Nerd (Un)Culture
From our favorite TV network – G4TV – Blair Butler and the Geek Out team covered the opening of the Under The Influence: A Tribute to Stan Lee at Gallery1988. You can catch a glimpse of several of the pieces…
The Jumble Bugs are detailed plush ladybugs from Australian artist Emily Connell. The first two characters to be released are Johnny the Punk & Leilani the Hula Girl. Johnny has faux-leather wings, complete with silver fabric studs, just like a…
Chris Booker, the art director from Squink, has sent us some photos of their latest custom piece. The custom 8″ tall Qee is currently available to purchase through their site.
Jon Schiller Design has introduced their newest plush line. Named Little 9 and Friends, the cast of characters currently includes Little 9, Midnight, X81, Green Pepper and Mookie.
Barry aka Beeb89 has sent in photos of his first customized Munny – Flying Munny. It’s from his OZ Series of customs…inspired by L. Frank Baum’s books. Pretty amazing for a first try.
The folks from Bam Pop have begun turning some of their Ninguin characters into handmade plushies. Arcade is the first to be sewn up. He likes to play games. He also likes hugs. He stands 7” tall and usually lands…
Porlzilla now has 10 DIY Blank Ozzels for sale through their Ozzelorium shop. So if you liked the design and wanted to go ahead and customize your own version…then get to it. While there are only 10 made, they’ll be…
Two new designs have been added to the collection of Fluffels. The first one is Bruno. Bruno loves to watch videogames. His favorite game is Zelda. He would like to play them too, but his feet are too short to…
Intimidnation Studios has created a handmade plush inspired by Conan O’Brien and his newfound facial hair. Named Conan O’Beardsley, the plush comes with mint colored guitar…so he can rock out to Rock Band. And you can remove his beard, just…
Bob Conge of Plaseebo Custom and Jeremi Rimel of Miscreation Toys exchanged vinyl figures and worked their custom magic on the Plaseebo Mummy and Think-Up. Jeremi Rimel: “Customizing the Plaseebo Mummy was no easy task but was definitely a fun…
Valentine Bear is the newest plush from Creature Co-Op. He wants to deliver your Valentine’s Day message to that sweet special someone. He has a hand stitched heart pocket that contains a blank Valentine card. He’s limited edition and only…
Giant Robot is hosting the Incidental Nature group art show featuring work from kozyndan, Heisuke Kitazawa and Robert Bellm at GR2. The opening will take place on January 19th from 6:30PM through 10PM. The show will run through February 13th…
On Saturday January 12th, artists Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup and Simone Legno will be at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA for a special evening of conversation and artmaking inspired by the pervasive work of Takashi Murakami. In a panel discussion…
Wootini will have the artwork of Daniel Danger on display beginning on January 11th through February 5th. The opening will take place at 7PM. If you like the unsettling surreal. If you like ambulances lost in the middle of snowy…
EyeBone is the boyfriend/girlfriend duo of Szalontai Ilona (design, sewing, photos) and Simon Tibor (graphics, design, stickers, badges, photos). The basic idea behind their work is very simple. They want to make handmade plush toys that have never been seen…