Lemon Drop

I founded PLASEEBO in 2005 as a shop dedicated to creating unique one of a kind collectible figures and designing original figures for Ultra Limited editions. I have often thought of toys as small sculpture. They are miniature interpretations of things that are unattainable in the "real" world. They enable a child to become General Patton directing the Third Army of die cast Dinky tanks through the dirt in his own back yard or allow an adult to time travel back to that moment in the back yard of his memory. This spurring of the imagination is certainly the stuff of Art. I call the way I build my figures "Frankensculpt", because they are cobbled together from unrelated parts in a sculpting process which breathes a new life into them. I like my figures to be edgy, quirky, punkish, dark, more like Franz Kafka than Walt Disney. Some times the work is inspired by my concern for what I see as deplorable human behavior such as our war in Iraq, which inspired my WAR figure or my anger over the unfair practices of Banks which resulted in my sculpting the " Bank America " piece. Other times it may bubble up from distant Gorgoloid is the online store, website, and studio for the art works of Barry Allen Williams. Based in Portland Oregon, Barry works with clay, resin, epoxy and numerous other materials to create original sculptures. Barry's creatures and back stories are inspired by classic and neo-kaiju, folk lore, and contemporary social issues/monsters alike. Barry has collaborated with numerous other artists, participated in multiple group showings and has established a world wide fanbase of collectors. He also loves hot pot.