New Prints!! The Triptic Series

I have 3 new prints available. Titled The Triptic Series. Each Giclee print is from an edition of 30 and is printed onto Harman archival fine art paper then hand debossed and signed. They measure 40x40cm including the white boarder. As of next week these will be available from Strychnin Gallery (EU & World), The Red Door Gallery (UK & EU), Eyeball Kicks Gallery (Australasia).

The Emporium Collection

Finally finished up my latest collection of work for 'The Emporium' show at Strychnin Gallery in Berlin. The show opens on Friday June 8th and i'll be showing along side the amazing 'Skeleton Heart' and 'Doktor A'.
All my pieces are one off hand sculpted and painted and come cased in 17cm acrylic domes. They also come with a certificate of authenticity as seen in the pic below.
The presale should be going online on the Strychnin Website here at mid day on Wednesday the June 6th.
If you want to see the full collection in detail, then head over to my facebook. Otherwise, it would be great to see you all at the show next Friday!!

Win a Seymour Prize!

Strychnin Gallery has organised a little raffle for the upcoming show 'The Emporium' The 3 artists (including myself) have each donated a little sumthin sumthin. If you're keen to enter, just fill in your details on the raffle and send it via post to Strychnin Gallery 36, 10245, Berlin, or you can just email your details to team@strychnin.com. Or even better, come to the show on the 8th of June and enter the draw yourself ;)

The Emporium preview

Only one month to go until the opening of 'The Emporium' show at Strychnin Gallery with myself, Doktor A and Skeleton Heart. Here a preview of a few of the half finished pieces. More to come soon.

Sculpting completed

I've Finally finished sculpting and priming all the character for my June show at Strychnin with Doktor A and Skeleton heart. I will have 25 different domed characters plus a few other pieces yet to be finalised.
Now the painting begins on these guys.

Herzensbrecher show pics

Here are a few pics of Herzensbrecher show at Strychnin Gallery. The show looks amazing and it was an honour having a piece included.

The show consisted of about 60 international artists. We were all given a blank ceramic heart made 'The New English' to customise.

The show runs for the next 3 weeks, so if your in Berlin go in and take a look.

Herzensbreacher show

Here's the poster for the 'Ein Herz für Kinder' charity show I was talking about the other day.
Pretty happy to be showing along side some of my favourite artists ;) If your're in Berlin on the 16th of March, drop in for a look!

Looking back...no.1

The other day I was backing up some of my work files and thought it might be fun to post some of my old first pieces (under the Seymour thing).
This piece 'Sammy's Snarlers' was really the first actual finished piece I did.
I'd been screwing around with these types of characters for years, but I guess this was the first time everything came together.
At the time I'd just finished a design internship in Vienna....which I loved but....but ended rather badly....which meant I had to spend several months in Edinburgh....(which I loved) not being able to do too much.......long story short, I started to draw heaps and I guess this was my summery of Vienna;) and it's still one of my favourite pieces.

'Creature Feature' show pieces

Hi all, here a two new pieces that I've been working on for the Creature Feature show this Friday. These 2 are actually from a series of 6 new sculpts which will beshowing at this years Koeln Art Fair at the end of the month.
The idea of these pieces was Organic Mechanic, so yeah the outcome was kind of steam punk-esk this time which but was fun to mix it up a bit.
Anyways, watch this space for the other 4 pieces from this series, just doing the finishing touches.
And for all back in NZ, There will be a new shipment of prints to hit Eyeball kicks any day now.
XX

Hello Polly

I want to introduce you all to my new stockist 'Hello Polly'.

At the end of last year, Sarah the manager and curator of 7 years at The Red Door gallery packed up house and family and moved from Edinburgh to Melbourne to start up her new venture and have a well deserved change in the weather.

'Hello Polly' is an eclectic mix of art, design, crafts and everything in between. Sarah has always had a keen eye for picking out interesting and up coming artists and I trust that 'Hello Polly' is going to be a HUGE success. The online store will be be going live any day now, but until then you can take at look at the blog where you can get a little taste of what Hello Polly will have to offer.

New Print 'Highland Games'

I have just finished a new print especially for this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Each A3 size poster/print is signed and offset printed onto 100% recycled paper 170gsm matt paper.

They are available now from The Red Door Gallery as well as my Etsy store here...and soon to be at Strychnin gallery for the local buyers ;)

Because this print is not and edition Giclee print, you will be able to pick them up for super cheap. About $28us or £20

'Gentle Giants' opening night.

Here are a few pics of last nights opening of the Gentle Giants show. The opening was a huge success and 'Manbot' went to a new home with minutes of opening. You can see more pics on the Strychnin Blog here. Also check out the construction shots of Michael Salters amazing robot!

'Manbot' comes to life

Here are some pics of the final 'Manbot' I have made for the up coming robot show 'Gentle Giants'.

He stands about 100cm high, has double jointed moving limbs and waist. Built in lights with a light up electro brain and a light up torso filled with floating body parts.

He's constructed out of a mix of gold and copper sheeting, wood, metals, resins...the list goes on....he's heavy.

The show starts next friday so come along and check him out in person. See you there.

'Gentle Giants' Robot Show

Next Friday (the 15th) I have a piece in the group show titled Gentle Giants. It's a special robot show featuring robot artists from around the world. Michael Salter will also be there constructing one of his amazing robot installations out of polystyrene packing materials, Check out a video of his work here.
This is sure to be a great show, so if your a closet robot lover, come along, i'll see you there ;)

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.

'Retired Wrestlers' Framed.

New Zealand gallery 'Eyeball kicks' sent me these pics showing how they are framing up my 'Retired Wrestler' prints. They always do an amazing job at framing up my work in interesting ways. Cheers Monique and Calvin!

Cuckoo Compendium Parts I & II

Here are some pics of couple of pieces I made for the 'Enchanted Forest' group show currently on at Strychnin Gallery Berlin. The show is a charity show in association with WWF and is celebrating the 'International Year of the Forest'. There are some amazing artists involved in this show including Greg Bagshaw, Caitlin Hackett, Lindsey Carr, Luke Chueh, Travis Lampe and Mimi .S, just to name a few.

I've always loved cuckoos and thought this show would be the perfect opportunity to have a go at making my own version of one.

The outer/casing of the cuckoos are constructed from wood and sculpted polymer clays and then airbrushed. Instead of the having functioning clocks I have installed a sculpture in each cuckoo. They also have battery powered LEDs inside which light up the diorama.

These were a heap of fun to make and I have a lot of ideas for even more elaborate designs.

The opening was a huge success with a lot of support for the cause and I was happy to see one of the cuckoos go to a new home.

You can check out some pics of the opening night some of the other amazing artworks here.

The show will run for the next four weeks so if your in the neighbourhood it's well worth popping in for a look. Buying some great artwork and supporting a very good cause ;)