Dinky Ninja Bears Debut at APAture Handmade Fair
Update(3): The original source for this article can be found here.
Update (2): Our YouTube Video!
Update: Also in attendance during APAture’s Closing night was a good bud of mine, Wilson Wong. Here’s a glimpse of his performance here.
Bear with me?!?! This weekend was just too much to Bear 
What happened? Kearny Street Workshop’s Asian American Arts festival – APAture 2009 Event! September 26, 2009 – the Handmade Fair – marked the very first public appearance of the Dinky Ninja Bears! After the two-week extravaganza, they continue to prove time and time again the importance of providing an outlet for emerging artists to present their work, and we are very fortunate and happy to be at APAture! Great vibes, good conversation, a chance to catch up with old friends, an opportunity to make new ones, and a night filled with Artistic inspiration. APAture.Always.Delivers.
The Dinky Ninja Bears booth at APAture 2009 Handmade Fair. /w00t!
What do we have here? Its the 2009-2010 PACE crew! From L to R: Emily, hiding Ninja , Jonathan, and Beatrice.
Posing fun with the Dinky Ninja Bears ;D
Motormouth Press: by Laurie Coughlin is pleased to offer you delicious food-themed stationery and greeting cards that double as mementos. These mementos take on many shapes and forms such as a poster, ornament, or other assorted keepsakes and gift tokens. Motormouth Press products are printed locally with soy-based inks and mostly 20-30% post-consumer content paper.
Jamie Lau Designs: Jamie Lau Designs specializes in handmade goods made from awesome fabric collected from the designer’s extensive travels – many are designer Japanese prints and some 50s fabric fresh off the vintage bolt. Items include reversible tote bags, shoulder bags, passport covers, checkbook covers, and fabric covered notebooks.
Yola, modelling our pink Dinky Ninja Bear Tee.
Lychee Blossom Jewelry: by Yola Ng is inspired by many things—naturally occurring patterns like spirals and lace, fiddle head fern and insect wings. Wanting to create something uniquely memorable, with delicate details, and feminine charm, Yola began making jewelry in fall 2006. She uses a combination of gold-plated and silver-plated metals, Czech firepolish glass beads, Swarovski crystals, and semi-precious stones.
Bumberboy: Debbie Huey is the artist, writer, and creator of the all-ages Bumperboy comics series, which includes the Xeric Award-winning book, Bumperboy Loses His Marbles, and Bumperboy and the Loud, Loud Mountain, which was named to Booklist’s Top Ten Graphic Novels for Youth in 2007. Debbie admits that she hadn’t purchased a comic book until the ripe age of 21, but has been addicted to reading and drawing comics ever since. Her work has been exhibited at San Diego Comic-Con, Alternative Press Expo, and WonderCon. In November 2009, Debbie will be an artist-in-residence at the Cartoon Art Museum.
Sherwin Viray of Hey Danger: (Description to come)
Petit Crochet Ami: makes amigurumi, the Japanese art of crocheting cute stuffed plushies. Cupcakes, bears, octopi, mushrooms and other creatures are handmade by mother-daughter team Debbie and Lisa Leong. With a hand-stitched smile on each face, these “amis” are truly your friends.
Bay Area Artists Unite: (BAAU) is a collective group of artists located in the San Francisco Bay Area, devoted to the personal and professional growth of those within our community. BAAU was formed seven years ago by l0cke and was part of studio XD. BAAU publishes the yearly anthology BAAU DOWN, and they can be found at FanimeCon in San Jose, Anime Expo in Los Angeles, the Fremont Holiday Anime Faire, and the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco.
Intense Style and Fashion via 5733: Loretta Nguyen and James Dawson of Oakland-based fiftyseven-thirtythree design and produce screen-printed and stenciled t-shirts and appliquéd hoodies. They draw from an urban aesthetic where multiculturalism and pop culture merge with inner city decay, graffiti and a lo-tech DIY sensibility. Inspired by politics, history, media, and our sexual identities, they look back at our culture to see what has endured and use it as a road map to where we’re going. Loretta is an Oakland native who graduated from UC Davis with degree in design. Loretta and James formed fiftyseven-thirtythree in May 2007 and are dedicated to keeping all of the production sweatshop-free and in Oakland.
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Me, and the rest of the Brothers of XPO reppin’ at APAture 2009 @ the Goforaloop Gallery.
Whew! The Handmade Fair was an awesome event and I am already looking forward to attending APAture 2010! Thanks again to ALL the good people at Kearny Street Workshop and APAture.
For those of you who missed the Handmade Fair at this year’s APAture event, no worries! Check out the APAture Flinc Shop for more information on all the Artists AND all the shopping goodness!
Tags: APAture, Asian American Artists, Kearny Street Workshop
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