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

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 •

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

mimushi recently got invited to hold an exhibit during Art Basel on December 4, 2008 from 7 – 11 pm in the Wynwood Art District @ 2722 NW 2^nd Ave., Miami, FL 33127 • the show will be hosted in talented Claudia Calle’s Studio with live music from Fábrika’s own DJ Mr. Pauer and will also show art curated by Iniciativa Colectiva’s Nicole Andujar • we will be featuring a nice 13.5″ exclusive mimushi piece as well as some other nice surprises • Artist Rony5 shall also be showing a piece of his mind • come by and celebrate! (I think there’s free drinks too!)

come by Claudia Calle's studio from Dec. 2 - 4; see the mimushi exhibit on Dec. 4

i bike to work almost every day • a 10-mile ride in total (5 to come to work, 5 to go back home), and i love it • each day i count how many cars i cross, and since i go through the back streets i only get to see 10 cars on average (even during heavy traffic hours) • today, i was surprinsingly yielded to by a driver, who not only patiently waited for me to pass, but also sent a smile my way and added a thumbs up • so i made some calculations, and i have to say this is probably the second time this happens in the 5 years that i’ve been riding, and i consider that to be a very bad average • so me and some friends got together to create a collective of social consciousness appeal message and we will be developing this for the next months • we hope to do a mass guerrilla campaign to pick people’s brains and recover our nature of kindness that has been lost for some • unconditional kindess, the one that is done without second thought nor any hesitation • anyone up to offer their creative juices are more than welcome to leave a post here, and if we find a way to get you involved we will • for now it’s an artistic collaboration that will involve copy, design, music and animation • hope to get you on board • cheers!

by the way, this image is what i saw later on during my ride, which helped inspire this feeling: none other than a vulture! vile carrion-eating feathered creature!

communicate soon •

of all animals i saw a carrion-eating loathing vulture that resembles our lack of human nature; let's get our innate kindness back!

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 •

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

Read up on what VinylAbuse has to say about mimushi’s wooden figurines!

http://www.vinylabuse.com/

VinylAbuse likes the way we think!

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 ·

just wanted to repost this funny video!

Very clean!