slobots

Fun Facts About Mike Slobot:

Favorite Foods: goat cheese, thai, sushi.
Favorite Color: primer.
Best Friend: cara mia.
Music: SF59, Herbie James, House, Techno, Breaks, DNB, U2, The Violet Burning
Movies: Riddick, I Robot, V for Vendetta, Ultraviolet,
Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Books: Isaac Asimov, Books on 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s Design, Bill Waterson.

ABOUT THE SLOBOTS

What are the slobots?
The slobots are part toy, and part fine art or sculpture. They are like friends that reflect the better parts of us and are especially suitable as art for kids.

For the most part, the slobots come with stories, each one crafted to suit the particular robot, including things like searching for jobs, love, or meaning, to search and rescue or health and healing themes, and even dog walking. All in all, the slobots are a friendly race of robots that are suitable for protecting humans and animals, and also for kids wall art.

I endeavor to use as much found object and everyday material as possible in my work. To that end, when you purchase a slobot painting or sculpture, you get bits of plastic, plastic bottles, old toys, recycled canvases, and second hand frames mixed in with new items, dollar stores finds, and traditional artist materials.

Each slobot is built to last and is created to keep at least some of our everyday trash from cluttering up the landfills and garbage dumps. You can visit mike slobot's robot sculpture art gallery or the robots painting art gallery...

Are they toys?
Not really, even though they start out or have toy parts on them at times. The slobots are fragile, and it is best to regard them as sculptural works of art. Playing with them will probably end up with a damaged sculpture.

Do they move?
No, they do not move on their own, however, some have joints that can be positioned and have a very limited mobility. In all cases, moving the joints should be handled with extreme care.

The Slobots have a very interesting surface texture, what is that?
The texture is a closely guarded secret formula, but it came about because i wanted the slobots to have a certain "feel" to them, that is of a government vehicle, a school bus, or something like that. the idea is that they have been painted and repainted many times, so that a thick layer of paint has built up over the years. This is usually contrasted with a silver, grey, or black base coat on other parts, to give them a more metal feel. I often reply to the question, "What is your favorite color?" with "primer"