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- April 4, 2011
Its been a long lockdown for everyone, but finally the clouds are clearing and everything here in Melbourne is opening up! What better way to celebrate it all than to check out all the new pieces that some of Australias finest designer toy makers have been creating whilst hidden away in their workshops? These are
READ MORESo for some time now I’ve been documenting some of my toy methods and practices over at my YouTube channel – its been a fun thing to do, as I’ve always believed that knowledge shared is knowledge used. This time around, I decided to grab some of my friends at one of our regular “toy
READ MORETuesday night I headed down to ArtBoy Gallery in Prahran to check out Toy To The World – an annual fundraiser for the Victorian AIDS Council where a bundle of artists (so, so many this year) customise vinyl toys with their indubitable talents. There were more people at ArtBoy this year than I’ve ever see
READ MORETuesday night, 21st January 2014 sees the return of one of our favourite fund raising events – Toy To The World – an opportunity for artists from across Australia to customise a bunch of vinyl toys, and then submit them to to an auction for charity in order to raise funds for AIDS research. Last
READ MOREMan, I love custom toys and I love any kind of show that involves vinyl – the first show over at Espionage Gallery was a huge success, and they’re back at it again with Unboxed #2 tomorrow night!! “Following on from the highly popular Custom Munny exhibition Unboxed from 2012Espionage-Gallery Adelaide is proud to present
READ MORELast year saw a great collection of artists at GTNBZY, and this year is no exception – we’ll let the press release do the talking! “It’s Fringe season again and GTNBZY is back with their next ‘Fringe Dwellers’ group art exhibition and music showcase – ‘Outside the Box’. Upstairs at the Light Hotel on Saturday
READ MORESince interviewing Stephen Ives last year, we’ve been ardently waiting to get yet another chance to see one of his collections – and that time is almost here, as he launched is last show, Jet, this Friday at Backwoods Gallery in Collingwood. “Stephen Ives work is about contrast and balance and the meaning within the
READ MOREAhhhh, good news – the long awaited 2012 Dunny series is about to be launched in Melbourne, and Villain are having a bit of a shindig for all Dunny fans. “This Thursday, come down to Villain QV for our Dunny 2012 Launch Party. We have a great door prize that could be yours! A set
READ MOREYou know what? I think we’ll just have to let you read the introduction to this show first, and watch the video so you can grasp the idea behind it. “Everything is in Motion is a new drawing work by Danny Wild and Luke Penders. It was created with the aid of various mechanical, robotic
READ MOREIf you’ve been reading us for a while, you would know that we are, at the core of it, pretty massive geeks. So when Supanova, the years largest festival of “pop culture expo” comes around, well, there’s no doubt that we’ll be there. Covering every base from tv and movies, to toys and comics, scifi
READ MOREArtBoy presents the debut exhibition of Melbourne artist and Illustrator BRUYN. This guy’s been doing some pretty cool things since we last saw his stuff at the Artboy vs Fanboy Exhibition! BRUYN’s work comes from a background in illustration in the toy industry, an influence which is obvious in his work. It’s cute, yet kinda
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