Skulloctopus - Plaseebo x Matt Walker

I founded PLASEEBO in 2005 as a shop dedicated to creating unique one of a kind collectible figures and designing original figures for Ultra Limited editions. I have often thought of toys as small sculpture. They are miniature interpretations of things that are unattainable in the "real" world. They enable a child to become General Patton directing the Third Army of die cast Dinky tanks through the dirt in his own back yard or allow an adult to time travel back to that moment in the back yard of his memory. This spurring of the imagination is certainly the stuff of Art. I call the way I build my figures "Frankensculpt", because they are cobbled together from unrelated parts in a sculpting process which breathes a new life into them. I like my figures to be edgy, quirky, punkish, dark, more like Franz Kafka than Walt Disney. Some times the work is inspired by my concern for what I see as deplorable human behavior such as our war in Iraq, which inspired my WAR figure or my anger over the unfair practices of Banks which resulted in my sculpting the " Bank America " piece. Other times it may bubble up from distant Self-produced art toys are designer collectibles created and manufactured independently by the artist or small teams without the backing of a large toy company or mass-market brand. These toys are often highly personal, artistic expressions and are usually made in limited runs. Key Characteristics include independent creation where the artist is in control of the entire process from concept, sculpting, and painting to production and packaging. These are usually made in small batches, often 10–100 pieces, which adds to their rarity, made using materials like resin, sofubi (Japanese soft vinyl), or 3D-printed components. Matt Walker owner of Dead Presidents Designs, Presidential Coatings ,Monster Kolor & Cosmic Squadron is a custom pinstriper and painter of toys & figures of all kinds. Matt has more than fifteen years experience in the automotive and motorcycle coatings industries.This has enabled him to perfect his craft and become one of the most sought after custom painters of toys of all kinds.Dead Presidents Designs specializes in Hand Pinstriping, Metal Flake Applications,Color Change Effects and Real Fire Treatments.Currently, Matt is working with several toy manufactures on both production and custom runs. His work has been featured in Hot Bike, Hyper Hobby, Atomic Kulture,Street Chopper magazines. His work has been featured online at Toy Karma, Vinyl Pulse,Toybot Studios. - from deadpresidentsdesigns.blogspot.com