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.

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

Seymours Troll House.

A few months back I posted some pics of a house I have been making for the Köln Artfair 21. After a blurry 3 months I am finally done and have just come back from Köln exhausted but really happy with how it all turned out.
Artfair 21 is one of the biggest art fairs in Europe so it was an honor to be asked to show my work there. The reception was great and I made some really good hookups and contacts.
So below are some pics of the house. It stands about 150cm and is made from a mix of woods, polymers clays, plastics, resins and paint.
If you are in Berlin in February you will get the chance to see it on display in a show at the Strychnin Gallery. If you have any enquiries feel free to get in touch.

Seymour in Ammo Magazine

If you haven't seen it in stores already, there is great magazine/art book available from the UK called Ammo Magazine. Ammos Focus is finding and exposing illustrators worldwide. They are also totally independent which means they aren't restricted by big publishing companies, but it also means they work very hard each month to produce the issue on limited funding.
This month I was lucky enough to be featured in issue 4 with an interview and lots of samples of my work. If you get in early you can score a one of the limited edition mags with a hand made cover full of stickers and other bits. If you are into art book and love illustration I highly recommend you check this magazine out! Oh yeah it's only £5

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