just some pics of my visit to MyPlasticHeart, an amazing NY designer toy store with incredible energy • here with owners Vincent & Bikkei
bikkei * vincent * blattke
they now offer exclusive mimushi figurines at their store and online at www.myplasticheart.com • here’s me by the exhibited mimushi
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Help mimushi achieve great things for those in need in this terrible crisis in Japan! Visit www.mimushi.com, browse and find your favorite mimushi, when prompted punch in code HELPJAPAN and 25% of your purchase will go to the Red Cross relief initiative for those in Japan.
"It wasn't me", so says, Tsunamushi
(if you are not in the U.S., please contact us through our webpage contact form if you wish to purchase a mimushi, and we will manually help you out)
Translation into Japanese offered by Google Translate:
mimushi日本では、この恐ろしい危機で困っている人々のためにすばらしいことを達成するためのヘルプ！ 、www.mimushi.com閲覧およびコードHELPJAPANのパンチをプロンプトが表示されたら、購入の25％が日本では人のための赤十字救援イニシアチブに行くお好みのmimushiを見つけるご覧ください。
（あなたはアメリカでされていない場合は、mimushiを購入する場合はウェブページ問い合わせフォームからお問い合わせください、私たちは手動を助けてくれるだろう
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select your favorite at mimushi!
some love the figurine, some love the box, some love the whole package, some plain love him for who he is • decide for yourself!
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a very generous 3D artist -not affiliated to me or mimushi in any way- did a 3D rendering of mimushi, which came out spectacular • it was a real surprise to me, since she wasn’t commisioned by me; she just did it out of inspiration i guess, and i can only say i feel flattered • please check some of her other renderings at her blog
dancing mimushis by 3D artist TrangSanu
mimushi silent match
ficticious samurai swords on mimushi
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last friday was a lot of fun • mimushi had it’s first exhibit ever during Art Basel at Claudia Calle‘s Gallery in the Wynwood Art District • thank you all for coming! for more pics, please visit the photostream in flickr • http://www.flickr.com/photos/33536119@N06/ • among the attendees were Iniciativa Colectiva‘s Nicole Andújar, Farofa Nation‘s Serge Castagna, Puentes Legal‘s Humberto Rubio and other local celebrities •
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Claudia Calle‘s gallery opened on what was a successful evening! her pieces were amazing; a real photographical tribute to beauty & human nature • we’re very proud & excited to be a part of this, and hope our exhibit brings yet another aesthetic element to the mix • remember, tomorrow, Friday, December 4, 2009 in the Wynwood Art District @ 2722 NW 2nd Ave., Miami, FL 33127 from 7 pm – 12 am • see you there!
also make sure to check out the entire Art Basel scene the rest of the week, not only at Wynwood but at the Design District and South Beach • here’s a sample of a captivating mural on the corner of NW 24 st. & N. Miami Av. • our very own Mr. Johnny Robles will be doing a mural on that same corner • can’t wait to see the result •
Beautiful & gloomy mural at NW 24 & N Miami Av
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Tagged art basel, claudia calle, mimushi exhibit
all-time collaborator and illustrator, Pac23, and concept artist blattke finding inspiration for the new mimushi series • there’s talks of mixing wood, vinyl, accesories and kaiju! we’ll see • visit the site for updates •
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spent the weekend in NY, checking out the most fascinating vinyl art toy shop i’ve ever been to (no offense to Kidrobot of course). spent some time with owner Stephane Gerbier, whose encouragement and passion for this urban art industry is simply inspiring. came out of there with a renewed perspective and very excited about how things are going. for those of you traveling to NY, you can check the mimushis and other vinyl toy figurines at the store on 15 Gansevoort St., New York, NY 10014. i even left a 13.5″ high special edition mimushi! enjoy!
concept artist blattke & yoyamart store owner Stephane Gerbier celebrating mimushi @ yoya
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Read up on what VinylAbuse has to say about mimushi’s wooden figurines!
VinylAbuse likes the way we think!
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we actually had to go deep into the Amazon jungle to discover native partners that would materialize our vision · then the fruits of our labor began, and here is how it all boils down ·
we use renewable resources!
first we acquire wood from government regulated plantations, where the resources we use are immediately replaced · then we bring them to the shop and allow the to dry for about 2 weeks · After that we start cutting them into a squared block and then the fun begins ·
we begin the cutting process
after we symmetrically draw a “3D shadow” of our figurine onto the block of wood, we begin “moulding” the block of wood and cutting it into a rectangular shape that we can later carve and sand into the shape we want · this is obviously done at a very metioculous rate ·
ain't he cute?!? well, maybe for now, cause he's soon to become a fierce warrior
after this cutting process is taken care of, we have a nice squared shape figurine · soon he shall be morphed into our warrior of the psyche ·
and now we begin to carve · careful, we don't want an old chip off his shoulder
so slowly but surely we begin carving our ways into this marvel of nature and bending it our way ···
hey, you guys just carved a belly on me I didn't have before! you shall soon submit to my will!
after meticulously carving this piece now we have to sand it a bit··· a couple of hours/days later·
ok, now look into my eyes · i shall hipnotize you and turn you into my weapon ·
so, here’s the initial result, but were still not there···
hey, who are these guys? oh, ok, i see, so now boys, let's re-group and stand ground ·
after this we begin the wheat straw inlaying process · more on that on our next entry ·
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