For our special Art Basel project this year we hooked up with our awesome and talented friend Brandon Koppel and ST.ART Initiative.
ST.ART Initiative is a consumer electronics company specializing in exclusive wearable art by creatively utilizing limited run artist designed works from the most talented artists and brands in the world. Partial proceeds of each limited run artist/brand designed case will be donated to charity.
The Installation was part of their launch at Basel along with an extremely limited line of iphone cases. Their first run consisted of cases from Greg Mike, L'Amour Supreme, Nosego, Madsteez and The Overthrow. You can purchase on http://startinitiative.com/shop/.
We executed this mega iPhone with digital renderings, CNC milling, hand sculpting and fine finishing work for a pristine paintable surface. (Peep some process shots below!)
The Basel Castle event was blowing up and Buff was able to get enough painting in before the rain started, but no worries... he finished up the next day.
The finished piece just arrived back to our shop for a high gloss coating and will be for sale!! Stay tuned...
Thanks again to Brandon, Joe, Nils, Rooster, Buff Monster, and everyone involved. We can't wait to work on future projects.
Nils, Julie B., Brandon, Joe
...and some behind the scene process shots...
...ready to ship to Basel!
Pink Ranger was a hit!
The Power Rangers 20th Anniversary art exhibition and pop-up shop took place this past weekend at Toy Art Gallery in Los Angeles. Curated by Sweet Streets, the Power Rangers exhibition, 20 Rangers for 20 Years, highlighted popular artists and designers from around the world and their one-of-a-kind painted 31” Ranger statues.
We were honored to have our "Pink Rager" in the center of it all.
Julie B. worked hard sculpting the Pretty in Plastic contribution by modifying and manipulating the boy ranger into the final diva we presented.
The whole Pretty In Plastic Crew went to represent at the opening last Saturday since Julie B. was at Art Basel. We were honored to be among a roster of other AMAZING friends and artists. Thank you to TAG, Sweet Streets, and The Power Rangers!
Pretty in Plastic Team
Behind the Scenes Action...
Maybe we'll see more of the Pink Ranger in the future??? ;)
I am sure you all know about Art Basel Miami Beach took place this past weekend from December 5th - 8th. With over 250 galleries, 50,000 visitors, and amazing weather - it's no wonder why this event has become the premier destination for art lovers. Instagram was flooded with pics of artwork, installations, and parties.
Julie B roamed the streets of Miami discovering the best that Art Basel had to offer and here are our official picks:
FriendsWithYou installation at the Mandarin was amazing - especially with the pimped out ice cream truck
Jona Cerwinske live painting a car
Sculptures by Patricia Piccinini
Easter Egg by Jeff Koons
A nice little Banksy spoof...
More Highlights...
Benjamin Alejandro...
Desire Obtain Cherish...
Rabi from Cyrcle and Desire Obtain Cherish
Thanks Miami:)
We love
Luke Chueh, and we're super thrilled with how this figure turned out! We were fortunate enough to get to bring Luke's vision to life by creating the sculpt and master cast for his "Target" figure...and it turned out pretty perfect, if you don't mind us saying. ;)
This new colorway is releasing soon at
Munky King in Los Angeles....be there for the launch and get yours before they're gone!
This Black and Gold colorway (ed. of 500) features a brilliant red wall with a matte black bear, gold target and paint bucket.
Target will retail for $120 & will drop March 16th, 2013 at Munky King studio and online (@ 5pm PST). Luke Chueh will be on hand from 1-4pm to sign. Come hang with your favorite artist, check out our new studio, and enjoy good food and good music.
Our new address is:
Munky King
4505 W. Jefferson, #104
Los Angeles, CA 90016
(Please do not try to park in our gated parking lot,
& be aware of street parking signs.)
Pretty In Plastic Inc. is located in Downtown Los Angeles. We are toy couture and do everything from design...sculpt...prototype...limited art runs...to manufacturing...from small scale to large! -Julie B.
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