Hey there San Fran­cisco peo­ple ( friskies?). My wife candi ( Snaggs ) is hav­ing an AMAZING art show at Giant robot Sat­ur­day night. Must Come!!

It’s called “Hot Pink Fuzz”

Snaggs also invited two artists that inspire her work. They are Mrs. Muju ( UK ) and Mony­omonyo ( Japan ). All the work is sewn, and I’ve seen all the pieces for this show, they are amaz­ing!! Snaggs’s cereal boxes are so funny and awe­some. Mrs Muju’s are detailed beyond belief, it’ll take you on a jour­ney! And what can I say about Mony­omonyo?? Psy­che­delic mup­pets meets native Amer­i­can. Seri­ously amaz­ing. These ladies are some of my most favorite artist in any genre hand down.

So come by and say hello! We’re the goofy look­ing ones.

Added bonus…
it’s a good chance to see how it’ll feel to travel to the haight for when S7 moves. Haha.

Offi­cial details below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Group Art Show Open­ing
Miss Muju, Mony­omonyo, and Snaggs
August 14 — Sep­tem­ber 8, 2010
Recep­tion: Sat­ur­day, August 14, 6:30 — 10:00 p.m.

http://www.gr-sf.com

I have a few Patty Power, Seeker, And Hobo’s Van erasers from SDCC avail­able in my arbito shop. There you’ll also find a cou­ple resin Patty Power items. shop.arbito.com

Arbito Cherry Erasers

Resin 1/1 Patty Power

Resin 1/1 Patty Power Green/Pink

There was a secret release at the Gargamel Booth on Sun­day, the last day of the SDCC. It was a Cos­mic Hobo Pocket!

Kiyoka, owner and mas­ter sculp­ture of Gargamel asked me if he could make a vinyl Cos­mic Hobo pocket toy based off my orig­i­nal resin fig­ure. Being a big fan of Gargamels toys I responded with a large,  “YES!” fol­lowed by many excla­ma­tion marks. In the fol­low­ing days I won­dered how my resin Cos­mic Hobo would trans­late to a vinyl pocket size.

Arbito orig­i­nal Cos­mic Hobo Resin Figure

Cos­mic hobo has lanky legs and a shaggy mop; topped off with a large feather.  The char­ac­ters in the cur­rent lineup of pocket toys have a look of hav­ing  a low cen­ter of grav­ity, (SQUATTY HOBO!) like hav­ing body pro­por­tions of a infant!  Their small cute pro­por­tions is what makes Gargamel’s pock­ets so collectible. So I had no clue how Kiyoka would rep­re­sent Cos­mic Hobo in the pocket line up. One thing was cer­tain, Hobo was going to be Kiyoka’s pet project, and I had no doubt he would pull it out perfectly!

A week or so later Kiyoka sent pho­tos of Cos­mic Hobo’s fin­ished sculpt and wax model. The results are amaz­ing, adorable, and hilar­i­ous! I can’t decide if he’s a chubby 70 year old or a 3 year old. Either way he makes me laugh every time I see his squatty legs and poochy butt!

First image: from top clock­wise — Arbito’s Cos­mic Hobo Resin fig­ure, Hujili Ghost pocket, Cos­mic Hobo Pocket / Sec­ond Image: Kiyoka Hobo Sculpt in progress / Third Image: Cos­mic Hobo Pocket Wax finished

The First release for Pocket Hobo is an unpainted milky-clear vinyl. It was avail­able at The San Diego Comi­con 2010. For those who did not make the Comi­con this year you should have a chance to pick up this first Cos­mic Hobo in the com­ing weeks.

1st Release Milky Clear Cos­mic Hobo pocket toy

Kiyoka did an amaz­ing job with Hobo. I hope every­one loves lit­tle Hobo as much as I do! I am absolutely hon­ored and thrilled! Thank you Kiyoka!

Keep your eyes peeled for future releases of Pocket Cos­mic Hobo from Gargamel. http://www.gargamel.jp/

Cos­mic Hobo Pocket — arbito custom