MACRODONS @ PLASTIC AND PLUSH . COM

I recently found this post on plasticandplush.com where my MACRODONS on Etsy get a nice plug (click above image to zoom in). Thanks so much for the nice mention guys!

Check out "Plastic and Plush" for designer toy news and reviews (among many other things on their great web site!).

Also, just a few MACRODONS remain available on Etsy, ← click to get some before they are all gone!

MACRODONS ARE DISAPPEARING !

MACRODONS ARE DISAPPEARING

MACRODONS series 1 edition is almost gone! Very few MACRODONS remain at THE PUBLIC TRUST, and at the location of the most recent sightings: ART LAB!

Also available online @ ETSY!

Catch these elusive creatures before it is too late!

Original MACRODON paintings also available framed at THE PUBLIC TRUST
& ART LAB.

WILLIAM LAMSON: WORK & TRADE @ PIEROGI + MACRODON 276

Opening this Friday, May 29 at Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn (MAP), William Lamson's solo exhibition "Work and Trade", features projects in which the artist creates a mark-making system through collaboration with forces outside of his control , including a device that consists of a ceiling fan, string, a balloon, and a marker, to create "automatic" drawings. As part of the "trade" component, visitors are invited to offer Lamson something in exchange for a drawing of their choice, at which point the traded item becomes part of a collection of unique objects on display in the gallery. Among those traded objects a MACRODON can be seen... and below, the MACRODON appears alongside it's trade:

just to elaborate a bit on William Lamson's automatic mark-making process, check out this rad video he shot at Pierogi gallery documenting a work in progress:



this is but a taste of this fascinatingly clever concept -allowing visitors the ability to make a trade for a drawing, and through a dialogue with the artist, also to determine the content of the exhibition as well as a system of value for the work offered and traded. check out William Lamson's "Work and Trade" blog, for such gems of trades, such as a cast of a dog skull, several apples, and what appears to be a Fabio CD (?!).

I'm not sure if Will selected the drawing he did for our trade because of a slight MACRODON resemblance in the scribbley-mess (it is not unlike many of my own scribbley-messes), or not, and it was rather subconscious, or simply a serendipitous occurrence... but I saw something there which prompted a theme in today's illustration, a sort of re-interpretation, or response to Will's drawing:






more links:

- williamlamson.com - Pierogi - macrodons.com - MACRODONS on Etsy -

APW NYC Gallery: Custom Toy Exhibit

Opening this Friday, April 3rd @ APW NYC, marks the first custom toy exhibit at APW's new location and will include 100's of toys from many artists. Included in the exhibition are three new MACRODON figures (pictured above). So, if you are in the New York area be sure to stop by and check it out! MACRODON sightings are very rare, and this promises to be a fun show!

this is the first completed figure from the designs for #157
(here is the piece in progess)

this is the painted plastic figure of illustration #193,
from the cast of the clay sculpt, from design concept #159

and this last MACRODON is a new version from "series 1"
(some still available on Etsy + @ A.Okay Official)

180 + more (pencils)

Here is another set of designs for an upcomming MACRODON toy/sculpture.
It is based on this small 7" x 7" painting (available @ THE PUBLIC TRUST):




...which in turn spawned this MACRODON figure:

(A.OKAY OFFICIAL may still have some available)



Also, visit my ETSY store for more MACRODONS figures.

117+118 REVISITED

I re-worked and completely fleshed out #'s 117+118 since at the time all I managed to do was lay down their silhouettes. As you can see, they are illustrations of two of the MACRODON series 1 figures:




(360 degree view can be seen on www.macrodons.com)

MACRODONS series 1 available directly on Etsy: www.macrodons.etsy.com
and in the online Art Prostitute store, as well as in Dallas at The Public Trust
& in Chicago at A.Okay Official

040 - EVOLUTION

spawning appendages.

(quickly colored with photoshop, below)



it appears to be an evolutionary step after this:


which came after this:



photos above are of the series 1 MACRODONS figures
360 degree view can be seen on www.macrodons.com
MACRODONS series 1 available directly on Etsy: www.macrodons.etsy.com
and in the online Art Prostitute store, as well as in Dallas at The Public Trust
& in Chicago at A.Okay Official

just added (from entry 044): an earlier stage in evolution:



(quickly colored in photoshop 10/09/2008 9:50AM)




another earlier stage in evolution, added from entry 047.

(quickly colored in photoshop 10/12/2008 10:20PM)