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A stylized figurine of a woman with a gothic or punk aesthetic. She has long, dark hair and is wearing a black dress that covers most of her body. Her skin is pale, and she has tattoos on her arms, including a prominent skull design. She is also wearing black boots with white detailing. Beside her is a small, white object that resembles a helmet or a mask with a skull design on it.Born into the greyness of England at the end of the Seventies, by the age of four Jon-Paul Kaiser knew that what he wanted to do in life was a draw. From that point he rarely strayed from that path; scribbling and doodling his way through School, College and University. After working with Porlzilla, Jon-Paul decided to go it alone concentrating at first on the toy customization scene, building up a name and strong reputation for himself with his stark Black & White custom style, influenced by comic book art, film noir & Ukiyo-e prints. This lead to him being approached by established toy producers for designs for their platform toys. Principally amongst these are Toy2R who have released numerous JPK Platforms. SkullSkin is a 11-inch tall vinyl figure sculpted by Ajee. She was released the 15th of November 2008 in 3 color ways : GREEN 300 ex, DARK 300 ex and GOLD 180 ex. SkullSkin European Tour One year after she’s dressed with a whole new graphic design for a colaboration between Ajee X Pixie. She wears gloves, headband, make-up, transparent skull helmet, dots and flock. The 3 new color ways, France BLUE, England BLACK and Italy PURPLE, are each limited to 60 ex. “The SkullSkin character was born when I was been asked to customize a train for the TagTheSystem ParisStation show in 2005. I had previously been working on the sweet girl and the skull for a long time on canvases but I wouldn’t understand their relationship. For that train project I had to manage with a long format and I wondered where to put the skull, when it was settled on her head to become a helmet. It reminded me of the Donkey Skin fairytale so I instinctively added a fur on her shoulder. She was then wearing a skull skin.”
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