Awesome show opening this weekend at Dragatomi, PLAY! curated by the lovely Julie West! Just look at that amazing artist roster!
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"Frolic" by Jeremiah Ketner at Dragatomi
The amazing Jeremiah Ketner's newest show, Frolic, which is sure to be incredibly beautiful, opens this weekend at Dragatomi in Sacramento! Sign up for the preview list here. Show details:
April 13 - May 4
Opening Reception April 13, 6-9 pm
Plush-o-Rama!! Pieces now online!
Dragatomi has posted the available pieces from Julie West's Plush-o-Rama!! online, and there's some awesome work still available. Unfortunately, my favorite piece, Lady Bun from Crowded Teeth, already sold (shown above). All the other pieces in this post are, as of writing this, still available!
Plush-o-Rama!! Curated by Julie West @ Dragatomi
Eeee this looks so fantastic! Plush-o-Rama!!, featuring a huge lineup of my favorites, opens this Saturday at Dragatomi.
Details from Dragatomi's blog:
Opening this Saturday November 12th is Plush-o-Rama!! A group plush show curated by Julie West.
This show will feature a number of talented artists that have created a plush for this show. The artists include: 64Colors, Remind Studio, Adrianna Bamber, Rex Crowle, Anna Chambers, Scott Tolleson, Chikuwaemil, Shawnimals, Colorblok, Shonjonotomo, Crowded Teeth, Spanky Stokes, Gary Ham, Steff Bomb, Helena Garcia, Superdeux, Jeremiah Ketner, Tamar Moshkovitz, Julie West, (Go-Tam), Kit Lane, Tracy Meek, Lana Crooks and Travis Lampe.
Opening reception is Saturday November 12th at 7 pm with the show running until December the 3rd.
Dragatomi
2317 J street
Sacramento, CA 95816
Attaboy "You Might be a Monster" at Dragatomi
The awesome Attaboy will be reading & signing his new book, "You Might be a Monster", published by Immedium, this Friday at Dragatomi!
Event Details:
Artist and toy designer, Attaboy serves up his first full color book of stories chock filled with twisted humor, ridiculous rhymes and bursts of color! There are zombie clowns, hugging cacti, bubble gum trees, a sock magnet, tons of surprises, all with a running commentary by the author who happens to be a side talking worm.
Join us this Friday August 5th at 7pm where Attaboy will be doing a book reading / signing. This will be a great event! Make sure that you don't miss it!!
Dragatomi is located at:
2317 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
916-706-0535
www.dragatomi.com
Thoughtful by Jermiah Ketner
This awesome custom by Jeremiah Ketner (small and round), done for SDCC, is now available from Dragatomi!
64 Colors 'Talk to the Tummy' for Dragatomi at SDCC
This is beyond beautiful!
Via Hello Vinyl:
64 Colors have also contributed to the awesome Dragatomi Booth #4935 at SDCC 2011 with this awesomely beautiful custom 8" Dunny"Talk to the Tummy". The lovely woodland designed custom Dunny will be available at the Dragatomi Booth #4935 from Friday till Sunday.
For the Love of Vinyl - Artist Bios & Project Pics!
For the Love of Vinyl (currently on view through April 2nd at Dragatomi) isn't just a one-time show. It's an ongoing project that has a great accompanying website. Not only can you check out pics from the pieces in the show, but there are behind the scenes work-in-project shots and artist bios as well. As the months go by, the artists involved in the project will be updating the site with new customs and current projects.
I spent some time admiring the lineup of artists and selecting some of my favorites to share with you!
Lou Lou & Tummie, who I feature often, have one of the most imaginative and fun customs in the show. They say that their inspiration for "Jack Lumber" was "the cold & wet weather outside that wanted me to make a cute brown coloured kind of forester caveman with a camera…" So awesome. I love the work-in-progress view!
PodgyPanda, another favorite, created a gumball machine! So creative! Here is his toy inspiration: "I came across an old gumball vending machine outside an old video store, which dispensed gumballs in a capsule. I thought it would be hilarious if it were pandas instead of gumballs, and as the symbiote already had a round head, it was a win win. That and i just wanted to squish pandas."
I spent some time admiring the lineup of artists and selecting some of my favorites to share with you!
Lou Lou & Tummie, who I feature often, have one of the most imaginative and fun customs in the show. They say that their inspiration for "Jack Lumber" was "the cold & wet weather outside that wanted me to make a cute brown coloured kind of forester caveman with a camera…" So awesome. I love the work-in-progress view!
PodgyPanda, another favorite, created a gumball machine! So creative! Here is his toy inspiration: "I came across an old gumball vending machine outside an old video store, which dispensed gumballs in a capsule. I thought it would be hilarious if it were pandas instead of gumballs, and as the symbiote already had a round head, it was a win win. That and i just wanted to squish pandas."
This pretty custom is the work of King Quan. Love the colors and sweet cherry blossoms! Quan is the founder of the excellent website Fresh Characters
Paul Shih's 'Veganpire' doesn't eat blood! Instead, Paul tells us, "After World War III, human become endangered species, Vampires have no choice but to evolve into Veganpire, vegetarian vampire loves sunbath and everything cherry!"
Taiwan based artist Olla Boku always makes super fun and cute characters, and this OB Monsterstaff is no exception! I love the addition of the felt hat!
Jeremiah Ketner's super rad little figure was inspired by his desire "to make something that would frolic through the forest eating bugs and berries". I'd love to stumble upon this guy in the forest!
There is just something about this custom by Helena Garcia that brings a huge smile to my face. I love her cute, curious expression! I REALLY hope that Helena does tons more custom toys in the future so I can nab one!
Dolly Oblong's Woollcott is another really cute and creative figure! A soda drinking sheep with the cutest floppy ears!
For the Love of Vinyl at Dragatomi
The lovely Denise Cortez, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at last years' SDCC, is curating a fantastic show opening this weekend at Dragatomi!
For the Love of Vinyl - Custom Show at Dragatomi
On view from March 12th - April 2nd
Opening night: Saturday, March 12 2011 from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Dragatomi is excited to host the - For the Love of Vinyl - Custom Show, a collaborative group art toy show celebration of doing what you love, the way you want to,and how ever you want to do it, in this case the artists and designers had the opportunity to create their very unique vision, by encouraging them to use the technique, medium and theme of their choosing applying all their creative talent on a blank symbiote vinyl toy platform.
The show gathers 25 talented artists, designers and customizers form all over the world featuring:
Arwassa (Spain) - ARTDENKA (Japan) - Baby Vtec (USA) - Chauskoskis (Mexico) - Dolly Oblong (Netherlands) - Frank Mysterio (Mexico) - Emily Bee (Canada) - Helena Garcia (USA) - Jeremiah Ketner (USA) - JRYU (USA) - Jeff Lamm (USA) - Kat Brunnegraff (USA) - King Quan (USA) - Lunabee (UK) - Lou Lou & Tummie (Netherlands) - Matt Jones (UK) - Jamie Fales (USA) - Olla Boku (Taiwan) - Pocket Wookie (USA) - Podgy Panda (New Zealand) - Paul Shih (New Zealand) - Pandacrew (France) - Steve Talkowski (USA) - SpankyStokes (USA) - Warm ‘n Fuzzy (Mexico).
25 artists - 25 toys all For the Love of Vinyl “ Cause We’re crazy for Toys “
Girl's Night Out @Dragatomi featuring Julie West, Sneaky Raccoon, and Lunabee
So excited about the newest exhibition at Dragatomi, "Girls Night Out" features Julie West, Sneaky Raccoon, and Lunabee.
Details:
The show opens on Saturday February 12th and will feature many gorgeous custom figures as well as paintings. Be sure to stop on by as Julie West will also be in attendance.
Opening Reception Saturday February 12th at 7 pm
NReazon "Against the Grain" at Dragatomi
Toy Store of the Year : Dragatomi
Since we are nearing the end of 2009, the rest of my posts will be some best-of favorites from the past year. Let's start with one of my favorite things- a TOY store!
My boyfriend's family lives in Sacramento, and I'll be honest- there isn't a lot to do when we visit for the holidays. So I was SUPER excited this Thanksgiving to visit Dragatomi- it's about time there was some TokyoBunnie-esque shopping to be done in Sacramento!
I was really impressed with the store- they had a huge collection of toys for sale and a gallery in the back. Their toy selection was probably one of the best I've ever seen in one store.
If you can't make it to their store be sure to check them out online, they've even got some cool Dragatomi exclusives like this Fat Cat Miao and Mousubi - "Dead Edition" by Amanda Visell and of course their darling Dragatomi plush. They've also got a great selection of Crazy Label's Treeson products, which of course I love!
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