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Five Points Fest 2022 - BUY TICKETS NOW ! ! ! June 25th & 26th

We are so excited to be bringing back Five Points Festival to you IRL!! How we have missed everyone!

Taking place at Brooklyn’s Zero Space, the festival will bring together the best in Indie Artists, Designer Toys, Original Art, Resin Sculptures, Plush, Blind Boxes, Blanks, Minis, Kaiju, Japanese Vinyl, Street Art, Posters, Prints, Apparel, Live Painting, Craft Beer, Food Trucks, Pins, Patches, Tattooing and more!

The antidote to the average con, Five Points Fest brings together tastemakers, misfits, and rebels into a one-of-a-kind marketplace.

So... what are you waiting for?

Click Here for MORE information and TICKETS >>> https://www.fivepointsfest.com/

Who will be this years champion for the ART BATTLE ! ! ! ( JCORP featured artist above and former 5 Points Festival Champion)

Do you like BEER and TOYS? Yeah they got that covered at Five Points Festival ! ! !

- VENDORS 2022 -

3rd ETHOS Gallery • 5thTurtle • BogxSquad • Bruckaroni Toys N' Thangs • BxE Buttons X StaciaMade • Cat Atomic • Cherry Moth Cake • CloverPuff • Clutter • Concrete Jungle • Creeping Death Robot Club • Danger Bot • Eddieinthecity/ Bunnymischief • From Beyond • James Groman • Kaiju Steven x Plastic Pizza • Lone Coconut • Martian Toys / Mothership Toy Gallery • Marusan Toys Inc • Merging Worlds * MyPlasticHeart • Natebear / Easily Amused • Nugglife • RAMPAGE TOYS • Ressin Blood • Rick Sans / Serganddestroy • Rios Toy Design • Ron English / Popaganda • Sad Salesman • Seismic LLC • StickUp Monsters • Stormy Vault • Sunguts • Super7 • Tara McPherson/The Cotton Candy Machine • The Mark Ultra • Tim Clarke • Toy Art Gallery • Toy Tokyo • Vampire Robots • Vincent Scala • Wizards of Barge • Zukie Art Inc & More...

- Artist Alley -

All Nighter Productions • Bombastic Plastic (Neil Ewing) • Boontucket • CreepyMonsta • Diana Teeter Art • DOPEPOPE • Droldn • Ebb N Flow Design • Fetch for Donuts • Girlypop • Glitch Bitch • iLiKeCooLsHiT • Mecha Zone • MUSCULOIDS • Mutant Pulp • Nekosatsu toys • Noristudio • Pancho Abalos • pinkgabbercat • PNL Toy Works • Quentin Lefebvre art (formally Jaykenneth Toys) • RedGuardian • Rhododo • Sharpy • Snack Rabbit • Space Rabbit Studio • The Graveyard Rave • Zimot • iLiKeCooLsHiT • Glitch Bitch • Lulu VanHoagland • Mako Fufu • The Graveyard Rave • Goellnerd Pins • turtlecaps & More...

A Few F.A.Q answers:

2020 ticket holders:
All purchased tickets from 2020 onwards will be honored. If you can't make it this year, no problem, we will honor your ticket next year! No need to do anything for either option!

Covid-19 Policy:
At the moment we have no city imposed restrictions for Covid. We recommend wearing a mask, being vaccinated, and social distancing but everyone should measure their own personal risk.

When are the Designer Toy Awards?
This year's ceremony will be held during Five Points Fest Fall in October.

PJ Constable OBJECT PLANS Show Going ON Now ! ! !

Wanted to share with you our next TTC Artist Showcase event at TTC UNIT5 in London.

We will be hosting the amazing works of PJ Constable in his OBJECT PLANS show this coming Saturday 30th April from 7pm BST. PJ will be bringing a mix of new & older pieces for sale/display.

PJ is one of the finest artists within the Designer Toy scene, here in the UK and further afield. His work stands out in a crowd, and you should automatically know it is the work of PJ!

TIKUMO Super Tiki Sumo Japanese Sofubi 8th Colorway Signed and Numbered Available NOW ! ! !

TIKUMO -

Super Tiki Sumo

Japanese Sofubi

8th Colorway

Signed and Numbered

Available Saturday April 22, 2022

Exclusive Release at:

KAPPA Toys

Las Vegas, Nevada

@kappatoys

4.5 inch Sofubi figure

Comes with -Sticker, Button, Dohyo, Header & Bag

Concept- @officialgeraldokamura - Gerald Okamura

Artwork- @nopal62 - David Gonzalez

Sculpt- @w.m.sculpts - Whitney Mitchell

Paint Artist - @atomica_exotica - Atomic Exotica

Latiny Monsters Series Two Available Now ! ! !

- Artwork name: Latiny Monsters Series Two
- Description:

Handmade colored flexible resin toy sculptures.

Collaboration with Marva Toys

Limited to 20 sets. Sold by pack of 3 figures.

It includes La Llorona, El Imbunche, and El Coco/Cuco/Cucuy in assorted colors (mint green, orange, and pastel purple).

Poly-bagged and carded with original artwork.

Size: 6 x 5 x 5 cm / 2.5 x 2 x 2 in

- Artwork info: Hide in your houses, watch your back, sleep with one eye open, because Latiny Monsters series two has arrived, spookier than ever. Latin American Kaijus and Monsters in keshi style.

Series two includes La Llorona, El Imbunche and El Coco/Cuco/Cucuy in pastel colors. Relive the Latin American myths and run to find them before they find you.

- Artist name: Camote Toys
- Location: Argentina
- Online store: http://camotetoys.storenvy.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camote.toys/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/camote.toys
- Sale info:

- $40 each pack of 3 figures

- Release date: April 14th, 2022

Take Me To Your Dealer Canbot & Strawberry Cough Trading Card ! ! !

*EXCLUSIVE: FREE NFT*

Puff puff pass and cough to get off! Enjoy as we bring you some dank new creations straight from the mind of everyone's favorite stoner, Nugglife!

Strawberry Cough
TRADING CARD + FREE NFT!

Grow an addiction to our exclusive Nugglife Trading Cards, featuring his favorite strains of Sativa and Indica in his trademark Mini-Nug style of art!

Ready your binder for this strawberry scented Strawberry Cough Card, the premier Trading Card available from this intoxicating series of just 500 cards available worldwide.

Trading Card:
$50 each

With the purchase of the trading card you will receive a free exclusive animated NFT!

Take Me To Your Dealer!
5oz Nuggbot!

Take Me To Your Dealer! Nuggbot is the newest member of the CANZ family, a literal pothead, sprouting some herbal majesty straight from the cranium. With a brand new head sculpt, this trippy Canbot collaboration with Czee13 will leave you in a proverbial purple haze.

5oz Size (5.5" tall) and limited to only 150 pieces.
Complete with trademark rattle, and GID Buds!

Take Me To Your Dealer:
Edition of 150 pieces.
$110 each

Take Me To Your Dealer! Canbot + Strawberry Cough Trading Card, with Free NFT
$150 each

Strawberry Cough NFT

With the purchase of the trading card or the bundle package of both the Take Me To Your Dealer Canbot & Strawberry Cough Trading Card, you will receive a free exclusive animated NFT!

These new limited-run drops are happening on April 20th, beginning at 4:20 (Ok, well actually, 4pm EST) - First on NTWRK app!

About NUGGLIFE

The NUGGLIFE story has it’s humble beginnings rooted in New York City back in 2004. Two goons stumbled across the meaning of life over a blunt in the front steps of the Fashion Institute of Technology. Going together like weed and a Dutchmaster, they put forth the framework for what would eventually become the NUGGLIFE brand, featuring an ever-expanding cast of characters inspired by the degenerates they grew up with.

Influenced by their home of New York, these longtime buds created NUGGLIFE, a cannabis inspired lifestyle brand that focused on cut & sew clothing, custom vinyl collectables, and commission artwork.

Starting off with custom collectables, Ian Ziobrowski carved a name for himself in the toy community, garnishing a wide range of awards highlighting his skills. Zachary Hirsch crafted the design side, by coming up with a concept that focused on all things cannabis without ever having to show a single weed leaf. The goal was to create a streetwear brand that matched the quality, craft, and attention to detail of the toy line.

Another day, another hustle.

https://www.instagram.com/nugglife/

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About Czee13:

Czee13 is a UK-based Street Artist, Illustrator, and Toy Designer, best known for his process-based artwork. As the creation spawns its detritus, so the castaways become the new object of his imagination. Czee’s personal mythology of paint splatter, rust, and grime, has led to his most notable creation, the Canbot.

https://www.instagram.com/czee13art/

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About Clutter Studios:

Clutter, established in 2004, is a portal to the global subculture community of Designer Toys and Underground Art. From festivals to art openings to pop-up events, we have our finger on the pulse of this diverse and welcoming community.

As a Gallery, Clutter works closely with international artists to curate original shows and releases. Whether it's a high-end resin made in our New York fabrication studio, or collectible vinyl produced using one of our overseas manufacturing partners in China or Japan, Clutter puts love, hard work, and dedication into every piece we create.

With multiple events throughout the year, we are dedicated to providing the toy community with in-person gatherings and toy releases, all culminating with Clutters’ Five Points Festival and the Designer Toy Awards.

And yes, sometimes we publish a magazine.

https://www.clutter.co

Art Toy Master Class with Matt Jones ! ! !

Saturday 2nd - Sunday 3rd April 2022

We‘re offering a stress free, fun packed weekend online class about making and selling your own resin cast Art Toys that you can join in from the comfort of your own home / studio.

Learn the basics of figure design and how to make Super Sculpey clay master models, how to produce single piece and a split silicone rubber moulds, and how to pour liquid resins. This weekend will give you all the training you need to begin casting your own army of whatever you like, ready to sell, display and possibly exhibit!

- 3pm till 7pm UK time.
- Live streaming using Zoom

The Price:
£120 per person for both days, sign-up today!

This Class Covers:
- A short pre-class zoom meeting to discuss your design ideas.

Day .1.

✅ Quick clay modelling

✅ Super Sculpey master modelling

✅ Finishing master models

Day .2.

✅ 2x Silicone mould production

✅ Resin casting session

- Tip & Tricks and a Q&A as we go!
- Students will all have their own silicone rubber moulds and a set of resin casts.

How it Works:
Matt Jones will teach you the techniques via our live online classroom. He will provide additional notes and you will have ample opportunity to ask questions during the sessions.

We will be making pieces as we go. A materials list is provided in advance of the class, so you can purchase what you need to create your pieces during the course. see below.

This is a live online class, but in case a student experiences issues with internet connection during the live class, a private recap by Matt will be offered.

Your teacher Matt Jones

What to Prepare:
You will need a computer, tablet, or phone with a camera and microphone in order to join the online classroom. You should have a reliable internet connection, fast enough to make video calls or stream videos.

Information on your booking will be emailed to you prior to the course date, including how to join the online classroom.

This workshop requires you to buy equipment with costs ranging from between £70 - £200 depending on what you already have and your budget. See below for a list.

Inclusivity:
We are committed to maintaining a respectful community where all our students can learn and develop their full potential, within a safe environment. If you have a disability or any specific requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us prior to the session so we can accommodate you.

Cancellations up to 2 weeks before the course 90% refund, a 50% refund will be given up to one week prior to the course. In order to keep class costs low for all, we make no exceptions to this policy.

The Price:
£120 per person for the whole weekend, sign-up now.

TOY ART UK IS PROUD TO PRESENT TOY ART PRINTS ! ! !

Toy Art UK asked some of the best artists on the designer toy scene if we could handle online print sales and fulfilment for them at https://toyartprints.com - and they said yes.

We currently have prints available from Pete Fowler, Nathan Jurevicius, MIIMIC, Blu Loui and Garin St.John available to ship worldwide. More artists are creating unique work right now for Toy Art Prints which will be online very soon. We get to see the best designer toy artists creating on a daily basis, but it’s not always toys.

Many of these influential artists create stunning 2D work that needs to be seen in people's homes and collections as physical prints. In the time of NFT becoming a dominant force in the creative market, we still feel that the need for a physical product is very real and sought out by collectors. When artists have multiple prints for sale they are given their own section on the website: https://toyartprints.co.uk/nathan-jurevicius-prints/ https://toyartprints.co.uk/petefowler/ All prints are created by one of the most respected digital print houses in the UK.

The stock they are printed on is hand picked to suit the individual imagery created by the artists. For now all prints are A3 and are shipped rolled in tubes, we will offer different sizes in the future.