P.I.Y by Emi Kazama

This P.I.Y. is by Emi Kazama.
Emi does illustration and graphi design and is one half of Ameiko with Kao.
Emi's P.I.Y. figure has a very different approach with colorful dots and a golden glitter, but if you look closely, it has a mischievous looking face on one side.

Emi also did the graphic design of the goods at the Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale.





emi kazama
http://nhi-web.com/menu.html

ameiko blog
http://ameikoblog.blogspot.com/

P.I.Y. by mejunje

Here are pictures of P.I.Y. paper mache animals painted by Mejunje.
Mejunje are our friends from Buenos Aires, Julian and Mercedes.
They painted these this past Spring during their stay in Tokyo.
They have a wild style that's quite a contrast to ours and that is exactly why we like having them painted by other artists.

F.I.Y., the yellowish one is by Julian and the pink head is by Mercedes.

mejunje blog
http://mejunjeando.blogspot.com/

P.I.Y. by Sammy

photo by Sammy

As you saw in the last post, we have this thing called the P.I.Y.(Paint It Yourself), where a blank paper mache figure made by us is painted or drawn on by another artist. This one done by our friend Sammy (her nickname) in Tokyo is done on one of our earlier figures. Our first paper mache figures were much more abstract as you can see.


photo by Sammy

Sammy has drawn on the figure very meticulously. Pretty amazing and definitely different from our work.


photo by Sammy

It's nice to have them worked on by other artists as you get a totally different end result than your own. Thanks Sammy!

Sammy is one half of Sorairo and they specialize in CG video production. They have worked on numerous TV commercials and music videos among other things. You can check out their blog here. (It's all Japanese though)

Thanks Brandi!

mumbreeze!, originally uploaded by paper whistle.

Just noticed this on Brandi Strickland's blog. We had sent her a P.I.Y. (Pint It Yourself) figure as we are a big fan of her work, but this is really amazing! I'm glad I asked her to do it.