Category: Plastic

  • Using A.I. + Inkscape to Make Cricut Stickers

    Using A.I. + Inkscape to Make Cricut Stickers

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    After having a Glowforge laser cutter for a few years, I have fallen in love with Inkscape. Now I have a Cricut Maker 3 and I am using Inkscape to design Cricut stickers. Designing vector graphics feels amazing. Once you take a little time and learn the basics of Inkscape, you suddenly feel like a…

  • Season’s Greetings!

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    I’m new to etsy! Please click like and favorite my shop at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JEMTOY

  • Art by AJ Lafave

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    AJ Lafave sent me a resin sculpture and print. Thank you! I’m glad the How To Make Resin Toys book could help inspire such awesomeness. This guy would be fun to mod. I have the urge to give him hair and googly eyes. I’d like to see a show where you post a bunch out…

  • Three Waves

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    Music by Dan Hanrahan Light Up Art UFOs by J.E.Moores

  • The Alien

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    The first wave of mini UFOs invaded our earth unmanned, controlled remotely by an invisible force from outer space. Who could it be? Men from Mars? Women from Venus? The Tralfamadorians? It soon became clear with the arrival of the second wave, little starships piloted by aliens. See their clear cut faces ominously catch the…

  • The Starship Has Landed

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    I have been having a blast designing these little UFO flying saucer lamps. When I was a kid, back in the early 70’s, I was out with my mom shopping, and I saw a display of UFO toys I was curious about. They looked as if they were made for girls. Cute little girly aliens…

  • UFO visits Toy Planet

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    I wanted to show how cool these mini 3″ UFO Flying Saucers are as awesome display items. It’s fun to place the UFO lamp next to sci-fi toys, mini robots, plastic figures, and vinyl kaiju toys. The light show seems to breathe life into the little monsters. Thanks to everyone that has already ordered. I’m…

  • Toys at Gibbs Library

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    Gibbs Library in Washington, Maine has some of my Mythical Maine JEMTOYs on display to support the launch of my book, Snotgrass which contains all kinds of strange critters that creep through the muck and mire of Maine. If you’re in the area, take a photo in front of the display case and tag me –…

  • Spring is here!

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    Philly Lou Bird, Swamp Bogger, and the Yupapotamus are all characters found in my book, Snotgrass. If you enjoy Maine humor, bouffant hairdos, or stories of strange mythical creatures, check it out on Amazon as a Kindle Download.  

  • How To Make Resin Toys

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    How To Make Resin Toys: Amazon Kindle – Order Printed Book  I have been an art teacher since 1984, so it comes naturally to me to share what I know with others. Whenever I am in the art studio making stuff, I enjoy photographing the process from start to finish. Way back I remember wanting to make toys…

  • Beware the Pogonip!

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    I grew up in Maine, and my grandfather always farmed using his Old Farmer’s Almanac as a resource. Every winter the almanac warns: Beware the Pogonip. I remember not knowing what Pogonip was, so my young imagination came up with some sort of winter beast that preyed on small unsuspecting Maine kids. Later on I found…

  • Manimal

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    Three Manimals cast in swirly plastic colors.

  • Fan Art Series

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    The Bi-Cyclops is inspired by a Rock Poster by Jeff Lamm. I love Jeff’s art, and have several toys of his kaiju characters. There are many weird and wonderful beasts, robots, and monsters in Jeff’s posters that have yet to become toys, so I wanted to make a few resin figures as fan art. Check…

  • Bi-Cyclops

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    I’ve been busy setting up a little space where I can cast resin toys, and here is the latest critter, the Bi-Cyclops. I cast about 10 different colors of this guy before the mold ripped, so that’s it. If you want one, I’ll give you good price. $36.99 plus shipping available at: jemtoy.bigcartel.com until they are…

  • JEMTOY at FOE

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  • Pouring molds DIY

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    Hey man, I bought the e-book version of your book the other day and its great. I sculpted my first little figure this week and was gonna save up some money to buy some smooth on. I ended up searching for DIY mold making materials and came across oogoo. Have you tried making anything with…

  • Barry’d Treasure, Super Cooper, and JEMTOY

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    Super Cooper Berella is a good buddy of mine. I have been lucky enough to have been part of several of his art shows in his little home town of Los Angeles, California. We met in an on line forum through our mutual love of making paper toys. As fate would have it, I’m also…

  • Big Hi! From Buenos Aires Argentina!

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    Hello Mr Jay Let me introduce myself My name is Matias Bovero AKA Matias Bomber, I began making toys since 2011, doing my first try and error. Then at fall 2011 release my first bigcartel store and then began the first sales. Last sunday I bought your book on pdf. Were very helpful for me,…

  • Chongo Chat with JEMTOY

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    Congolio interviews J.E.Moores from JEMTOY. We talk about paper toys, resin toys, and art. Links mentioned in this video are: How To Make Resin Toys – PrintCutFoldGlue.com – TimeBrats.com – Chongolio.com – Seven Super Girls – check ’em out!

  • Thank You Mista Louis

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    Thank you Mista Louis for including JEMTOY in your latest book, We Are Indie Toys!

  • Assholes With Guns – Army Edition

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    Assholes With Guns – Army Edition

  • We Are Indie Toys!

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    I am excited to be part of Louis Bou’s latest book, We Are Indie Toys: Make Your Own Resin Characters. Making resin toys is a lot of fun, and this book has a behind the scenes look at several resin toy artists, including JEMTOY! Reviews: http://lezgetreal.com/2014/02/book-review-indie-toys/ http://blog.redbubble.com/2014/02/book-review-we-love-we-are-indie-toys/ http://www.emiliogarcia.org/news/?%2FDIY_LIKE_A_PRO

  • Assholes With Guns!

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    I repackaged a bunch of crappy drug store toys for your amusement. Here is the latest edition of the Great Endangered American Consumer project. May I present: Assholes With Guns!

  • Kaijina the Bug Girl

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    Several colorways of Kaijina the Bug Girl are available at: jemtoy.bigcartel.com

  • Weird Critters of Washington Pond

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    My family and I drove across country from California to Maine, and now Swamp Bogger, Philly Lou Bird, and Yupapotamus are home at Washington Pond, Maine. This is the lake I grew up on, listening to my grandfather’s old logging tales about these weird critters. Many of the old timers here know stories about these…

  • JEMTOYs at FOE

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    Because I am traveling again this summer FOE Store & Gallery will be handling my handmade resin toys. I shipped a giant box of over a years worth of art work to Jim at FOE. I sent a ton of stuff, like the very popular 5 inch Kaijina the Bug Girl toys in various colorways.…

  • Lots o’ New JEMTOYs

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    I’ve been casting my brains out. Getting experimental with casting in different ways. Glow in the dark, swirled colors, opaque/clear combo. I pour one color, then mix and pour another color to create colors that are in the plastic, not surface paint. Lot’s of unpainted pure plasic toys as well as a few with Black…

  • Get your Bush Bats here!

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    I have a few sets of Bush Bats available on my bigcartel shop.

  • Weirdo Pack

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    I made a bunch of bizarre Cryptid Critters and put them together into Weirdo Packs. Each pack has the 5 critters in random colorways with at least one figure Glow In The Dark. Illustrated header card completes the package. Get it on!

  • Slithgarn and the Gompers 3D Print

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    Got my first copy of Slithgarn and the Gompers 3D Anaglyph Print I made a while back. Here it is on my wall, and it looks great when wearing my red cyan 3D glasses. The leap from computer monitor to printed paper is always more difficult than it should be. I was worried that the…