MONKEY KING!

I finally picked up and unpacked my Nathan Jurevicius Monkey King vinyl.



A fantastic piece, great work by Munky King on the paint job and the packaging. Also an amazing sculpt!



Nathan was also kind enough to do a doodle on the back.



I placed what was left of the sculpt with the finished vinyl. I always keep whatever is left of the sculpt after the molding process. Maybe I'll do a photo project with various toys with their sculpted ghosts.

UNTITLED LOVE PROJECT BOOK RELEASE!

I will be at the Untitled Love Project book release and artist signing this Saturday December 13th 7pm to 10pm @ Cerasoli : LeBasse Gallery 8530-B Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 900232. Hope you can come by and say hi! There will also be a ton of other cool artist there too.



This was the piece I made for the show titled:
“The Journey We Must Take Alone” Inspired by the Life and death of Pam Roberts. This was probably the most personal art project I’ve ever been involved in. The original art has been sold. A high quality print is available through Thumbtack Press Hope to see you at the signing.

GIVE LESS FRUITCAKE BUY MORE ART!

I have a new piece of art in this show at T&P Fine Art in Philadelphia PA. On Dec 5th. Unfortunately I will not be attending but if you are over that way check it out. The piece is “Lucky Tiki Is Rescued From The Island Of Unpleasantness.” It just so happens that I have prints available of this piece on my website. Also just for the record I love fruit cake.

ANGRY CLOBBER MONKEY UPDATE!

Well this year has proven to be a wild ride even in the most basic terms.
The good thing is the Angry Clobber Monkey is coming right along. We didn’t make the original estimation of a Oct / Fall release, but sometimes these things happen. Patrick over at Munky King has, as always been effortless to work with, right now I think we are looking at a Feb / March release.



Here are some pictures of the wax master from the factory. This is the refined casting from my resin master that I sent to Hong Kong. It is made from a hard wax that can be further polished, and detailed.



This is what will be used to make the master molds for production vinyl casting.



The red parts will be roto-cast in vinyl, the end up being hollow. The white parts are for injection molding. Those parts will be made of a solid stronger plastic



I’m excited! I will always keep making resin originals, but having my first wide release vinyl toy is amazing.

ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON!

Finally I can talk about one of the cool projects that I’ve been working on.
Team Smithereen is a new puppet project that I did the character designs and co-created with Dan Clark and Don Asher. A hapless stunt team these four characters: Whoop, Thrill Kat, Brave Little Frances and Stunt Pig have all the bravery and none of the brains to try and perform some of the most outrageous stunts. They always end up getting blown up smashed, crashed and creamed.



We have an amazing team working on the show, check out the TS blog for more info pics and behind the scenes video.



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Some of the same processes that I use to sculpt toys goes into the sculpt for a puppet.
Always with consideration to the end product being able to perform. I learned quite a bit about sculpting puppets early on in my special effects days. I sculpted puppet characters for various shops like the Chiodo Brothers the Jim Henson Company, and our very own productions.

Always I use a water based or oil based clay. The end piece will be molded so the puppet can be made out of a more malleable material like silicone, foam rubber, or latex.



I made the test puppets out of a very stretchy silicone it was the consistency of a wacky wall walker. The puppets for the actual shoot were made by the talented team from Monster FX.

SKETCH FOR CHANGE!

I have donated a piece of art to Sketch For Change Art for Obama.



The piece is titled: "The End Of Cowboy Politics"

NEW PRINT!

I’m offering a new print.
“Lucky Tiki Is Rescued From The Island Of Unpleasantness” A nice 13” X 19” print image size 8” X 18” on nice heavy stock ink jet paper signed by me, and mailed to you in a sturdy cardboard envelope. This one will be an open edition, but check in again soon I’m working on a limited edition set of a different piece that will be available just in time for the holidays.



Only $35 that includes S & H. Go to the Boutique section of my website to order!