Author: Kevin Gosselin

Delftware Dead Kozik Bust

Here\’s another Kozik bust I finished a little while ago.  Originally I had intended to just use a crackle medium to get an aged look for this piece but the medium just didn\’t work the way I wanted so instead I spent the next few weeks painting lines until I lost my sanity. 

Dead Kozik Artists Proofs and Summer Sale

OK, it\’s time for me to get rid of a few things if I can.  I have some older pieces sitting around taking up space and some newer items taking up much much more.  I\’d like to make some space in my office and house.

First and foremost are my artist proofs of the Kozik bust colorways that I\’ve already released. These guys are taking up way too much room in my house.  So if you want an artist proof with domestic shipping included in the order, head over to my shop and get one.There are 6 different colorways including the two kickstarter exclusives you might have missed, RED and GID.  I\’m only selling 4 right now so if you want one of the very popular GID, better get them now.  There is also Charcoal Grey, Green, Orange and Pink.

And for select items on my site
I\’ll be taking up to 50% off. 

Please, I need the room.  And money, that would be nice too.

Rip Van Chuckboy and Angkor Goss

Here are a couple pieces done for one of my very favorite clients.  The client came up with the rough concepts and I was allowed to go with it as usual.

With the Chuckboy dunny I was asked to have nature overcome the machine and have one of my trees grow up around it.  I couldn\’t wait to turn the dunny into a skeleton.  The client also requested my Ready for Bedtime Bunny which has become a reoccurring character for me.  The bunny\’s name is actually Penny after my dog Penny who has a spot over one eye much like the bunny.  Penny is getting older and naming the bunny after her allows me to keep her with me as time goes by.  So when you see a Ready for Bedtime bunny, you\’ll know I\’m thinking about her.  ANYWAYS… it would seem our cyborg wasn\’t your T-100 model but a softy who carried around it\’s stuffed animal and there it lies until one day nature will completely devour them both.  How nice.

As for the Madl, it\’s the next in our series of ancient temples.  This guy was a lot of fun to make.  I mean who doesn\’t love looking at pictures of Angkor Wat?  One of the things I love about commissions is the research phase when I have to learn everything I can about a subject.  I had always had interest in Angkor Wat but knew very little about it and now I\’m just dying to get there one day. One day.  Turns out, for those not in the know, Angkor Wat is a particular temple of many within Cambodia that makes up the remains of the lost Khmer civilization.  I ended up blending in various elements from a few temples to make up my Angkor Goss.  The general structure is representative of many temples but the Buddha face is from the Bayon Temple and the recognizable bayon tree is from Ta Prohm. As for the name Angkor Goss, that was the clients idea and I think it\’s catchy so Angkor Goss it is.

Viking Relic: Custom Coarse PAW

I finished this custom a few weeks ago and it\’s just arrived to it\’s home. As you can see I altered the right hand a bit.  I gave the PAW a wrist and brought the fingers into a grip around the sword handle. The first series of pics show the original piece before I showed the client.  He then asked me to add some moss for a bit of color.  I think he was right to ask, it did add something and it broke up the monotony.  What do you think?

Dead Kozik Busts First Month Recap

So it\’s been a crazy month of releases so I thought I\’d post a recap of all that\’s happened. 
The busts arrived last month and immediately an exclusive green colorway was released over at SubUrban Vinyl.  You can purchase one of those over here.

AND

There\’s a contest going on over at Spankystokes

if you\’d like a chance to win a free green bust.

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Then there was Frank Kozik\’s Exclusive Orange Colorway that you can get over here.
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And then just yesterday we released the Charcoal Grey edition open to retailers. So if you want to get your hands on this colorway, based off the original sculpture, contact your local store and ask them to get it for you.

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And then there\’s the Kickstarter Exclusive GID colorway that finally made it\’s way to my awesome backers.  It\’s not available for general consumption like the above three but maybe if your lucky you can convince somebody to sell one to you.