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Dec 02, 2009
Dcon 2009: SpankyStokes Booth
SpankyStokes was back again and did it bigger than last year. The booth was filled with a bunch of customs by Drilone, Leecifer, and Nebulon5. A big crowd pleaser were the tons of raffles going on with the help of Wizard Sleeve Toys, Dragatomi, Kuso Vinyl, Tenacious Toys, Devil’s Holiday, Gunnzo, Strangekiss, and Happy Panda Toys. Another cool thing they had going on was the live stream. Where those who couldn’t attend had a good clear view of what was going on.
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DCon 2009: Silent Stage Booth
We all know the big attraction to the Silent Stage booth was the King Of Pandas Resin figure that we last spoke of HERE. We cannot exclude all of the other awesomeness going on at this booth as well. Such as all the prints and customs that were available. Paul did a great job of manning the booth and answering all the questions from the attendees. All while Woebots was off to the side sketching for all of the fans.
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DCon 2009: Gunnzo Booth
The San Diego based toy store Gunnzo had their very own booth at Designer Con this year. Unfortunately Chika was ill during the convention, but managed to pull through with the help of Kyle. One thing they had at their booth that others didn’t, were the Spore Troopers and Bacteria figures from Alimana Toys. Big ups to Chika on her first convention event and hope to see you again next year!
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Angels and Gringos – Corpse Flower Sancho
Angels and Gringos has just released their Corpse Flower Sancho, the final edition of Daniel Monahan’s excellent art toy. First seen publicly at this year’s SDCC, Corpse Flower is limited to 50 numbered pieces for a suggested retail of $100. As with the other Sancho sets this one comes with Sancho, Ostrich, Toro the “Mechanical” Bull, and Sarape, Hat, & Mandolin accessories.
Interview with Noferin – Jibibuts, Pecan Pals Plush and More
[Noferin, Nick and Candy, have taken their own path to making art toys. The duo turned heads and grew their fanbase with the excellent Pecan Pals wood toys. With a wave of new product coming including the Jibibiuts wood mini-figures and the Pecan Plush, we thought it would be a great time to talk to Noferin about their approach to creating art toys and get the skinny on the new toys.]
Hi guys. Can you tell us a little about yourselves and maybe how you got started with your art careers?
Hi Jack, so nice to speak with you. We are Nick and Candy, a husband and wife collaboration who design and manufacture toys, sculpt, paint, illustrate and write stories. Under the name, Noferin, we bring to life the stories of the Pecanpals.
Noferin has broken from the norm with your art toys. Instead of making vinyl Pecanpals, you chose to create them in wood with excellent results. Why did you decide to go with wood ?
The more we looked into the process of making toys, the more we found ourselves leaning towards using wood as a medium for production. Wood just seemed like a – excuse the pun – natural choice for us. We are very hands on with our production, preferring to open a sketch book and work on ideas first than going straight to computer, and the concept of using plastic or vinyl felt cold and foreign to us because we couldn’t shape plastic or vinyl ourselves, but with wood we could.
We chose to use wood because we wanted to expose a traditional material in this new scene of designer toys. Wood has a weight to it, a true sense of solidity. Wood is living. It has grain, pits and pores and is a beautiful medium to work with. We wanted to create a set of figures that would stand the test of time – something that is cherished and passed through the generations.
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