Nailed it!

As usual, time is always an issue for me, but I was a bit surprised that I managed to make some to keep a promise and help out John Dudas of Carol and John’s Comics. I had to finish my Plushform for the Midwest Plushform Show taking place between November 7th and 29th of 2008 at Carol and John’s Comic Shop on the Westside of Cleveland and Shoparooni on the Eastside.  This, like my Munny, is my first time making something out of a Plushform. It was a bit of a learning experience working with a stuffed form.  I do wish though, that I had more free time so that I could have done a lot more with it, but thats what next time is for. The good news though, is that if the Plushform sells, half of the proceeds go to charity.  

I named him “Nailed it!”:

I made the ribs out of sculpy and used some of theatrical blood I bought recently from a Halloween store here in Kent.  We’ll see how it does at the show, good luck to the Midwest Plushform Show and all of the entries, as well as a thank you to Carol and John’s for asking me to participate.  If you are from the Cleveland area, go there, even if comics aren’t your thing, there is a little bit of a lot of stuff, I’m sure you can find something you’ll like there.

1st Annual Midwest Plushform Show

Carol and John’s Comic Shop on the Westside of Cleveland and Shoparooni on the Eastside are putting their efforts together to host the 1st Annual Midwest Plushform Show taking place between November 7th and 29th of 2008 at both locations.  The show will be used as a fundraiser “Toys For Tots”, and 50% of all proceeds from the show being will be used to purchase toys to donate to Toys For Tots. 

The Plushform is a blank, do-it-yourself plush figure made of a primed, canvas-like material that can be customized a variety of things including: paint, markers, pens, applique, sewing, and just about anything else you can think of.  

After making my Munny during the summer, I really got into the conceptual freedom and design opportunities in the custom toy making field.  It is a lot of fun, and a unique enough idea that really provides anyone with a chance to make something they like or create without or without experience. Shawnimals creator Shawn Smith is an ex-Electronic Gaming Monthly staffer who I followed recently when Ninjatown was announced as a Nintendo DS game.  So when I heard about this, I was interested.

John, from Carol and John’s Comic Shop just got in contact with me to ask me if I’d like to participate in the inaugural year.  Of course, I said yes, absolutely.  So should be getting my ideas together and roughing out some stuff and posting it here soon.  I just wanted to announce my entry and give everyone some links to what is going on incase they’d like to join too.