Thursday, June 04, 2009

Le Merde "We are Brothers II" @ Super7 4/24






Mike "Le Merde" had a show entitled "We Are Brothers II" on April 24th(I know, a while ago.) It also coincidentally happened to be Super7's 8th Anniversary. I happened to be at Super7 2 weeks earlier to see the promo flyer for the event, and was super stoked about it. I had seen stuff on youtube where he walks through his process for producing toys while doing a search for casting plastic/moldmaking for designer toys. His stuff is quite awesome - the ones on display at the show were one-off productions, and in a variety of shapes and colors. He also casts them in resin so they have that cool semi-transluscent appearance. He has a series of figures belonging to an imaginary band = neat. I was pretty much being a nigel walking around for an hour and a half browsing through the store's knick-knacks and of course, Le Merde's toys on display. It was a bit awkard because everyone seemed to been in conversational circles and they all knew each other, etc. But I eventually got to speak with Mike about issues I was having in the sculpting stage, among other issues. Quite informative and receptive to my trivial questions, he shared valuable info that will come in handy for my 2nd attempt at toy making(whenever those supplies ship in.) Overall very interesting - attending future shows is a must.


One of the "bandmembers" with the band name "ZEU" across on his shirt(a frequently used phrase in Le Merde's work)



The usual display(mainly vintage Japanese/Godzilla inspired figures, lots of cool art books, collectible vinyls, etc.) at Super7

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