The Announcement:
Unbox Industries: We are ecstatic to announce that the renowned @unboxindustries will be making a triumphant return to Five Points Festival! Unbox is a global collective of creatives, engineers, and manufacturing wizards who love to share the fun of character and toy production. Since 2007, they have been working with amazingly talented artists from across the globe, such as @mutantvinylhardcore, @punkdrunkers89, @refreshmenttoy @badmeaw_cat and many more!! Unbox doesn’t often visit the United States, so make sure to secure your tickets now to meet this amazing company in person on June 8th and 9th only at Five Points Fest!
Under Our Knives: We are happy to announce that the amazing @underourknives and his food-based art is returning to Five Points Fest! Under Our Knives (UOK) is a NY-based artist who specializes in creating bizarre and twisted food sculptural creations. Have you ever imagined the expressions from your food while being consumed? If you have, you’re sick, and his art may be right up your alley! Whether concocting playful parodies, or exploring the realm of whimsical food art, UOK aims to evoke empathy for these tortured foods, or delight in their adorable suffering. All while providing topnotch craftsmanship and beautiful paint applications. If you’re into food art and silliness, be sure to visit the Under Our Knives booth!
Twins Brand Services: Five Points Fest a curated celebration of designer toys, street art, and indie artists is excited to introduce @twinsbrandservicesllc, exhibiting at the festival for the first time! TWINS BRAND is an American/Belgian-owned company that creates products through storytelling and world-building. Creating products that explore the catalog of the brands and characters within the world of TOKY-LAND®, they produce magazines, graphic novels, garments, sofubi figures, and more! Twins brand products are released in limited quantities, and highly collected, so be sure to visit their booth early to discover what they have to offer before they sell out.
Jotoys: Five Points Festival is thrilled to announce that @jotoys_global will be exhibiting for the first time at the festival. JOTOYS is a leading brand in China’s creative collectible and art toy sector They specialize in blind box collectible toys, and have work with some amazing Chinese artists such as IP YUMO, MEHOO, and MIANA. They believe that creative design and interesting gameplay are essential values that they hope to bring to their collectors.
Priscilla Marquez: California Based Artist, Priscilla Marquez, aka Priscillas Arté (pronounced Are-teh)(@priscillasarte), will be joining the 2024 amazing artist alley line-up! From casting to customizing, Priscilla uses Designer Toys to share her bright & intricate style of art with the world!
Diana Teeter Art: @dianateeterart returns to artist alley! An artist and illustrator who lives and works in Queens, NY. Her art is inspired by NYC nature, people watching, and popular culture. Diana loves to make silly art with the goal of making people laugh, smile, and remember the fun times in life. If you’re a fan of anthropomorphic art, or just animals that will make you laugh , make sure to visit Diana’s table to see her unique interpretations!
All Nighter Productions: Get excited… @allnighterproductions (Erin Rosenzweig,) best known for her plant and mushroom dragons, the Verdlings, will be returning to Five Points Fest! Erin is a deep appreciator of nature and fantastical creature design, and enjoys fusing them in a way that might make you wonder if you could find one living out in the wild.
Ahzzzz: New York-based artist @ahzzzz will be bringing his Squiddies! – the adorable and colorful sea creatures that are known for their deep-SEAted emotions to Artist Alley in 2024!! Recently, Ahzzzz’s Kickstarter campaign turned Squiddies (a vehicle for exploring emotions) from simple illustrations to highly sought-after designer art toys, marking a new chapter for his beloved characters, and bringing a brand new wave of collectors!
Bness Studio: We are delighted to announce the #artistalley return of @bness.studio (Vanessa Tam), a Hong Kong-based artist and designer. Creator of supaBAROQUE, a world where she transforms Baroque aesthetics into epic enamel pins and creepy-cute resin toys. Tam’s designs are a unique blend of haunting and cute, with a touch of timeless appeal. Imagine angels straight out of the Bible, but way more awesome, and just a little unsettling. Each of her creations invites you to a world where elegance meets ‘Wait, what?!’
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: I’m not going to lie to you here because that’s not how I roll on this website, but with the Five Points Festival convention still a little less than two months away, I felt that the previous vendor announcements notice would be the last one that I would end up doing. I was sure that more would be coming down the pike but there is so much content to serve up for other agenda items and there isn’t always time. Anyway, since the latest notice also included a number of talented folks over in the Artist Alley I could not let that be a read and delete email and here we are. All of these names are new to me and I don’t recall talking to them during last years convention or the one prior to it. So far I am not yet cleared to attend which I will admit is a bother since I like to get my ducks in a row or plan the time to be somewhere else. As you know, the website just recently celebrated its nineteenth online anniversary and if you are just learning this now, please direct your attntion to a post that can be found HERE. Moving along, I’d love for you to zip over to our social media profiles as well care of our Linktree. It’s over there that you can engage with us in an almost realtime fashion and depending on what we’re up to that kind of back and forth can be a lot of fun. To keep up with any posts about the 2024 Five Points Festival you’ll want to click HERE to launch all of it onto a new browser tab. Feel free to chime in down below if you know any of the artists or vendors that were announced in this notice. I’d love to have some of their fans letting us know what makes them so special in their collecting eyes. See you again soon and as always please stay safe out there. Oh yeah and in case you’re wondering if I will continue along with their announcements, the jury is still out but its based on the other news of the day. If Slipknot or Metallica send something on the same day I’ll be saying nope. Who knows. See you next time.
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