Smallandround for San Diego Comic Con 2011

For his display tenure at San Diego Comic Con (www) this year, Jeremiah Ketner aka Smallandround will be displaying a variety of custom-painted toys at the Dragatomi booth #4935 (a trio of which is previewed above). Jeremiah will also be signing at the booth on Friday from 5pm.UPDATED: Jeremiah has updated his Flickr-stream with studio-snaps of his customs!

Jeremiah Ketner @ Orbit Gallery (March 25) and Suburban Vinyl (March 26)

Chicago-based artist Jeremiah Ketner will be having duo event-appearances this coming weekend, with Orbit Gallery in New York being the first stop, where he will be releasing a limited edition print (above-left), along with his display of artwork. Then on Saturday, he will be at Suburban Vinyl for a mini solo show featuring new paintings and custom toys. Shown above-right is a preview of a

WHat's Happening In The Art & Toy World (Mar/4/2011)

OhNo!Doom opens March 5th with "Sugar & Splice," a 4-person show featuring a collection of painted works from Aya Kakeda (New York), Jason Limon (San Antonio), Jeremiah Ketner (Chicago), and Yoko d'Holbachie (Japan). A colossal lineup indeed! Posted above os the flyer, while below is a sneak of works to come from Jeremiah."Whimsical characters rendered with careful skill and hypnotic color, all

Custom Works on TOYSREVIL (Jan/5/2011)

CLCK THRU for a selection of custom toys, including painted platforms, a video-instructional, scratch-built sculpts, and even a paperboy! Do feel free to submit your images and work (for consideration) at toysreviler [at] gmail.comWillie Veelie Beren's STREET DOG paperboy is available free to download here on http://vapapertoys.weebly.com, which also includes a Blank template for you to create

Custom-Qee by Small and Round for 15th Anniversary DIY Qee Celebration @ Dragatomi (Oct 9-launch)

What a way to end a night/day of blogging with feasting my delicate peepers on the work of Jeremiah Ketner aka SmallandRound, specifically this cusrtom-painted Qee completed for the October-9th launch of the 15th Anniversary DIY Qee Celebration show, hosted by Dragatomi in Sacramento, CA [blogged / Search]. The closed-eyes sleepy-mood of the piece lulls me a lullaby with a serene notion of sweet

Event: Preview for While You Were Dreaming @ Rivet Gallery (June 5)

Rivet Gallery's upcoming exhibition titled "While You Were Dreaming" features the artwork of Jeremiah Ketner, Johnny Yanok and Kat Brunnegraff. The show is scheduled to launch this coming Saturday, June 5, with an opening reception held that evening from 7-10pm (Complimentary beverages will be provided by Magic Hat). "All artists (who also happen to be CCAD alumni) will be in attendance."///

Custom-Showcase: Jibibuts by SmallandRound for We Heart Wood

CLICK THRU for a closer look at this gorgeous selection of custom-painted Jibibuts by Jeremiah Ketner aka Small and Round ~ completed for the upcoming WE HEART WOOD show ~ featuring a family of forms, inclusive a converted Kokeshi (Peep WIPs here!). Jeremiah-blogged: "I enjoyed making these. Working with wood is so much better than vinyl. Its so much easier to sand, cut and chew on. Plus wood

Custom-Previews for Sketchbot Custom Show @ myplasticheart NYC (March 26)

CLICK THRU for custom-peeks at works from Small and Round, Veggiesomething, 64Colors, DrilOne and Eric Nocella Diaz, completed for the upcoming "Sketchbot Custom Show" @ myplasticheart NYC come March 26th [event-blogged / tagged] ~ all based on an original form from Steve Talkowski!["Mossbot" by Jertemiah Ketner aka Small and Round][Sketchbot with red-shoesies by 64Colors][Sketchbot by Eric

Event Pics for When Hell Freezes Over @ myplasticheart NYC (Jan 8-30) / featuring customs by SmallandRound & Chauskoskis

"When Hell Freezes Over" is a group customs-show which launched January 8th @ myplasticheart NYC, with the show featuring Lou Pimentel's Cranston Fellows Jr as platform-figure-of-choice, with interpretations by 64 Colors / Dacosta! / Doktor A / Dacosta! (all 3 shown above) / Chaukoskis / kaNO / Jeremiah Ketner / Leecifer / Jason Limon / Nemo / Brent Nolasco / Lou Pimentel / Reactor-88 / Scribe /

Soft Winds Blow: Custom-Dunny by Jeremiah Ketner

According to artist Jeremiah Ketner aka SmallandRound, this is the first time he's customed a Dunny, and what a magical Dunny-custom it is! "Soft Wind Blows" stands breezily at 8 inches tall (Arcylic on vinyl) and was done for a private collection. CLICK THRU for more snaps, and go bug Jeremiah for customs! [7 x images in slideshow above / CLICK for full-screen viewing]

Baby Tiger: Custom Mad*L by Jeremiah Ketner

2010 is the Year of the Tiger (in the Chinese Almanac) and Jeremiah Ketner aka SmallandRound starts it off with an uber-sweet 5" custom-Mad*L named BABY TIGER, completed as a commissioned-gift for fellow artist Cris Rose, seen here having fun in the snow ~ *aaawwww*CLICK THRU for more snaps of Baby Tiger! [4 x images of Baby Tiger by Jeremiah Ketner / CLICK for full-screen viewing]Cris mentions

Customs by Small and Round for Multiversal @ Art Basel Miami (Dec 3)

CLICK THRU to have a slideshow- preview of Jeremiah Ketner aka SmallandRound's trio of gorgeous customs done for the Multiversal Group Show at Art Basel Miami Beach [blogged] ~ featuring a Kokeshi wooden figure and duo Mad*Ls.The Multiversal group show begins on Thursday, December 3rd and runs until Sunday, December 6th. It will take place at The American Legion building, 6445 NE 7th Ave in the

Painted Custom Vimobots for San Diego Comic Con 2009

For the third TRE-preview [tagged] of custom VIMOBOTS for the Vimobot Custom Show at San Diego Comic-Con (Mimoco Booth #4938) - we take a special TRE-look at customs utilizing "paintwork" (as opposed to "form-manipulation") showcasing work from Jeremiah Ketner, Leecifer, Reactor88 and presenting a TRE-exclusive first look reveal of Cris Rose's Recyclebots![CLICK THRU for full peeks]Understand

Magical Moments by Jeremiah Ketner @ Melanee Cooper Gallery (July 10)

Artist Jeremiah Ketner will be exhibiting @ Melanee Cooper Gallery Chicago [www] on July 10th (opening 5-8pm) with his show titled "Magical Moments" - pretty apt given the surreal notion of his artwork, IMHO. Also check out the online preview of art here :)Also exhibiting at Melanee Cooper is Theresa Handy with "Spinning Girl" - preview of her work can be found here (posted-left). Both shows

StarGirl Headphonie by Jeremiah Ketner (Prototype)

Jeremiah Ketner shares with us a project that he's been working on: Headphonies with this lil pixie-cutie dubbed; STARGIRL.Shown here is the 3 inch tall prototype - featuring a vinyl figure with built-in portable speakers [blogged]. Created by Eran Weinberg, the first series showcased designs from Jeremy Madl, Frank Kozik and Eran himself.Will update once more product-info is available :)

MadL & Munny Customs by Jeremiah Ketner (May 11-drop)

TRE had the opportunity to interview Jeremiah Ketner back in 2008 when he released his PIKO Wooden Toys. The imagery is magically surreal in it's visual-essence, like poetry captured in mid notion, dancing amidst the garden of forgotten faeiries, IMHO.If you've not had the chance to procure any of Jeremiah's works in the past, now might be your chance. A trio of customs by Jeremiah is scheduled

Jeremiah Ketner for Flower Parade @ Rotofugi (Apr 10-24)

UPDATED 14.04.09: All artwork & customed toys have been listed and made available online here (inclusive of Julie West's).FLOWER PARADE features new works by Jeremiah Ketner and Julie West and is currently on display @ Rotofugi (launched April 10, exhibits thru April 24, 2009).CLICK THRU for a slideshow of Jeremiah's artwork (found via his flickr) or CLICK to watch them full-screen.(Unfortunately

Customs-Update for Humans Beware I.W.G. Custom Show @ Rocketworld (Apr 10)

Here's a quick-roundup / update of customed-I.W.G figures destined for the upcoming HUMAN BEWARE I.W.G. group custom show @ Rocketworld - circa April 10th [tagged / event-details] - featuring works from Reactor88, Jeremiah Ketner, Tan-Ki, FAS and sneaks from Goccodo, Trenton M and Drilone.[CLICK THRU to view][Reactor-88'S Totem Bear / via / blog][Custom-sneak peek by Goccodo / via][Custom-sneak