Very Metal Vyv - Young Ones-Inspired Art Figure

It's hard explain to anyone who wasn't there the impact The Young Ones had when they first hit our screens. It was Monty Python for the Punk generation - anarchic, destructive and hilarious. Vyvyan's debut could be the best entrance ever, crashing through the wall holding a severed leg and announcing 'I've been down the morgue!'.

This limited edition, hand made resin art figure stands 12cm tall. He is jointed at the neck and shoulders and is signed and numbered.

Available at ToyCon UK 2019 on table T4

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Tim Gets The Message - Hot Fuzz-Inspired Art Figure

The death scenes in Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz are all quite shocking next to the film's rather gentle character humour. The sudden demise of local newspaper reporter Tim Messenger (Adam Buxton) is memorably horrific but manages to stay slightly cartoonish rather than realistically graphic; more Tex Avery than Texas Chainsaw. For a brief moment, the unfortunate steeple-headed victim becomes a surreal new character in its own right.

This limited edition, hand-made resin art figure stands 12cm tall and is signed and numbered.

Available at ToyCon UK 2019 on table T4

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Steampunk One Sixth Scale Personal Submarine

Made as a gift for a friend. The mini-sub is made from mixed media including high-density foam and found parts on a wood frame. The design is inspired by a female angler fish. It is built to accommodate 1:6th scale figure, with extra leg-room for the ThreeA female figures favoured by my friend!

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Cataclysm

Cats may look elegant and refined on the outside but try and tickle their tummy and they'll have your arm off. Each of these two unique 16cm tall pieces is hand sculpted in epoxy clay on a steel wire armature. They will be available in The Clutter Gallery, New York from December 8th

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I Love It When a T-Con Comes Together

The scene in the A-Team's feature-length pilot episode where George Peppard as Hannibal Smith wears a Godzilla-style monster suit is immortalised in the opening credits. It's the ultimate absurd disguise and beautifully sums up both the character and the show.

The vinyl T-Con lends itself perfectly to customisation into a costume. It's solidly built and holds its shape well even when cut (where some vinyl toys sag and deform). I repositioned the legs and made him a new set of arms. I added some folds and creases to suggest that it was a suit. Although Smith doesn't use it in the scene, the assault rifle seemed right for the character, so I fabricated one out of sheet material and steel rod. Hannibal's face is sculpted in Milliput.

I'm very grateful to my client for trusting me and running with my suggestion of this slightly esoteric theme for this custom commission.

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When The Wild Things Go Wrong - Hand Made Statues

Despite loving Maurice Sendak's book, Where The Wild Things Are as a child, I never did completely trust the Wild Things. This pair of epoxy clay figures shows that it doesn't always go well when unaccompanied children visit islands inhabited by monsters.

They will be on show and for sale at The Clutter Gallery's Monsters Under The Bed show from October 13th 2018.

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