Author: Kevin Gosselin

When Worlds Collide: Feb 24th-March 24th

This is coming up real soon.  I\’m proud to be apart of this stellar line-up of artists.  And best of all I get to go to this show in person.  I originally was suppose to be a larger part of the show but due to a heavy workload I had to cut back on my level of participation.  But I will be showing some art that has been seen before and I just finished another custom for it.  I am also hoping to finish an original sculpt which should begin to show people the direction I\’ll be moving toward this year.  I\’ll be present at the opening along with DrilOne and f+

Here are the details:

Feb 24th-March 24th
Screaming Sky Gallery Portland,OR
Opening reception Feb. 24th 5pm-9pm

Kevin Gosselin

Golden God: Custom PAW

Lost to the world this ancient temple hides away in the jungle, a relic of another time. Created from individual stones, shaped and pieced together into a worshiped god long since forgotten.  Hidden within the stone are traces of gold.  A staircase wraps it\’s way around one arm, up the spine and ascends the other arm to be greeted by the ceremonial altar where many a life was exhausted as offerings in the hopes good fortune would bring.  A birds nest clings to the under hang of rock and vines begin to claim this abandoned place.  The real mystery lies deep beneath.  Are you brave enough to venture through the door?

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Thank you Spanky Stokes

Head on over to SpankyStokes.com right now to win a Most Wanted Series 2 AP.  That\’s right, I\’m giving another AP away.  Previously I gave away an AP over at Hello Vinyl and today it\’s time to thank John.  Both guys have been very vocal since my appearing on this scene and it is my way of saying thanks to them and their blog readers for all the kindness.  Better enter this today because out of my 5 APs I have, 2 have been reserved long ago by collectors, 1 given to Hello Vinyl and 1 to John today.  The last AP which will be the only AP in the variant colorway will be auctioned off after the drop of the series itself.

Good Luck


Need room on my shelf sale

I\’m growing a Island of misfit toys over my desk.  Over the last couple months customs I did for shows have unfortunately not sold at the jacked up gallery prices so now they\’re back in my hands and looking for a good home.  Prices have been slashed in most cases so take a look and consider helping me clear some much needed shelf room and maybe buy my baby some diapers too.

Bud And Nade: Sibling Rivalry

Here\’s my latest piece.  It was commissioned by a Jamungo collector who gave me free reign with the platform.  He gave me a bud and a nade and asked me to customize both of them.  Not necessarily together.  When I got them, I had honestly never seen one or the other and was a little nervous about working on them. The plastic was really hard and the limbs were so small.  I worried that it would be difficult to achieve anything dynamic with them.  After (ehem) months of sitting on my shelf waiting to be customized when I got around to it I finally had a concept that worked for me.  Simply put, the two would be wrestling for their lives.  One trying to detonate the other.  I didn\’t want to overdo the piece with lots of color and characterization like I do with a lot of my other pieces. I wanted the original platforms and the struggle to take the spotlight so I decided to make the piece a bronze.  Now I can paint anything with bronze paint and it will look like a bronze statue but the second you pick it up there\’s no fooling anyone.  These toys are so light that I needed to add some serious weight to them to make the piece convincing.  So I filled the heads and the base with as many fishing sinkers as I could.  At shipping the piece weighed about 2.5 lbs.  It is a small piece with a lot of weight.    Anyways, here\’s the piece.  And thanks for being very patient Colin.

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Scotty the Bearbarian

UPDATE:
I just learned that the show has changed venues so here is that new info.

Miami’s Independent Thinkers | ART BASEL 2010
Location: Casa Wynwood (2135 NW 1st Court)
Time: 4:00PM Thursday, December 2nd

For more details, head over to the Wizard Sleeve Toys blog.

Also, if you\’d be interested in purchasing this fella, you can find the preview page here 

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Well, here it is folks, my 16\” Qee bear for the \”Qee to the City\” show in Miami during Art Basel.
A lot of work went into this big fella including cutting down the enormous mickey ears and creating more practical bear ears. He\’s got his wooden shield, flail, waterskin, a necklace with key to some mysterious fortune(maybe to the city?) and a vial of aromatic ground seed.

I call him Scotty because while I was sculpting him I couldn\’t help but notice how much the face resembled a scotty terrier.

If you\’re down in Miami this coming week during Art Basel, check it out.

Home is where the hearth is

Tonight is the opening of the Sketchbot Custom show at Munky King in LA.  I was invited to create a custom for the show and here\’s my finished piece that I call \”Home is where the hearth is\”. It\’s a steam powered sketchbot that has long since broken down only to be reclaimed by a field mouse who has built himself a cozy nest in the abandoned hearth.
The sketchbot is such a distinct character already I felt it best to stay true to the original character but put my own twist to it.  About a year ago I created a character called Blank Frank and had made a version that was steam powered by the boiler in it\’s head.  When looking at the sketchbot I thought it made the perfect vehicle for this concept.  So I cut in a window to view the boiler, added a door and some piping to transform sketchbot into a steam-powered robot.  What was really difficult was creating and painting the interior floor/ceiling to the boiler/furnace.  I had to cut out one of the arm sockets to make it happen.  I also had to bend a paint brush at an angle to reach all the interior surfaces.
The window is made of a bit of spare plastic I had lying around.  I used the same plastic to create the shield for the meter which kinda represents my sketchbot\’s eye.  The meter was designed in illustrator and printed out to size.  I wasn\’t overly happy with the quality of the print out I was able to achieve on my home printer but it is infinitely better than what I would have been able to achieve by hand.  The door to the furnace has a working hinge and handle that does lock the door closed.  Inside the old abandoned furnace is the field mouse\’s nest and some food he has stored.
The show starts tonight so if you\’re in the LA area check it out along with about 75(I think) other great artists included(are you kidding me, Frank Kozik).   I\’m in a show with Frank?  Frank doing a custom?  That\’s so punk.
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@HelloVinyl x @KevinGosselin Super Awesome #FF Give-away

Soooo, I\’ve teamed up with @HelloVinyl for The Super Awesome Follow Friday Give Away. Whats that? Well, I decided to offer up one of my custom 3\”Cannibal Dunny AP\’s. This Dunny is my design for the Most Wanted Series 2 that is coming soon, and this is one of only 5. I suspect that these dunny\’s are going to be hard to get within the series and then being there are only 5 APs I figured why not let everyone get an equal shot at having one.  To be honest, they\’re all spoken for already anyways so there will be three shot\’s to grab one of my APs over the next month or so.  This being your first shot. 
So what do you have to do to get it?
All you have to do to win this Cannibal Dunny is to go over to HelloVinyl\’s web site( HERE ) and leave a comment in his post, answering this question: \”What past Dunny design would you like to see have their head shrunk by Cannibal Dunny?\” You can also get a bonus entry by following myself Kevin Gosselin and HelloVinyl on Twitter and posting a tweet with the following text \”Win a @kevingosselin Cannibal Dunny at @hellovinyl http://bit.ly/9pZ3wQ #KGHVFF PLS RT TO ENTER\”, you can just copy and paste the quoted text, without the quotes of course:-). Easy as that, good luck to all who enter, the winner will be announced Friday 29th October. Thank you very much to Mark over at HelloVinyl for helping plan this fun event!!