welcome to doktor a's retropolis @ rivet (til june 30)

Doktor A's solo-show WELCOME TO RETROPOLIS launched over the weekend on the 7th and Rivet Gallery has his paintings, artworks, sculptures and customed toys viewable online now - which frankly had me speechless - especially the sculpts and custom-work - CLICK THRU for some of my select (mirrored) favs :)

The exhibit runs thru June 30th and I can only but imagine seeing it up close and personal (I've said it before and I'll said it again and again and again LOL).

Do contact laura [at] rivetgallery.com if you have interest in any of the remaining pieces ... Meanwhile, the good Doktor is interviewed on Vinyl Requiem (oh man, I remember interviewing Dok in '06 tho - seems like a lifetime ago :p) - and I've never stopped loving his work ... say anymore and this post'll read like a blooming lurve-letter, innit? *le-gush*



LADY IN WAITING:

Lady in Waiting to her Majesty the Queen. Though impatient in her youth, she has become bored of the whole business of royal life and yearns for excitement beyond the confines of the palace. Though she finds it difficult to get around outside even on quite worn cobbles. Over the years she has developed a mild obsessive compulsive disorder. She diligently collects, catalogues and stores any loose gears or random small parts she encounters in the palace grounds. She fears they are all from the Queen herself and one day she may require them all back.

Dimensions: 20in x 8in x 8in
Medium: Brass, Styrene, Polymer Clay, Lead, Ebony, Glass, Steel, Brass, Paper, Found Objects.



DIGBY SHUTTLEWORTH:

Mill owner and Industrialist. Digby owns and runs a large proportion of the cotton mills in the north of the city. He pioneered the use of an indigenous cloud polyp's web as the basis of a new cloth and has made his fortune from it. He was also responsible for the construction of some of the largest, and happiest, steam looms ever created. They while away the hours chatting and playing Mahjong amongst themselves whilst churning out the rolls of cloth. Though not built with legs or indeed any way to exit the mills which they inhabit, they are all content and take pride in their work.

Dimensions: 9in x 12in
Medium: Brass, Steel, Aluminium, PVC, Styrene, Polymer Clay, Lead, Antique clock parts, Found objects.



RODERICK "TIN NOSE" MAGEE:

A commanding Officer who lost his nose in an unfortunate munitions loading accident. His bagman rustled him up a makeshift replacement from a sugar spoon which he wears to this day. He greatly dislikes the nickname given to him by his men. The spoon, you see, was silver...

Dimensions: 9in
Medium: Customised "Think Up" toy. Vinyl, Polymer Clay, Brass, Lead, Copper, Found Objects. SOLD