Customs-Showcase: Previews for We Heart Wood @ Munky King (April 8)

CLICK THRU as TOYSREVIL brings you a few select previews and teasers of customed Jibibuts destined for WE HEART WOOD ~ your collective gawking pleasures (including mine) ~ featuring works from Travis Lampe, Stella Im Hultberg, Jason Limon, Tessar Lo, Peskimo, Dan May, Colin Johnson and Brian McCarty!

WHAT-IS: We Heart Wood is a group custom-show featuring Noferin's Jibibuts wooden-figures as platforms of choice. We Heart Wood opens April 8th and exhibits thru May 6th @ Munky King [event / customs-tagged]


[Above: "Smog Friend Jibibut" & "Factory Man Jibibut" by Travis Lampe / More via his Posterous]

[Above: WIPs of Jibibuts with sculpted clay-faces by Stella Im Hultberg / More snaps on her blog]

[Last sneaked HERE, Jason Limon's duo Jibibut-customs will come complete with both sketches framed]

[15 x images in slideshow above of Jibibut-WIPs by Tessar Lo / CLICK for full-screen viewing]

[Above: Teaser for painted-Jibibuts from Peskimo]

[Above: Custom-painted Jibibuts by Dan May]

[Above: You can see more of Colin Johnson's The Emerald Watchman via his Flickr]

[Photography by Brian McCarty]
Brian writes on his flickr (image via): "A few years ago, I had the pleasure of spending a similar afternoon roaming around Malibu Creek State Park with the artistic duo Candy and Nicho, otherwise known as Noferin. I shot a prototype of their very first toy – a character named “Pandacake” from a series of innovative wooden figures. In the time since, Noferin has sold out several variations of their original Art-Toys. They’ve now moved on to more accessible and affordable “blind-box” figures that retain their signature style with wood from sustainable sources.

I took a pair of these male and female “Jibibuts” back to the park in Malibu to capture a moment at play in the warm light of spring. The resulting image will be displayed in the upcoming show "We Heart Wood" at Munky King’s gallery on Melrose. The show opens on April 8th."