http://www.toysintheatticshow.com

Toys in the Attic is a custom toy and art show in Minneapolis, MN to support Toys for Tots! EYESKULL was honored to be invited to participate, and we sent up our EYESKULL BUD from the recent art show.

The Toys in the Attic show is on Friday December 4th @ the Soo Visual Arts Center. Open 6pm-9pm / Auction @ 8:30pm

The toys and artwork are all part of a silent auction – $50 minimum bid. A toy donation at the door is encouraged (or a cash donation)!

There is an amazing line-up of artists participating, so make sure to get there and bid early and often!

our entry (BUD on the left):

art show was a lot of fun! more photos to come – if you have some please share!

for availability or pricing inquiries – eyeskull { at } gmail { dot } com

finally getting around to posting these sneak peeks of our newest custom toy! This is a Jamungo BUD 9″ DIY toy… with eyeskull flava:

so, here you can see the progression of painting and not really see the creation of the jacket… which rules by the way. That’s real Velcro there people, the stuff that NASA invented! WOW!

if we can find some tiny Metallica and Slayer patches, they are going on that coat. Pre black album Metallica of course.

two new paintings for the show coming up on November 6th… got a couple more things in the works too!

Ben Swift X Eyeskull – New Art 2009

Lincoln, NE, November 6, 2009. Screen Ink is proud to present new work by artist Ben Swift beginning November 6th in their storefront gallery. The exhibit will feature a variety of new artwork by Swift, including paintings, screen-printed posters and fine art prints, watercolor illustrations, and pieces created under the “eyeskull” moniker.

On opening night, in addition to the fine arts on display, several t-shirt designs will be available for “print-on-demand” application on a variety of ready to wear items, or people may bring their own garments to print on. A limited number of “eyeskull” can koozies, buttons, and free stickers will also be available.

Event Details:
Ben Swift X Eyeskull – New Art 2009 – 6 to 10pm
Opening Reception – November 6th 2009
First Friday Art Walk
Screen Ink, 416 S. 11th Street, Lincoln NE
Exhibit will run through November 30, 2009.

here are some photos of our custom Qee for the upcoming “We Ain’t Plastic” show at the Public – opening on October 2nd. Instead of simply creating a design on the surface of the toy, or adding modeling clay to create new parts, we custom made a little zipper hoody. This was our first time sewing a tiny hoody, so it’s a little sketchy, but it works. We also decided to use both sides of the head for eyeskull and ms.eyeskull. We think it works pretty well.

eyeskull front and back, staged with mini-stickers, and ms.eyeskull side of the head. Yes those mini-stickers are real, printed out at a half an inch square. Cut out 320 of those suckers. Here is a photo showing the mini-stickers in relation to a regular 2.75 inch square sticker:

so what do you think?

Attn: we have been invited to show work at Screen Ink this fall! This is a great opportunity to show recent work, and a great motivator to make even more new art!

For those who don’t know – Screen Ink is an awesome local screenprinter, and they are very supportive of the art scene. They invite artists to show work in the front room of their space, which doubles as a storefront gallery. They also hosted the Freestyle 50 skateboard show we did back in June.

The details are yet to come, but the opening will be on Friday November 6. Chances are good we’ll have some good tunes playing, some refreshments, and live screenprinting… Stay tuned for more information.