The party was held at the fifty fifty gallery in Bristol and it was PACKED! The que was all the way round the corner and the Droplets sold out in less than an hour! Big props to Gav for putting on such a great event.

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There were gorgeous Droplet cupcakes by Cakeology (unfortunately we didn’t get there early enough to try one, they flew off the cake stands!) A big droplet to sign, droplet stickers, name badges, t shirts, tote bags. It was raining droplets! It was brilliant to see all the customs up close after seeing some sneaky pics on the web, and i met lots of lovely people as well as catching up with  friends

Pictures of my custom here

Doc18 has photos of all the customs here

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Photo by Rick Nunn

Me with my custom (from my flickr365project)

After the show we went to a couple of pubs with various toy peeps, and had a thoroughly lovely time. Phil made a giant straw, we all took turns being ‘Babs’

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Massive David Blaine (from my flickr 365 project)

We spent the next day soaking up the sights of Bristol, after a fry up at the Boston Tea Party. We checked out the Forbidden Planet there and i treated myself to some Friends with You blind boxes.

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If you’re around the Bristol area tomorrow night, Saturday February 6th, come and say hi at the fifty fifty gallery, Gavin of Jamfactory has a big old shindig planned with cupcakes, prizes and goodie bags as well as custom droplets from loads of top artists!

See pictures of my droplet here

Hope to see you there! xx

I’ve just put the finishing touches on my custom droplet for the series 2 Launch party on the 6th February, if you’re in the Bristol area you should come down and check it out! The Droplet toy itself is very simple so it has a lot of scope for customising and I had a lot of fun making this little guy. I’ve seen a few sneaky pictures of how they’re doing up the gallery on Gav’s twitter, I’m really looking forward to meeting all the other artists and seeing how they’ve customised their Droplets.

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He stands on his own and for the show he’ll be sitting on a mirror so you can see all the detail underneath. It took forever to sculpt all the suckers so i want to show them off! The tentacles have a wire armature inside and were sculpted in polymer clay over the top. See his progress here and here

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For size reference, this is how big he is. I’m a bit sad now that i have to pack him in a box for his adventure to Bristol, but i’m sure he’ll have lots of fun with the other Droplets

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Some close ups of the tentacles and suckers. You can just make out the blue/pink pearlescent powder in the lacquer.

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I’m very pleased to be involved in the Droplet Series 2 launch party. I’ve been working on my custom this week and i’m looking forward to seeing what all the other artists make of theirs! It would be great to see you there. Pictures of my custom are here.