Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Businesses are usually fighting each other. But guess what? During Uglycon, we help support other businesses by sending our guests there. Patronize them, mention Uglycon and they may hand you a special button (until supplies last) To our knowledge, this is the first time it’s been done on Sawtelle Blvd.
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Giant Robot features many artists with our monthly art shows while we also feature various designers and labels through our apparel. Art and Fashion come together in small ways and usually you will find art for wear through our various selection of buttons and pins! All of our pins portray either art work from popular artists that Giant Robot features or independent design labels that provide unique designs and slogans. Click on the photo below in order to peruse our excellent assortment of buttons! Giant Robot also features new buttons by popular artist Yukinori Dehara! These buttons were just released during the “Pant Flash” art show at GR2. In addition to his new release of buttons, Giant Robot also features many restocks of his more popular buttons that feature more controversial and creative art work! Various oni, psychos, and tentacle monsters adorn these buttons! Click on the photo above to peruse and purchase so that you can wear his art!
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Button Making with Busy Beaver Button Co’s Christen Carter is a crowd pleaser. Anyone who walked into GR2 was stoked into making buttons. How often do you walk into a shop and get to make something so complete as a button? Some drew and some collaged and created wearable art. Buttons are a ubiquitous accessory these days that a) spreads a message and/or b) compliments attire and makes people happy. Here’s a photo set of the event. That’s Christen Carter operating the 2 1/4 inch button maker. It takes just a moment and the results, super cool. This little dude is named Connor. He walked in, drew two button in a minute and left with a smile. Check out them baby teeth. After he left, I realized, this was Justin Chon from the Twilight movies. I met him a while ago for an instant. He was also in Crossing Over. Take a look at the screen cap of the GR Sticker right next to him. Yes, I guess we’re cosmically connected, perhaps by an art director. Some came super prepped up with photo clips and more to turn into buttons. [nggallery id=19]
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