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Vajazzling With Carlos Enriquez-Gonzalez

Like Madonna in her 1992 baseball flick, Carlos Enriquez-Gonzalez is in A League of Their Own. The pop star similarities end there, although you could make a case for an ally in fellow triple-named vajazzler Jennifer Love Hewitt. I’ve been following Carlos’ work for a couple years now, and where many artists ebb and burn out, Carlos keeps bringing it. And in case you don’t have eyeballs, he’s bringing a lot of vaginas.

Of his 2007, 13-inch fiberglass Vagina Brain Monster which was part of a 2008  Contemporary Art Phillips de Pury auction, Steve Agin wrote:

“For Mr. Gonzalez, a vagina represents passage in time and space and, the journey from one reality to another, possibly a more enlightened one.”

Color me enlightened. Of his 2009, 9-foot hand-painted fiberglass Magical Vagina, which sold at auction for $15,000, Carlos himself said:

“I intend the confrontation with the free spectator, give him something that invites him to reflect about the theme on how this feminine organ has been mistreated and denigrated, because the vagina can connect us with the most pure, powerful and mysterious forces of the universe, God present? The vagina has been wounded for a long time, ’skimmed blood’.”

Um, yes, exactly. Carlos’ latest 9-Foot Mother Lips Vagina Monster (shown at the top of this post) is also for the Phillips de Pury auction. I’d like to chat up the person who has the balls (or ovaries) and taste to buy this walking orifice that dwarfs them. Such an art collector is likely to be as interesting as the piece itself. Keep it coming, Carlos! Photos courtesy of the Mishka Bloglin and Carlos’ Flickr.

Leecifer’s Monsters in the Mangrove

One of our favorite toy customizers, Mr. Lee Gajda, has an array of superhero monsters on its way to Super7 Florida’s Monsters in the Mangrove show. The show kicks off at 7PM on Saturday, May 15th in St. Petersburg.

Tim Biskup x T9G Rangeas Movie Version

I’m digging this version of the latest TXT Rangeas. What can I say? After doing the Resin Showcase for Wondercon, my glasses are permanently tinted pink and grey…If you’re unfamiliar with the Rangeas sculpt, it’s a collab between Tim Biskup and T9G produced in Japan by intheyellow. This colorway is a limited edition of 50 pieces, and our friends at Lulubell have it up for pre-order currently here. How can you not appreciate it after watching this butterfly-chasing-butt-scratching flick?

Monsters We’re Digging: Felt Mistress for Start London

We’ve been digging Felt “Louise” Mistress since we found out that a woman in the UK who makes wedding dresses was also making plush kaiju and bringing Jon Burgerman’s doodles to life. That sort of wack combination wins you Monsters We’re Digging Royalty Status for life, but recently FM took it to the next level. She was discovered (in a Tweet!) by Brix Smith-Start of Start London.

Clueless about fashion? Me too, but music fans take note: Brix was once a member of The Fall, and sang on the album, This Nation’s Saving Grace. Start-London commissioned Felt Mistress to create a series of plush characters to outfit the window of their shop. Felt Mistress brought it all home by “sculpting out of fabric,” Terry (aka Brix), a creature sporting a Fall T-shirt. Some of the fashionable furries are still available here.

This story has all kinds of cool in it. What if you were a big fan of The Fall (as both Felt Mistress and I happen to be) and one of your heroes happened upon your work (through Felt Mistress’ Twitter) and before you know it, she’s holding and raving about your awesome plush creatures (see video clip after the jump)? Dreams can come true! [Did you know that Neon Monster found me on Twitter?] All of this “crossoversauce” was happening for London Fashion Week. Not to be out done, on our side of the pond, we had Le Merde on the runway at New York Fashion Week…

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Monsters We’re Digging: Customs by Gatchabert

The second installment of Super7’s It Came From Skullbrain is almost upon us, and as a result, there’s a surplus of Monsters We’re Digging. These two customs are by talented local artist, Gatchabert. Bert explains on his blog:

This first one is something I’ve done before but a slightly different pattern. Gargamel’s mini Hedoran in a classic Tokyo colorway. The pattern is a bit closer to the vintage Hedora but using some metallic colors. This next one is also done in the Tokyo colorway variation. This is Killer J’s Smoking Star. Killer J had also made the Smoking Star in the Tokyo colorway but on solid colored vinyl and not the clear yellow. The red is a bit off but I’m still pretty pleased with the results.

Smokin’ indeed. Bert’s got a third figure in the works, but I look forward to seeing that surprise in person on January 16th.

Monsters We’re Digging: Light Monster Dave

You  know how lots of blogs have a “Shit We’re Digging” section? Well, we’re going to have a “Monsters We’re Digging” section. And what better monster to kick off the category than a toy with DNA from three artists we dig? I’m referring to Light Monster Dave, a piece of “custom madness using cel-vinyl and gouache with a nice clean clearcoat over the top” by the inimitable Bwana Spoons. The custom is built, splashed and crazed by Bwana upon My Friend Dave. MFD is a joint piece of Japanese vinyl by Uglydolls’ David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim, sculpted by T9G and produced by Intheyellow.

We are totally loving it, and might have to get one to go with our giant custom Killer (which you can see at our SF HQ). Technically, this is a KFGU toy, but since kaiju fans are touchy about the application of the K-word in this series, we’ll just leave it at that. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the paint app on this figure is simply sick. Sick with SARS!