Tristan Schoony Schoonraad: "Boy Soldier in Carbonite" White glass fibre life cast sculptural wall panel, 2010 Limited Edition of 10 World Wide Schoonraad worked with Derek Jacobi in The King's Speech and was part of the Oscar winning creature crew for The Wolfman with Rick Baker and Dave Elsey. From Kate Winslet in Jude to Nicolas Cage in Kick-Ass the creative designer of prosthetics and special effects has worked with major actors and musicians amongst other professions, successfully merging the real with the unreal so that the eye never questions what it is seeing from one moment to the next. Early WorkSchoonraad’s debut came in 1981 with Green Ice starring Ryan O’Neil. Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan andTroy followed, involving work with Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks and Orlando Bloom among others. In 2001, he worked on the film Black Hawk Down as a prosthetics supervisor. He also made a life cast of Kristin Scott Thomas for The English Patient and endless casts for The Clash of The Titans and Casino Royale when he supervised the cutting in half of a Boeing 727. The music world came calling after Robbie Williams requested his help for "Rock DJ", while Grace Jones asked for her head to be cast in chocolate, courtesy of Thornton’s chocolate factory, for her tenth studio album, Hurricane. Schoonraad also transformed Darkness singer, Justin Hawkins, into a devil for the video “One Way Ticket To Hell and Back” which won the Australian MTV Video awards for Best Rock Video. His video career lead to work with Björk on her track "The Hunter" plus Paul McCartney, David Bowie and Pete Doherty. Schoonraad has often worked with his sons Tristan and Robin on various projects. They joined his company as technicians and mold makers. Tristan has showcased his work at prestigious art ‘car-boot’ sales including Brick Lane, the Big Chill, Mutate Britain “One foot in the Grove”, Tate the Biscuit and the Urban Art Show in Tokyo. He had his own exhibition of Boy Soldiers in London and has worked with Art Below involved in exhibiting in Parliament Square on the Plinth of Peace. Robin has been a key figure in the moulding of many of the creatures for Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire as well as special effects in The Last Samurai.
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We are so happy and proud to have received a wonderful art donation by Calvin Lo. Calvin is a sculptor, and concept designer based in LA. He has worked on "Pacific Rim" as a sculptor, molder, and caster. He studied at the Art Center College of Design, Concept Design Academy, 3kicks studio, LAAFA, and Gnomon. He draws inspiration from his love for sci-fi, anthropology, science, and all other aspects of life. Currently, Calvin runs Impulse Refinery. To buy the donated sculpture: http://amfotoys.storenvy.com/products/6580192-calvin-lo Siamo orgogliosi e felici di aver ricevuto una magnifica donazione d'arte da parte dell'artista Calvin Lo. Calvin e' sculture, concept designer di base a LA. Ha lavorato a "Pacific Rim" come scultore. Ha studiato all' Art Center College of Design, Concept Design Academy, 3kicks studio, LAAFA, and Gnomon. Prende ispirazione dal suo amore per lo sci-fi, antropologia, scienza e altri aspetti della vita quotidiana. Calvin gestisce Impulse Refinery. Potete acquistare la scultura di Calvin qui: http://amfotoys.storenvy.com/products/6580192-calvin-lo Finally Mattia is out of the hospital! After weeks and weeks were Matti was battling with the surgery and a new pesistant infection, he did it, we are home! Nothing better to celebrate big victories like this one than have some new amazing art to show. The worldwide famous toy artist 64 Colors just donated these two stellar 3 inches customs. We have no words to say to all our artists how thankful we are :) Finalmente Mattia e' uscito dall'ospedale ed e' a casa! Dopo settimane e settimane di battaglia tra operazione ed una infezione tenace Mattia ce l'ha fatta ed ora siamo a casa! E non niente di meglio per celebrare una grande vittoria come questa che avere nuovi customs favolosi. 64 Colors, toy artist di fama mondiale, ci ha appena donato questi due meravigliosi 3 inches. Non abbiamo parole per esprimere la nostra gratitudine a tutti i nostri artisti :) We want to start this week with a new "happy collector" picture, Trevor with his new JLed rare "Jackalope", bloody version. Not a bad for a Monday! Vogliamo cominciare questa settimana con un "happy collector", Trevor con la sua nuova stampa di JLed, la rara versione bloody del suo "Jackalope". Non male per essere un lunedi! Our dear friend Rossana Calbi is first of all an incredible curator. Artist Marco was featured in the Art for a Cure exhibition at the HulaHoop in Rome, curated by Rossana, and helped us to collect new funds for the research. Read the interesting interview and art conversation Rossana and Marco had, published on Design with Love. La nostra carissima amica Rossana e' prima di tutto, una talentuosa curatrice. Marco Rea, artista che ha esposto alla mostra Art for a Cure all'HulaHoop di Roma, sostiene la nostra causa con la sua straordinaria arte. Leggete l'interessantissima intervista e conversazione sull'arte tra Rossana e Marco, pubblicata su Design with Love. Mattia is still in the hospital but our great artists and supporters have sent new artworks to help us. They are all already in our shop, check it out!
Mattia e' ancora in ospedale, ma i nostri amici artisti e grandi supporters ci hanno inviato nuove opere per aiutare la nostra causa. Sono gia' nel nostro store! We are very pleased to see that Art for a Cure, our upcoming exhibition in Potenza, appeared on important press, horray!
Siamo molto contenti di vedere che la nuova mostra Art for a Cure che a breve aprira' a Potenza, e' apparsa su diversa stampa importante, hurra'! Thank you so much to our friends from Oorlandoo and Al Parco Lucano for the upcoming Art for a Cure posts. Super duper! Grazie mille ai nostri amici di Oorlandoo e di Al Parco Lucano per i posts sulla mostra Art for a Cure, a breve a Potenza. Super duper! Art for a Cure arrives in Potenza! Thanks to Stange Opera, our curator Rossana Calbi e Cibo' Bistrot, a new stage for Art for a Cure will be hosted in Potenza, starting from February the 23 to March the 23, 2014. 7 artists joined to support Mattia and his cause and to give hope. Featuring art by: Antonella Caraceni, Gerlanda Di Francia, Paulina Góra, Selena Leandrini, Bethany Marchaman, Paolo Pedroni, Valeria Perversi. Be there and fight the Sandhoff disease with us and powerful art! Join the Facebook event to receive the last updates. Art for a Cure arriva anche a Potenza! Grazie a Strange Opera, la nostra supercuratrice Rossana Calbi e Cibo' Bistrot, si apre una nuova fase per Art for a Cure, a partire dal 23 Febbraio fino al 23 Marzo, con una selezione di opere di 7 artisti che si sono uniti alla nostra causa e donano speranza alla ricerca. In mostra ci saranno le opere di: Antonella Caraceni, Gerlanda Di Francia, Paulina Góra, Selena Leandrini, Bethany Marchaman, Paolo Pedroni, Valeria Perversi. Unitevi a noi e all'arte nella lotta alla sindrome di Sandhoff! Segui l'evento su Facebook per gli ultimi aggiornamenti. |
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