almost there - another custom Mellow

Here's a teaser of what's forth-coming in my line of custom Mellows. This is from the fantastic works of Kelly Vivanco. Brilliant! Progress shots can be seen via. Kelly's flickr.

Phu!'s Rebel Pilots

A month or so ago, I jumped onto the bandwagon for Phu!'s pre-order for his upcoming handmade Rebel Pilots (previously blogged here). And right on time, he had finished them and showed us shots of the finished pieces.

Images by Phu!

I did not expect there to be four colourways, let's see which I will be receiving.

Noir - General

Crimson - Colonel

Violet - Captain

Silver - Lieutenant

astro lapin revealed - almost

Mr. Clement finally released concrete info that the upcoming Lapin is a shrunk version of his previous Astro Lapin. Just when I thought there would not be bigger surprises, he pulled it off with this release.

Candy Coloured Clown

I hate it when I had to stop and think whether to use 'coloured' or 'colored'. News has it that prominent artist Nathan Ota will have one of his characters in his paintings made into a toy piece. I have come across his works and seen them, but the best thing I came across was an original drawing, in fact; it was the painting "Candy Coloured Clown", belonging to a fellow collector.

Scavengers Series 2

So all over the designer vinyl scene is news on the eagerly anticipated Scavengers Series 2 with confirmed information on the release date being today (my time) Friday, 24th October. Vinylpulse has just posted a fantastic photo of the complete set. Can't wait to get my hands on them, I have ordered 'a few'. ;)

Spangle Call Lilli Line - Isolation

Eight new songs in this year's first release out of an anticipated two, with the next one entitled "Purple" soon to be released. I managed to listen to a few, courtesy of Story of a Charmless Man. Read it up on Japan Live too.

Spangle Call Lilli Line continue on with their success with a different approach and it is absolutely fascinating. I have yet to listen to all the tracks but I'm already loving what I have come across.

It Remains To Be Seen - Spangle Call Lilli line

Dan May series of studies

Dan May has released three 6" x 6" acrylic of wood paintings at an affordable price of $100 each. These paintings featured very different elements which he mentioned would make their way to larger paintings in the future.

I might really hop on one of these but they get sold too quickly before I manage to spot one.

"Time stood still"

"The Good"

"The Bad"

Dan May Gelaskins

Dan May has picked a real nice painting entitled "When Fear Gave Way to Frolic" for a range of gelaskins available in a range of different gadgets.

Check them out here.

onwards to a new Lapin

Mr. Clement released a teaser on a new upcoming Lapin. I personally think it resembles his previously released 12" Astro Lapin. Keep on the lookout for more news via. his blog.

Few MadL customs

Since the release of the 10" Mad'L, the sculpt has gotten even more popular. Recently, we see Kathie Olivas doing this piece up for her upcoming show "Uninvited Guest" with MyPlasticHeart. This piece is based on one of her piece from the Scavengers Series 1, Masao.

And Jeremiah Ketner who previously did up the custom Mellow for me (here) has taken on a commission for a set of 10" and 5" Mad'L which he executed marvelously.

Kelly Vivanco's Miao

Finally got a little more settled and finding time to see what I've missed over the past two weeks. Does prove to you how quickly and vast information on the internet travels. Hong Kong was awesome and I haven't got my notebook with me to get the photos downloaded. The only decent vinyl scene I came across was MINDStyle's exhibition of Buff Monster's works at Delay No More, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Manage to get upclose to a 4 foot KAWS Companion.

Heaps of things I missed out but nothing absolutely major. Things that I am still in the loop are like Scavengers Series 2 and couple of upcoming shows. I am actually glad I did not spend any money at all on toys in HK. Maybe a couple of pooh bears that make excellent gifts for my female companions.

Quite a few lovely surprises, mainly excellent custom vinyls by my beloved artists. One of them, Kelly Vivanco, created this beautiful custom Miao for an upcoming show at Subtext on the 14th November.

Dan May Custom Mellow 'Celestial Marmalade"

I have been patiently waiting for these shots of my newest commissioned custom Mellow from Dan May and I can now finally post them up to share.

Thanks Dan. It is an amazing piece. I shall write a little more the next time to accompany my amateur shots of it.

On my way to Hong Kong for a brief stop, can't seem to find time to blog. White geisha's with me.

"Celestial Marmalade"

Kathie Olivas' new paintings

Kathie Olivas will have a solo show entitled "Uninvited Guests" with MyPlasticHeart coming 17th November. But the pieces I came across at her flickr do not seem to be for this show as this show features smaller paintings.

Onwards to the pieces that capture my attention:

"Rivals" 30" x 40"

"Uncertain" 18" x 24"

The new pieces seem to have a darker tone and the characters blend into their background marvelously, particular the above piece "Uncertain". Love the green.

Andy Kehoe new prints

It has been a long while since I last checked on Andy Kehoe and recently I found out he has put up (possibly) three new prints up for sale. I find that he has exceptionally quirky ideas for his artworks' titles.

I have always thought about purchasing a print or two of his but somehow it often occurs at the wrong time.

And here they are, available via his Etsy store:

"After the Flood, Trust Waivers"

"Protector Print"

"Carrier of Secrets & Mysteries Print"

At the same time, he recently posted up one of his latest paintings for his show "The Wonder" with Black Maria Gallery on 17th October. It looks fantastic!

"The Flood Brings Curious Encounters"

"Infinity Square" at Distinction Gallery

Just found out about this nicely compiled group of artists show curated by Kelly Vivanco at Distinction Gallery, opening on 13th December. Jeremiah posted a real sweet looking painting entitled "Serene Moment" up at his flickr. I am beginning to look at picking up some mini paintings from my list of favourite artists.

"Serene Moment" 8" x 8"

mixtART at Giant Robot

If you recall my post about Noferin's newest mini paintings, they are being exhibited at Giant Robot's gallery in San Francisco. They are up and available for purchase, with my preffered pieces has already sold. Oh well, no fret, I've got something even better coming up.

Check out all artworks exhibited here.