MAQET "Japanese Schoolgirls"

Check out the cute new limited edition 'Japanese Schoolgirls' collection by Shin + Nao from MAQET!

Details:
MAQET is pleased to sponsor the first delegation of Japanese Schoolgirls from Dankeschoen Academy in Tokyo. The girls came to America with a message of peace and love, and they brought cheer to everyone they met. We've had lots of fun hanging out in San Francisco with them, but now it's time for these exchange students to go to their new homes.

Artist: Shin + Nao
Limited Edition 25 of each character
Sculpt: Bjorn by Yosiell Lorenzo, Dankeschoen by Touma and Heathrow by Frank Kozik
Country: a co-creation of America + Japan

Awesome new toys from Maqet

I love these additions to Maqet's shop! From bringing Shin Tanaka's papercraft figures to toy life, to the exposed buns of Yosiell Lorenzo's Cherry Cheeks, these are super cool new collectible figures!

Paper Shapers opens this weekend!

Scion + Giant Robot have teamed up to present "Paper Shapers" a group show at the Scion Space in LA this weekend. The show features work by artists who create their art "with" paper, not "on" paper. As an extension of Shin Tanaka's recent paper robots inside issues of Giant Robot Magazine, he will be making a rare U.S. appearance at the opening and will be on hand to show original pieces and fold paper with attendees. All the info you need is here.

Shin Tanaka + Scion + Giant Robot

Scion has been working hard to promote new and upcoming artists, and they've just teamed with Giant Robot and the Japanese artist Shin Tanaka to create this do-it-yourself paper toy. The toy will appear in 3 segments, each in a different issue of Giant Robot magazine. You can make a complete figure from each issue or collect them all and assemble them into the larger figure shown above.

Check out more about Shin Tanaka on his website, where you can also download lots more paper toy templates, or read his interview in Giant Robot issue #56.