Explosive Art!!!

My good friend Kyle Thye asked a bunch of us toy goons on the October Toys Forum if we'd like to help out with an art show that his friend was putting together. The show is called Fire in the Hole and is currently on display at Finders Creepers in Des Moines, Iowa



The idea was an art show based on toy grenades. I love toys, art, and explosions... how the heck could I pass that up?

The piece I made is called "Warsaur" (which I already posted about before here)... it was made using a toy grenade with pieces from a handful of different Kids' Meal toys.




This was a ton of fun to make, and I was quite thrilled to have my stuff in a show.

Kyle posted a link to his album tonight, and I wanted to share that here... everyone who participated in the show made killer stuff! Here are a couple of pictures...



... but you can (and should) see them all on Kyle's album here. A big hand to Kyle and to everyone who took part in the show. If you live in the area, be sure to stop by Finders Creepers and see the show in person! I know I would if I could!

Flea Market Finds and Something Kreepy This Way Komes

Two-part blog day!!!!

Part One:

Flea Market Finds

I went to flea market today (I needed to get out... I'm starting to grow to the house like coral) and found all this junk for 5 bucks!!!





I cannot wait to chop those Clone and Storm Troopers up for customs... WOOOOOOO!!!!!

The Doomsday has some scuffed up paint, but I'll just touch it up a bit... The guy is MASSIVE. He'll look great next to my animated Darkseid figure. I'm starting to build a little collection of guys who hate Superman. So weird.

Part Two:

Something Kreepy This Way Komes

On the October Toys Forum member Mad-Hatter's-Neverland asked us toy goons if we'd be willing to make some toy cars based on the "Kub Kar Kit," the Canadian version of the Pinewood Derby held for Boy Scouts. These kits have a chunk of wood, some stickers, 4 wheels and 4 nails with which to attach the wheels. It's a really simple kit that requires some creativity on the part of the kids to make into something fun and neat to goof around with.



The pieces are for an art show he's putting on for his Cub Scouts to encourage them to be creative and inventive. At the end of the show, all the pieces are being auctioned off with the proceeds going to help underprivileged kids afford scouting programs. Such a cool idea!!! I loved it as soon as i read about it!

So here's my little Kreeper! Yes-- there's actually a chunk of wood in there... somewhere...

Some older things...

I'm feeling kinda yucky today, so I figured I'd share some old drawings and such.

First up: some old sketches from the sketchbook:








A drawing for an online calender:



Several pieces that were in art shows:




And a few I did just because I felt like doing them!

Rollin, rollin, rollin!

So recently Tenacious Toys and artist NEMO put out a call for artists to submit pieces for a show at the graffiti supply boutique All The Right. The show was called The Rollie Show, and the idea was to make unique toys out of cheapo roll-on deodorant bottles! Such a cool, economical idea for a show!!!

So I made this little guy here which I named the Hell Roller:



He's mounted on a light-up base so you can make his flames glow!



Tenacious Toys posted a Flickr album today with some pics from the show!



Here is the full display with over 40 customized rollies! Look at all that talent gathered there!



Here's my piece next to an awesome Ganesha and a little guy putting on ROLL-ON DEODORANT!!!



Be sure to check out the Flickr Album here for more great pics!!!

Thanks Tenacious Toys, NEMO, and All The Right for allowing us all to have this opportunity!!!