'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.

'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

New Piece teaser

Here is a sneak-peek of a new piece I have been working on for the 'Creature Feature' on the 7th of October.
More to come soon;)

'Creature Feature' show

Several months ago I was asked to be part of a special group show in Berlin called 'Creature Feature', set to open on October 7th.
Being a movie and sci-fi geek from way back I was super excited be asked to be part of a show along side artists such as Jordu Schell, Chet Zar, and a bunch of other huge names within the SFX and movie industry.
As the title of the show suggests this will be a creature show. It will feature the behind the scenes artists that have created some of the most iconic creatures of all time from movies such as Start Wars, Predator, Alien, 300, Hellboy, The Corpse Bride.......the list goes on and on.
So at the end of the day, I am very lucky and honored to be part of this show as I am the only creature designer not involved in the movie industry ;)
Below is a special invite in which Paul Vincett of 'Stitches and Glue' created for the show. His amazing puppets will also be featured at in the show and he will be doing a live puppeteering demonstration in the gallery.
So long story short, this will be an amazing show. I will have 3 new sculptures. Come along and see some incredible creature sculptural work.
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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.

Manbot under construction

For the past month I've been working on a a robot for the 'Gentle Giants' show being held at Strychnin Gallery in July. I wanted to try and re-create 'Manbot' which was a print I did back in 2007. Below are a few 'making of' pics. I should have it finally completed later in the week, so watch this space for final pics soon.

'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 ;)

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...

'Retired Wrestlers' Print set

I have been working away on this new print set title 'Retired Wrestlers'. I was a huge WWF fan when I was a kid and thought it would be fun to do some simple character studies of some fictional washed up wrestlers.

The prints are 14.5 x 19.5 including a 5mm white boarder and are printed onto 300gsm archival 100% Recycled paper. The recycled paper soaks up way more ink than synthetic mixed papers resulting in really rich tones/colours and a soft matt finish. Ohhhhhhh.

I decided to keep this set as an open edition making them more affordable and in a different price range from my limited edition Giclees. The prints are still signed both front and back.

You can purchase the prints separately though my etsy store as well as though my galleries in a special packaged set like you can see in the pics below.