I was looking for something to doodle on while watching a movie. My kids had these old-style wooden clothes pins laying around so I grabbed one and started to draw. Pleased with the initial results I went to work with some pigment pens and acrylic paint. Sinister Mr. Pin was born, followed shortly by 3 others; The Aluminum Rabbit, Yellow Fury and The Amazing Mister Tooth.
Growing up I had a neighbor who would occasionally hand down her grandson's toys to my brother and me. Always the boxes she gave us held a treasure trove of assorted small toys; plastic farm animals, cars and the most interesting and bizarre little rubber and plastic creatures that I would never see anywhere else. These strange little monsters captured my imagination in a way that has been an influence on my creative compulsions throughout my entire life, inspiring a hunger for the small thrills of creating new and unusual things. This, combined with being a regular visitor to designer toy sites like Vinyl Pulse and others, had lead to a strong interest in developing some work the custom art toy genre.
So, I went on to create some simple packaging reminiscent of action figure packaging I remember from being a kid in the 70's. Each package has a unique logo corresponding to the character it contains. Production was fairly simple. I work in a print shop so the cardboard backing was no problem to print professionally. And with the use of a homemade vacuum forming box, some recycled plastic and some experimenting, the clear bubbles to hold the Pinheads came about quite quickly.Soon you will have the opportunity to be the first kid on your block to own one! Check back. I will announce their availability pending the opening of my new Etsy shop.
