Ferg’s Misfortune Cat ’BLACK’ on sale now!
9” Rotocast Vinyl Edition of 150
$85 - Includes shipping
Look what just showed up on Super 7’s Facebook Page! It’s a clear blue version of Steven the Bat by Bwana Spoons.
It goes on sale Feb. 27th over here.
via Spanky Stokes
Above is a pretty cool video from the band Motion City Soundtrack, and how they came across paths with artist Joe Ledbetter to ask if he would design the cover art for the most recent album release “My Dinosaur Life”. Sit back and enjoy, and congrats Joe… well deserved!
“Ceci n’est pas un jouet”
Daniel Zana For The Vinyl Frontier
DKE Toys and AdFunture present the Custom Yoka Show
Premiere gallery exhibition February 18-23, 2010
Opening Reception Thursday, February 18, 7:00 - 10:30pm
Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles CA
A while back, I was lucky enough to be asked to do a custom Yoka for the Custom Yoka Show. AdFunture provided their 3” blank Yoka panda bear vinyl figures and DKE Toys co-founders Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks found over 200 artists to participate in the Custom Yoka Show.
Featuring work from 20 countries the show turns the quirky little panda into everything from a dirty thug to a sweet snail in this tremendous exhibition. Pieces range from $25 to $800 and will be available for purchase through Black Maria Gallery.
Show features: Anthony Ausgang, Jophen Stein, Heidi Kenney, Steven Daily, Snaggs, Arbito, Chris Ryniak, kaNO, Itokin Park, Dan Goodsell, olive47, Dacosta!, Chino and literally hundreds more
The Custom Yoka Show is meant to coincide with the release of Yoka Series One, a blind boxed collectible figurine that is now available. http://www.adfuntureworkshop.com/feature_show.php?ft_id=42
The Custom Yoka Show premiered at Designer Con in Pasadena, California on November 21, 2009. More tour dates, following the Black Maria Gallery exhibition to be announced soon.
3137 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039,
323.660.9393
blackmariagallery.com
info@blackmariagallery.com
The Black Magi figure (ed. of 200) by awesome artist and VF star Gary Baseman was released a few days ago under the new label of KidRobot Black. These toys are limited in number and hearken back to the halcyon days of vinyl toys. Once the edition is made the mold is apparently destroyed, which seems rare in a world where toys have several colorways. More toys will be released in the future and i’m excited to see what is next!
New KAWS 4’ Companion ed of 100. This puppy will cost ya 4k but totally worth it. drops tomm at noon.
I recently got the opportunity to be interviewed by the Spread Magazine Blog.
Check out the interview HERE and lemme know what you think.
-Daniel
Frank Kozik is having his Hubris solo show in at Billy Shire Fine Arts in Los Angeles. Check out the full coverage from Vinyl Pulse here.
Billy Shire Fine Arts
5790 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
323.297.0600
Brian McCarty, one of the hardest working and most talented toy photogs out there today, was recently featured in one of Photoflex’s Showcase.
For those who dont know, Photoflex makes professional lighting and photography gear used by most pros out there, so it’s fitting that they would choose Brian. The article takes a look at his process and vinyl toys in general. Congrats!
Check the article out here.
As a result of Taco Bell’s recent foray into vinyl toys (read here) which to many is seen as blatant ripoff of the Kidrobot Dunny, Kidrobot has decided to stage a “Death To False Vinyl” rally in NYC (details here) Definetly check it out if you have a chance.
It’s sorta strange to see vinyl toys becoming a more and more mainstream slowly but surely in the three years that the film has been in production. Whether its larger companies making their own versions of “urban/vinyl/art” toys or having the toys show up in movies or films, vinyl is certainly becoming more prevalent in society. Whether or not that is a good thing remains to be seen.
DZ
Sources: Spankystokes & Vinyl Pulse
