Argentinian artist Federico Gonzales has created designs for several well-known commercial clients including VANS, LA MARTINA, Blackfin, Puma (Argentina) graniph (JAPAN), SWH(Taiwan). He’s also pursuing his own personal art both in 2D and 3D forms, toys of course! He’s about to set his Bicho (little beast ?) DIY resin figures loose into the world of humans. The winged Bicho with stubby arms is Federico’s first original toy. He’s lined up a strong group of Argentinian designers to customize the first ten figures to come off his workshop table including DOMA, DGPH, punga, kidgaucho, Barfuss and Leche. The plan is to create a touring expo with stops around the world with retailers stocking Bicho. If you run a store and would like to carry Bicho, drop Federico an email.
We’re stoked to see more artists using resin as a means of self-producing their own art toys. We’re a little surprised more artists haven’t taken this route. While vinyl may serve as a sign of commercial acceptance — resin allows small runs at manageable costs, which is really one of the original concepts behind designer vinyl.
