Peony Sunrise - Custom Rinkaku
Hey hey! Hope all of you are well! I’ve got toys coming out of my ears at the moment but am enjoying every second of it. I would say that this is the busiest I have ever been in my almost eight (!) years as a toy customiser.
It has taken some time to adjust to the life of a working artist and I would say that this is the first month since the beginning of the year where I feel that I have been structured and so far completed everything that I should have. I find it hard to plan my time around school holidays and half-terms and I hope I can get better at this next year and plan a bit better beforehand as these times really do set me off.
Anywhoooooo…. back to the actual toy! This is my second collaboration with Frog Tree on their beautiful Rinkaku. The last one was a mad rush so I never had time to write about it, as it needed to get back to Japan in a rush. So I am happy that this one is less of a stress and is staying with me until sold.
If you follow me on Instagram then you know that Rinkaku is one of my most favourite Sofubi of all time, and I feel so lucky and privileged that Frog Tree wants to work with me over and over again. Yeah, we have many more collaborations coming up over the next few months!!!
I loved every second of this paint job. I rarely work with this much yellow as it can be pretty hard to get a good gradient of yellow without caking too much paint onto the toy. But this worked so well and together with the pink blush tones it gives a beautiful sunrise feel. With a strong light behind it will more or less glow. I tried bringing in some more oriental elements to the paint job which I think worked quite nicely. All in all, I am so happy with how it came out. Rinkaku has got such a beautiful sculpt that you don’t want to take anything away from it with too much paint. I think I managed to balance it quite well in the end.
Rinkaku will be available from my BigCartel store HERE from Sunday the 11th of July @ 4.00 p.m. London Time. A preview is available now.
I have had to put up my shipping prices to the US slightly as they have gone up so much over the past year that it is affecting me when shipping out your orders. I am terribly sorry for this but there is nothing I can do. I’m just hoping that they will get back to normal at some point, but for now, this is just how it’s going to have to be :’(