{"id":4955,"date":"2017-12-22T03:22:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T03:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/actionacademy.co\/vinyl-pulse\/coarse-states-of-matter-1418\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T03:22:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T03:22:15","slug":"coarse-states-of-matter-1418","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2017\/12\/coarse-states-of-matter-1418.html","title":{"rendered":"Coarse \u2013 States of Matter (1.4.18)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coarse<\/a>\u2026 What does the brand mean to you?  To us, it\u2019s about consistent excellence<\/em>.  Over the past seven years or so, Coarse has released a collection of art toys that is, at the very least, the equal of any other maker.  That said, continued success poses it\u2019s own dilemma.  What\u2019s next?  Not in terms of just new releases, but also in terms of a way forward, a path of honoring a tradition of excellence while avoiding the seemingly inevitable sense of stagnation. Within the past year or so, the answer has come into focus. <\/p>\n

Evolution.  Coarse\u2019s<\/a> recent releases have blurred the lines between their art sculptures created for gallery shows and their production art toys realized in vinyl.  They\u2019ve pushed the boundaries, both artistically and technically of what 3D art in vinyl can be, of what it aspires to be. 2017\u2019s Ethos series brought us Coarse unleashed. Rather than focusing on the strength of a particular character, on telling one particular story, Cells and Strangers offer a more holistic, abstract approach\u2014quirky, unexpected answers built out of the familiar characters that we know and love. <\/p>\n