Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
= That’s Dave Stolte at Cut and Paste 2010 from my blog post. Dave Stolte won the international Cut and Paste design championships and is now embarking on his pet project, “Home Bar Basics (and Not-So-Basic)” book that he’s writing and illustrating. Watch for his site that’s upcoming at homebarbasics.com. It’s obvious that Stolte gets his drink on, but at the same time is finding a way into a project. “…this project is an attempt at that, and a melding of lots of things I’m interested in: design, illustration, writing, print, education, service, and booze :)” Stolte heads up his own multi-disciplinary design studio, Wexler of California, and even contributed a piece, Silver Robot to the Robots Exhibition at Giant Robot 2 currently on display.
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Jon Burgerman has that name you’ll never forget and his art is that way too. His works are whimsical and often with a message and his characters in his sketches look effortless and fluid. I enjoy his Facebook page where a lot of this gets thrown up. The piece below is one of five in the Giant Robot 2: Robots Exhibition and it’s only $100! More details can be had here. His exhibition Tired of Being Wired is taking place is Cologne as part of the Cityleaks Urban Art Festival. You’ll have to research that one a bit. But the art looks supreme mixing many techniques. The poster below looks exciting. Do check out more of Jon Burgerman’s gear at his site: Burgerplex!
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Jing Wei lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and her works echo hand made while at the same time, captures interesting compositions and colors. She has an entry into the Giant Robot 2 Robots exhibition that’s untitled and in an edition of 4 below. We have the artists proof (AP) Take a look at it’s specs here. It’s great seeing Jing Wei’s works in it’s final output like below. There’s more to see at her own site: jingweistudio.com then see even more in her shop. Her original works are three color wood block prints!
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It’s always awesome when we have a full stock of Uglydoll keychains. Especially the new characters. From full size, to giant, to something that you can literally take anywhere. It’s awesome. Take a look here.
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Three Cyborg Kittens is a piece by Grant Reynolds that’s at Giant Robot 2 – Robots. Reynolds lives in the world of indie comics and art, and is a supporter of Giant Robot. Grant Reynolds is working on a horror comic called Peeled and Deveined. You can see his sketchbook updates, drawings, and more at www.grantreynolds.com Reynolds has this T-shirt for baby brand, Muck available. Here’s how he made it. Take a look at the process of making a shirt.
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