{"id":5186,"date":"2017-11-09T19:22:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T19:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/actionacademy.co\/vinyl-pulse\/nathan-ota-x-3dretro-coozie-for-designercon\/"},"modified":"2017-11-09T19:22:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T19:22:05","slug":"nathan-ota-x-3dretro-coozie-for-designercon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2017\/11\/nathan-ota-x-3dretro-coozie-for-designercon.html","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Ota x 3DRetro \u2013 Coozie for DesignerCon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/NathanOtax3DRetroCoozieforDesignerCon_1100E\/Coozie1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[Coozie_DC17]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Coozie-1\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; margin: 0px auto; display: block; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Coozie-1\" src=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/NathanOtax3DRetroCoozieforDesignerCon_1100E\/Coozie1_thumb.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Painter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathanota.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan Ota<\/a> has collaborated once again with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3dretro.com\/\">3DRetro<\/a> to bring his ethereal, arboreal paintings to life as a brand-new vinyl art toy debuting as a preview release at <a href=\"http:\/\/vinyltoys.net\/\">DesignerCon<\/a> from the 3DRetro booth [#532]. <strong>Coozie <\/strong>features his recurring half tree\/half boy character who\u2019s often&#160; seen exploring his forest surroundings. With the new toy, Coozie is seen sitting atop a low tree stump. At first glance he seems to merge with the tree, the separation between the two blurring into a shared identity. If you\u2018re wondering about the character\u2019s name, in his graffiti days, Nathan used to write \u2018COOZ\u2019. <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/NathanOtax3DRetroCoozieforDesignerCon_1100E\/PopGoestheWeasel.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[Coozie_DC17]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pop!-Goes-the-Weasel\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Pop!-Goes-the-Weasel\" src=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/NathanOtax3DRetroCoozieforDesignerCon_1100E\/PopGoestheWeasel_thumb.jpg\" width=\"164\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/NathanOtax3DRetroCoozieforDesignerCon_1100E\/23164077_145443919414758_7911281604058677248_n.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[Coozie_DC17]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"23164077_145443919414758_7911281604058677248_n\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"23164077_145443919414758_7911281604058677248_n\" src=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/NathanOtax3DRetroCoozieforDesignerCon_1100E\/23164077_145443919414758_7911281604058677248_n_thumb.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/NathanOtax3DRetroCoozieforDesignerCon_1100E\/nathan_ota_1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[Coozie_DC17]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"nathan_ota_1\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"nathan_ota_1\" src=\"https:\/\/images.vinylpulse.com\/vp_pics\/from_windows_live_writer\/NathanOtax3DRetroCoozieforDesignerCon_1100E\/nathan_ota_1_thumb.jpg\" width=\"98\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painter Nathan Ota has collaborated once again with 3DRetro to bring his ethereal, arboreal paintings to life as a brand-new vinyl art toy debuting as a preview release at DesignerCon from the 3DRetro booth [#532]. Coozie features his recurring half tree\/half boy character who\u2019s often&#160; seen exploring his forest surroundings. With the new toy, Coozie &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2017\/11\/nathan-ota-x-3dretro-coozie-for-designercon.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nathan Ota x 3DRetro \u2013 Coozie for DesignerCon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nathan Ota x 3DRetro \u2013 Coozie for DesignerCon - Vinyl Pulse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Painter Nathan Ota has collaborated once again with 3DRetro to bring his ethereal, arboreal paintings to life as a brand-new vinyl art toy debuting as a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vinylpulse.com\/2017\/11\/nathan-ota-x-3dretro-coozie-for-designercon.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nathan Ota x 3DRetro \u2013 Coozie for DesignerCon - 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