all.

A few weeks back I said I would post some pics of the house I am building for the Cologne Artfair 21 in October. It's been a mammoth project so far and has taken far longer than I thought it would...as usual. I have designed and constructed each part individually and put it all together like a big puzzle. All the detailing is hand cut and carved and is constructed from mostly wood and plastics as well as thick card for the tiling etc. So far it stands about 140cm tall. The outside still needs its lights and a paint job and then I can start the inside which will be 9 different rooms. Not your classic dolls house rooms!
More pics to come in a few weeks,
Cheers Seymour

Eyeball Kicks Framed

Eyeball Kicks Gallery in Wellington sent me this pic of the new print framed up. They do all there own framing now and are doing an amazing job, think it looks great.

This print is available framed or loose at Eyeball kicks and can also be purchased through there online store here

The Adventures of an Antiquitarian

Hi all,
This is a selection of work from my latest solo show titled 'The Adventures of an Antiquitarian. The show documents the voyage and findings of a fictional character named Arthur Bazaljet and his companion Otto Heinz Vanderpaw.
The collection of original ink drawings and handmade sculptures will be shown at The Red Door Gallery from June 14th - July 14th.
For a full inventory and more pics of the show you can go to the gallery/new work in my website. All of the framed ink drawings are priced at £85 each and you can contact The Red Door Gallery for pricing info on the sculptures and to check availability of the drawings.

Window Display and Arthur
Both Arthur Bazaljet and Dick Van winkles Time machine are hand made sculptures. The same process as usual..hand painted and varnished polymer clays and both cased in glass domes.


Dick Van Winkles Time Machine


Show Poster
These are available through The Red Door Gallery for only £10 each. They are printed full colour offset onto A2 170gsm uncoated paper. So to make your purchase go to the online store section on The Red Door website. Search for Seymour in the little scroll down thing and you will see the poster as well as other work of mine they have available at the moment.


Original Ink Drawings
The show includes 28 1/1 small (13x18cm) framed ink drawings. I wanted the pictures to be like it was Arthur Bazaljet drawing what he found on his adventures, nearly like a visual diary/sketch book. So the pictures are a mix of strange creatures, vehicles, animals, etc. The drawings are a lot more detailed than I usually do them and they kind of look like etchings when you see them in real. Again, contact the Red Door Gallery if you are interested.