Malaysia based Facebook group MY Toy Hoard community is growing by the day, to mark their 3rd anniversary! Linking up with Greydea Studio to showcase local Malaysia based artists works! Ranging from customs to exclusive drops all the way to one of a kind pieces are to be expected at MY Toy Hoard & Greydea Studio: My Toys 2.0 EXPOSURE Exhibition. Only one sleep away until the big unveiling. Over 23 artist joining in the celebration! Below is a sneak peek at what you can expect from the exhibition.
Artists or designers who are participating: 1) Adam Jay (BlankMalaysia) 2) Ah Guan (Messy Desk Studio) 3) Ah-b BlowWater (Little Good Thing) 4) Ajim Juxta 5) Arifin Amin (Double A) 6) Chun Woei (UrbanCr3atures) 7) Cz Blank 8) 张耀中 Darrel Cheong (Ninjamuffeen) 9) Edward Low (Drawdelow) 10) Hadzry Sahari 11) Jefferson Ng (JNJF Design) 12) John Edwards (Vomit Thunder) 13) Juju Wee (Z’PinkTuna) 14) Ren Chang Lee (Oodplex) 15) Lim Su Jing (Mehmehjin)16) Cham LengLiang (Uncle Liang – The Recycle Modeller) 17) Michael Chuah (Yuureinekosama) 18) Mohamad Ikmal (IG: theimwork) 19) Palee Abu 20) Tako Evangelione (Evangelione’s Handmade) 21) T Jia Ying (TEK)22) Rey Sha Lei (Cosmyxs) 23) Stan Henson (Odd Critters Studio)
Title: a) Melting Ben
b) Not Porcelain, Not Incense Holder, Not Candle
Size: a) 12cm (H) / b) 18cm (H)
Medium: a) Mixed Media / b) Mixed Media
Price: a) RM300 (Approx. USD72)
b) RM600 ( Approx. USD142)
Eng:
a) Exploring the negative emotions of doing free works, the self-doubt and uncertainty of the future, “ What if I’m just not good enough for paid work”
b) Growing up, we try to fit in what the society sees as correct but along the way, we realised we had become someone that we can’t recognise.
BM:
a) Meneroka emosi negatif melakukan kerja bebas, keraguan diri dan ketidakpastian masa depan, “Bagaimana jika saya tidak cukup baik untuk pekerjaan berbayar”
b) Bila kita besar, kita cuba menyesuaikan diri sendiri dengan apa yang dilihat sebagai betul oleh masyarakat tetapi kita menyedari kita telah menjadi seseorang yang tidak dapat kita kenali.
华文:
a)探索从事免费工作的负面情绪,对自我怀疑和对未来的不确定性,“如果我不能胜任有偿工作该怎么办呢”
b)在成长过程中,我们都一直努力适应和融入社会认为正确的事与物,但是一路走来,我们意识到自己已经成为我们无法认识的人了。
Producer: INCH LAB
Title: Roboape: SKARL
Size: 18cm (H)
Medium: Vinyl
Price: RM505 (Approx. USD118)
Eng: Roboape is an independence ape from another planet that travels to earth to explore and try to make new friends from other species. He looks rebellious and hyperactive but actually he is a gentle and friendly giant. However, he does have his own strong opinion on matters regarding ‘Lifestyle” and love to express in his own style.
BM: RoboApe adalah seekor monyet dari planet lain yang mengembara ke bumi untuk meneroka dan berusaha menjalin teman baru dari spesies lain. Dia kelihatan memberontak dan hiperaktif tetapi sebenarnya dia adalah gergasi yang lembut dan ramah. Namun, dia memang memiliki pendapat yang kuat dalam hal-hal mengenai ‘Gaya Hidup’ dan suka mengekspresikan dengan gayanya sendiri.
华文: RoboApe 是来一只来自另一个星球的独立人猿,它前往地球探索并试图结交来自其他生物种类的新朋友。他看起来叛逆和活泼,但实际上他是一个温和友善的巨猿。然而,他对自己的“生活方式”确实有自己的强烈意见,并且喜欢以自己的风格来表达。
Title: a) Lionboi (Original) / b) Lionboi (Enter the Lion) / c) Lionboi (Primary)
Size: 9.5cm (H)
Medium: Resin
Price: a) RM300 (Approx. USD72) / b) RM450 (Approx. USD106) / c) RM450 (Appox. USD106)
Eng: Lionboi is a character that is part of the Freeride Series. Derived from the quote, “Live Free, Ride Free”. Freeride aims to show the expressiveness of street culture and style through cute mask characters.
BM: Lionboi adalah watak yang sebahagian daripada Freeride Series. Berasal dari petikan, “Live Free, Ride Free”. Freeride bertujuan untuk menunjukkan ekspresi budaya dan gaya Street Culture melalui watak topeng yang comel.
华文: Lionboi 是 Freeride 系列中的角色。源自“ Live Free,Ride Free” 的宗旨。 Freeride 旨在通过可爱的面具角色展现街头文化和风格。
Title: a) Dango / b) Watermelon Dango
Size: a) 3cm (H) / b) 3cm (H)
Medium: Resin
Price: a) RM200 (Approx. USD48)
b) RM300 (Approx. USD72)
Eng: Dango is a dwarf octopus. Due to his unusual looks, no one wanted to eat him which was the main reason he was kept alive for so long. He was found by Sticki in a Seafood restaurant as a baby. She purchased him the same way her master did for her. She named him Dango because he reminded her of it. Now, he travels wherever Stiki goes. Dango likes watermelon and he sometimes change to watermelon colour.
BM: Dango adalah seekor sotong kerdil. Oleh kerana penampilannya yang luar biasa, tiada sesiapa pun yang mahu memakannya oleh itu dia terus hidup lama. Dia dijumpai oleh Sticki di restoran Makanan Laut ketika dia sekor bayi. Dia membelinya sama seperti yang dilakukan tuannya untuknya dulu. Dia namakannya Dango kerana dia mengingatkannya. Sekarang, dia ikut ke mana sahaja Stiki pergi. Dango suka tembikai dan kadang-kadang dia berubah menjadi warna tembikai.
华文: Dango 是一只侏儒章鱼。由于他的长相与众不同,没人愿意吃他,这是他活了这么久的主要原因。他婴儿时期是被 Sticki 于在一家海鲜餐厅找到。于是她像她以前的主人一样购买了他。她命名他为 Dango 因为他使她想起了自己。现在,不管 Stiki 到那里他也跟到那里。 Dango喜欢吃西瓜所以有时他会变成西瓜色。
Title: The Yang of War
Size: 10cm (H)
Medium: Vinyl
Price: RM450 (Approx. USD106)
Eng: Yang has gone through a great journey to find his love and peace. Having to go through a thick jungle in the Amazon, going through hell’s gates of fire and the swam the deep ocean of the Atlantis and seeing the gods in heaven just to find his love and peace. It is war out there and Yang have to bring balance and order to the world as he going on his adventure. The adventure of discovering the true love and peace requires Yang to be strong and fight like a warrior. They call him the fearless Yang Of War.
BM: Yang telah melalui perjalanan yang cabar untuk mencari cinta dan kedamaiannya. Dia harus melalui hutan tebal di Amazon, melalui pintu api neraka dan berenang di lautan Atlantis yang dalam dan melihat para dewa di syurga untuk mencari cinta dan kedamaiannya. Meskipun ia adalah satu peperangan di luar sana, Yang harus membawa keseimbangan dan ketenteraman kepada dunia semasa dia meneruskan pengembaraannya. Pengembaraan untuk mencari cinta dan kedamaian sejati memerlukan Yang berkuat semangat dan berjuang seperti seorang wira. Mereka memanggilnya Yang Of War yang tidak gentar.
华文: Yang 经历过了一段伟大的旅程才能找到自己的爱与和平。他不只穿越亚马逊茂密的丛林,穿越地狱的火门,游遍亚特兰蒂斯的深海,也看到天堂中的众神为了只是寻找他的爱与和平。这是一场战争,Yang 在进行冒险时必须给世界带来平衡与秩序。探索真正的爱与和平的冒险需要 Yang 坚强并像战士一样战斗。众人都称他为无畏之战士。
Title: DID Hapser Chibi
Size: 10cm (H)
Medium: Resin
Price: To be confirmed (Will be bundled with 2 artworks)
Eng: DID Hapser Chibi is an art toy series that was design base on a human mental health problem that is Dissociative Identity Disorder and DID Hapser Chibi is a chibi version of it.
BM: DID Hapser Chibi merupakan siri mainan seni yang merupakan reka bentuk berdasarkan masalah kesihatan mental manusia iaitu Dissociative Identity Disorder dan DID Hapser Chibi adalah versi chibi daripadanya.
华文: DID Hapser Chibi 是一款艺术玩具系列,其设计是基于人类心理健康问题,即分离性身份障碍,而 DID Hapser Chibi 则是它的赤壁版本。
Title: 入魔 into Nefarious
Size: 25cm (H)
Medium: Mixed Media
Price: RM3,000 One-Off (Approx. USD705)
Eng: Over obsessive or pursuit of something to the point of losing reason which produced undesirable effects on the physical and mental aspects of oneself. When you are obsessed with or pursuing something, you sometimes gain some experiences which most of the times are normal but sometimes they are also inappropriate and not ideal. When the things you pursue are increasingly filled with not so ideal or unsatisfactory situation, then you find your mental state living in an illusory world which is crazy and insane. Only to break through these mental and psychological barriers and through long-term spiritual self-reinforcing only then can you can achieve positive results.
BM: Terlalu obsesif atau mengejar sesuatu sehingga hilang akal yang menghasilkan kesan yang tidak diingini pada aspek fizikal dan mental diri. Apabila anda terobsesi atau mengejar sesuatu, anda kadang-kadang memperoleh beberapa pengalaman yang pada kebiasaannya adalah perkara biasa tetapi kadang-kadang mereka juga tidak sesuai dan apabila perkara-perkara yang anda jalani semakin dipenuhi dengan keadaan yang tidak begitu ideal atau tidak memuaskan, maka anda akan mendapati keadaan mental anda hidup dalam dunia ilusi yang gila dan tidak siuman. Mengatasi halangan mental dan psikologi dengan melalui pengukuhan diri rohani jangka panjang barulah anda dapat mencapai hasil yang positif.
华文: 表現对某种事物迷恋或追求到失去理智的地步直至身心等方面产生了不理想的效应。在对某种事物迷恋或追求会不断得到一些經驗,其中大部分是正常的理想的,有时也有些不妥当不理想的。當不理想的狀況不斷增加時,從而產生一種活在虚幻世界内,神昏错乱、躁狂疯颠的精神狀態。只有突破自己的精神心理障碍,通过长时间精神上的自我强化,方能修成正果。
Title: a) Harley Quinn
b) Woo TaiLung
Size: a) 40cm (H)
b) 15cm (H)
Medium: Resin
Price: a) RM900 (Approx. USD212)
b) RM2,000 One-Off
(Approx. USD470)
Eng
a) Ah Guan always wanted to make a big statue over 10 inches in height as well as sculpting a female character which he has never done before. He loves Harley Quinn character not only because she is a sexy woman with a badass personality but also love her funkiness so he choose this character as a challenge for himself
b) Tai Lung is a figure which he designed to allow us to look at it from different perspective which makes us think about a wolf character. Ah Guan thinks that wolf is bad because often most of the children’ books always portrayed wolf as a bad character. To him, Wolf now is a badass character, here you can look closely on how you think about Woo TaiLung
BM
a) Ah Guan selalu mahu membuat ukiran besar setinggi lebih dari 10 inci dan juga memahat watak wanita yang tidak pernah dilakukannya sebelum ini. Dia menyukai watak Harley Quinn bukan hanya kerana dia adalah wanita seksi dengan keperibadian badass tetapi juga menyukai keseronokannya sehingga dia memilih watak ini sebagai cabaran untuk dirinya sendiri.
b) Tai Lung adalah figure yang dia reka untuk membolehkan kita melihatnya dari perspektif yang berbeza yang membuat kita berfikir tentang watak serigala. Ah Guan berpendapat bahawa serigala itu buruk kerana selalunya kebanyakan buku kanak-kanak selalu menggambarkan serigala sebagai watak buruk. Baginya, serigala adalah watak badass, di sini anda dapat melihat dengan dekat bagaimana pendapat anda tentang Woo Tai Lung.
华文
a) Ah Guan一直都想做一个超过10英寸的大雕像,他还想雕刻一个从未有过的女性角色。他喜欢 Harley Quinn 这个角色,不仅因为她是一个叛逆性格的性感女人,还喜欢她的时髦,因此他选择此角色作为对自己的挑战。
b) Tai Lung 是设计师设计的一种图形,允许我们从不同的角度看待它,这使我们想到了狼的性格。Ah Guan 认为狼是坏人,因为大多数儿童读物经常把狼绘成坏人。对他来说,狼现在是个坏蛋,在这里您可以仔细研究一下 Woo TaiLung 的想法。
Title: Max (2020) / Kaneda (2020) / Ren (2020) / Kakarot (2020) / Rei (2020) / My Sorrows & Pleasures
Size: From 18cm (H) to 30cm (H)
Medium: Paper Mache
Price: Pls click picture for price
Eng: All sculpted figures are reflections of media the artist consumed during Covid-19 pandemic. The media are chosen based on its Post-apocalyptic context.
BM: Semua ukiran adalah gambaran media semasa artist dipengaruhi oleh wabak Covid-19. Media dipilih berdasarkan konteks Pasca-apokaliptiknya.
Title: Experimental 01
Size: Figure 9cm (H) / Paiting 15cm (H)
Medium: Resin & Acrylic Paint
Price: RM280 per set (Approx. USD68)
Eng: Restart and experimenting with a passionate heart.
BM: Mulakan semula dan bereksperimen dengan hati yang penuh semangat.
Title: No Thanks
Size: Piggy 11cm (H) / Vampire 8cm (H)
Medium: Resin
Price: RM568 per set (Approx. USD134)
Eng: The typical client who kept big bag of money to himself and spend only a little to the poor artist who works his ass off to get it right. But doesn’t work for exposure? A Vampire of course!
BM: Pelanggan yang kedekut selalunya menyimpan sejumlah wang besar untuk sendiri dan hanya membayar wang yang sedikit untuk artis miskin yang mengusaha dengan sedaya upaya untuk menyelesaikannya. Tetapi tiada ada pelunag untuk dedahan yang luas? Sudah tentu si kedekut tu seorang Vampire!
Title: Mr. E
Size: 12cm (H)
Medium: Epoxy Clay
Price: RM1,200 (Approx. USD285)
Eng: Mr. E is a man you wish you had never met. He is smart and shrewd. He will greet you with his big happy smile, impress you with his wealth and fortune, smooth talk you with his master plan until you can’t resist. But once you’re hooked, you’re dead! He looks smart and seems to be friendly but he is truly a monster! A villain! A @#$<.+=!! That’s he is. So beware …look does deceive you. Mr. E is everywhere preying for someone who is easily deceived.
BM: Mr E adalah seorang lelaki yang anda harap anda tidak akan pernah jumpa Dia pintar dan cerdik. Dia akan menyambut anda dengan senyuman yang gembira, mengesankan anda dengan kekayaannya, melancarkan percakapan dengan pelan bertapa besar sehingga anda tidak dapat menentangnya. Tetapi setelah anda terpikat, anda akan mati! Dia kelihatan pintar dan nampak mesra tetapi dia benar-benar adalah raksasa jahat! Seorang penjahat! A @ # $ <. + = !! Itulah dia. Jadi berhati-hatilah … rupa memang menipu anda. Mr E ada di mana-mana sahaja memburu mangsa yang mudah ditipu.
华文: E先生是一个您希望从未见过的人。他很聪明也很狡猾。他将以灿烂的笑容向您打招呼,炫耀他的财富来打动您,并以他的大规划与您进行交流,直到您无法抗拒。但是,一旦您上钩,您就死定了!他看起来很聪明,似乎很友善,但他确实是个大恶魔!一个坏人!一个@#$ <。+ = !! 所以您要当心…人不可貌相。 像E先生这种人随处可见而他们到处一直在行骗。
Title: a) New Born Sea Turtle / b) Pac Man Frog
Size: 4.7cm (H)
Medium: Mixed Media
Price: a) RM100 (Approx. USD25) / b) RM100 (Approx. USD25)
Eng: Uncle Liang is a recycling modeler who create figure or sculpture from everyday scraps or any available materials. This time round he is inspired by the nature and created New Born Sea Turtle and Pac Man Frog.
BM: Uncle Liang adalah pemodel kitar semula yang membuat ukiran dari sisa harian atau mana-mana bahan yang sedia ada. Kali ini dia terinspirasi oleh alam sekitar dan menciptakan New Born Sea Turtle dan Pac Man Frog.
华文: Uncle Liang 是一位回收雕刻和玩具造型和设计师,他用日常的废料或任何可用的材料创造不同主题的雕像或玩具。这次他受到大自然的启发,创造了New Born Sea Turtle 和 Pac Man Frog。
This year is MY Toy Hoard‘s 3rd anniversary and we will celebrate our 3rd anniversary for 3 months, starting from July to September. The main mission of MY Toy Hoard in the body is to promote Malaysian (veteran and new) toys to the world, therefore, in conjunction with our anniversary, we would like to start our celebration first with the Designer Toy exhibition, called ′′ My Toys 2.0 EXPOSURE ′′ for Malaysian artists showcasing their latest creations. – DesignToys Jang of MY Toy Hoard‘
Date: 17th July until 2nd August 2020 (Grand opening 25th July)
Venue: Greydea Studio 30-1, Jalan Wan Kadir 4, TTDI, 6000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tickets are not needed but please call before visit on weekdays. Phone number +60 13 247 7825
For further info or how to purchase if you can’t make it to the exhibition hit up MY Toy Hoard Facebook group.
You can get your daily Designer Toy fix from our TTC Mobile App. It’s free too! FREE! Download on the iPhone or Android smartphones. Search for “The Toy Chronicle” and all your Designer Toy wishes will come true! Pretty much.