Hi everybody!Eun-Ha Paek + Sara Varon + Aya Kakeda = Captain Canoodle We are having an exhibition at Rojo Bermelo Gallery in Mexico City, opening June 27!! There will be Prints! Posters! Papier-mache masks! A mural! And New Products! Be there or be a pear! (http://www.canoodle.milky.org/)
Here are some sneak preview of what we've been working on!
I will be at Toronto Comic Art Festival this weekend!Please come by and say hello if you are in Toronto.
Happy Holidays Everyone!I've been working on this project since late summer and finally it's done! It's a holiday installation in a department store in Hong Kong. I designed the background and the characters, and some products for their holiday season. Here are some pictures and the original sketches!
Original sketch for the installation!
Final photo
It's a very interesting feeling when you design something in 2D on paper, then it goes out of your hands and someone else fabricate them in 3D life size installation. I have never seen my characters in life size which I'm super excited about! Hope kids in HongKong will enjoy this decorations!!!
If you know anyone in Hong Kong please pass it along.
Here are the info:
Dec 21st 2012 - January 6th 2013
Tai Po Mega Mall, Hong Kong
Christmas installation
http://www.taipomegamall.shkp.com.hk/
Here are more fun photos they sent me with model!
Hello everyone.My Mexico trip is starting next week!!!
6 months of planning and working with my warm Mexican friends over tons of emails, it's finally coming to reality.
I've been to Mexico twice and I was in love with the country and people there, this is a dream come true projects for me!
My First stop and this trip's sponsor is Amarillo Centro de Diseño June 27th to 30th Stop motion animation workshop June 28th Exhibition "Aya Kakeda works from 2000~2012" opens at http://amarilloespacio.com.mx/
Amarillo Centro de Diseño is a design Center in Xalapa, Mexico which invites both Mexican and international artists to have workshops and Exhibition. My talented and top illustrator friends Yuko Shimizu, Marcos Chin, and Brian Rea have shown their work here in the past years. I'm honored to be part of this group! Thank you for inviting me!
Here is some exciting photos that they sent me!
they are also painting my characters on their window!!! wowwwww~
I'm excited about what kind of stop motion animation the students will make. I will update you on that soon!
I'm also launching 2 toy lines in Mexico, one is a hand made ceramic figure "Box-kun Mexican version" and " Hanabi Monster" plush which I collaborated with Mexican Artist TOLOACHE.
My Ceramic Toy " Box-kun Mexican version" will be launched on July 6th at SK Sarukaku Toy store in Mexico City. It's super limited and comes with hand made silkscreen book, I'm only bringing 10 figures. 
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box-kun mexican version promotional video from aya Kakeda on Vimeo.
Last but not least!
On July 13th at Rojo Bermelo store in Monterrey,
I'm having an event "Hanabi Monster!" where collaboration plush toy with TOLOACHE and limited edition silk screen will be launched!
Fluffy cuteness!!!!
And here is some photos of the limited edition silk screens getting printed for this event!
If you are in Mexico, I really hope to see you in one of those events!
Love from New York trying to pack huge mustache in my suitcase!!!
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Studio Play 2 from aya Kakeda on Vimeo.
Also for the stop motion work shop.
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Studio Play 1 from aya Kakeda on Vimeo.
I've been playing around the studio to get ready for a stop motion work shop at Amarillo Centro de Diseño in Xalapa, Mexico the end of this month. http://amarilloespacio.com.mx/
I was visiting Hampshire College this week to talk at Andrea Dezso's class.Andrea is one of my favorite artist so I was very happy to go up and visit her and her class! Here you can see her amazing art work! ----> http://www.andreadezso.com/
Her husband Adam took me around and show me some small town around the college. It was beautiful! Thank you so much Andrea and Adum!
(Some Photo from the college)
(This is part of their campus with Apple trees! so pretty!)
(Some student works, Papier-mâché Masks)
(poster made by Andrea!)
(Cows!!! so Cute! This is an amazing ice cream store, you can meet the cows who makes the milk for ice cream in their back yard.)
(They had a baby cows in little huts)
(Awwwww ♥）
(Small towns around the school.)
(There was a canal running across the town. The stream was pretty strong.)
(Spring is just arriving to Massachusetts, flowers are starting to bloom everywhere, so pretty!)
It was such a treat to be in a beautiful nature.
Last day I run into a store which accept "B-note" Baltimore currency.
http://baltimoregreencurrency.org/bnote
I thought it's such a great idea to keep money within the neighborhood.
I think it will work in Brooklyn. Anybody wants to start one?