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shing yin khor
@shing.bsky.social
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Eisner and Ignatz winning cartoonist, National Book Award finalist, 2x Indiecade winning game and experience designer. I build strange and delightful things, like fortune-telling cabinets and medieval eel marionettes. Little guy enjoyer. (they/them)
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Marionettes by Gustave Baumann, at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Marionettes by Gustave Baumann a scene recreating a play by Gustave Baumann's theatre company in Santa Fe a marionette by Gustave Baumann Marionettes by Gustave Baumann, depicting himself and his family.
November 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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"a mask for hiding from diviners"

13" x 13" x 3"

(the hands move on this one!)
detail of a mask. it has a weird tongue, and a big nose and two movable hands. a mask, with hands over its eyes a wooden mask, hands open. one hand has palm reading symbols painted on it and the other has an eye. the mask has closed eyes.
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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"a mask for dreaming of a home"

wood(walnut and cherry), brass plated metal, acrylic

7.5" x 16" x 4"
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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One of the things in this show is a $50 blindbox of little handmade ceramic bugs! They are all one of a kind, and there were 25 made for this show. They are available here, mailed randomly : www.circusposterus.com/store/exhibi...
a small menagerie of small ceramic bugs a small menagerie of small ceramic bugs
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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These three, based on prehistoric creatures have sold, but I love them anyway. They are all ceramic with underglazes.

"a friend who keeps secrets" (the stegosaurus adjacent one)
"a friend to forage with" (dimetrodon adjacent)
"a friend that is small" (sort of ankylosaurus-ish)
a creature based on a dimetrodon(my fave prehistoric creature) a ceramic sculpture based on a stegosaurus a ceramic sculpture based on an ankylosaurus
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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"a friend that rests soft"

ceramic and wood

11" x 6" x 4"

(I have also been referring to this guy as my croissant)
a front view of this sculpture. it shows a little squinty eye behind a peaceful looking wooden mask a back view of this sculpture. it has a croissant butt. a side view of this sculpture. really looking like an elongated croissant.
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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"a friend that works hard"
ceramic and wood
9" x 7.5" x 6"

(i love this stocky little guy and he has a flat beaver tail)
a view of this sculpture that shows a little beady eye. a back view of this sculpture, showing off a flat little beaver tail. a front view of this sculpture. he is a stocky little ceramic guy wearing a wooden mask with one eye.
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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My new show, ARMOR, is now up online for purchase!

I'll post some additional views of the sculptures(and their titles) in this thread.

www.circusposterus.com/product-cate...
a slinky guy, made out of ceramic clay and wearing a wooden mask. a stumpy ceramic guy, he has a beaver tail a wooden masked ceramic sculpture of a strange beast a beady eyed masked sculpture
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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i got some rhyolite that looks like pork belly
a chunk of rhyolite with striations that look a lot like pork belly
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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the backyard of jim gray's petrified wood co in AZ might be the best place in the world for a rock enthusiast
a pile of coprolite with a handpainted aogn above it saying it is 3.50/lb a giant bucket of azurite, and a handpainted sign that says 9.00 a pound a giant pile of petrified wood in the setting arizona sun. a handpainted sign that says 4.00 a pound. shing, who is a human, next to a turtle statue, which is not human.
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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that one has a little eye peeking out in the other side! thank you!
a stoneware ceramic critter wearing a wooden mask. it has one little eye peeking out.
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Some previews from ARMOR, my solo show appearing at Stranger Factory alongside @leslielevings.bsky.social's solo show INSIDES.

(I did joke about naming my show OUTSIDES but couldn't go through with it.)
a handmade ceramic beast wearing a wooden mask. this one is a long boy a handmade ceramic beast wearing a wooden mask. this one has a flat beaver tail
October 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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i mean, screw this bot, but also I am a marionette artist, this is absolutely going to be a string pulling act.
a bot post in reply to an image of a puppet set that reads "puppeteering's no string pulling act; it's a masterful art of bringing inanimate objects to life."
October 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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of course it works.
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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every puppet director makes this joke, and I will too.
A miniature movie slate built out of particle board and wood. It is unpainted. the same slate, now painted, being held in front of a tiny set.
October 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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spent the weekend learning sign painting from Bryan at www.welldonesigns.com!!
a hand painted sign reading FUCK ICE in block lettering and "chinga la migra" in a casual lettering style under it
October 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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a very important part of puppet design is deciding how cheeked up you want each puppet to be.
four headless and armless wooden marionettes, lying face down. three of the four have carved butt cheeks
October 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I've been hard at work building hand carved wooden masks and spiky little guys for ARMOR, my upcoming solo show at Stranger Factory. You can get on the preview list on their website!
a bald person holds up a grinning wooden mask. the mask has three eyes. the banner also reads: armor, new work from shing yin khor. nov 1-31, strangers factory. a spiky stegosaurus like creature, made from ceramic. the banner also reads: armor, new work from shing yin khor. nov 1-31, strangers factory.
October 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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took this reference photo for one of my fabricators and it's got some real Frances Glessner Lee vibes.
a miniature room. a pigeon puppet lies on the floor, partially covered by a blanket.
October 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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what is this, a set for ants?
a goofy person hovers over a tiny set they built, it has green walls, a lot of fake plants and tiny furniture.
October 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Excited to announce that Geronimo Was A Beaver, my first puppet film with @jayackley.bsky.social will be making its big screen premiere as part of DOC LA's film festival!!

We're on Saturday 10/25 at 5pm as part of their short films block!

Tickets: filmfreeway.com/DOCLA/tickets
a image of a carved wooden beaver puppet, with DOC LA official selection laurels above it.
October 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I have returned from co-organizing the Wayward retreat with a shaved head, dry hands (I run the kitchen, so I've been washing my hands 40x a day) and as always, a new grounding in my art practice. I've been without internet for 2 weeks and it felt good and I'm going to try to keep that up.
a bald person grins standing by a stream a beautiful river stream in Quadra Island, BC, leading to an ocean
October 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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one slot gone! the paintings will be more detailed than this, more along the lines of my scientific illustration paintings.
a painting of something which resembles a pangolin, above it are a range of objects
September 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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i know i just finished fundraising but i also gotta buy 300 cans of sardines for a mutual aid grocery day in MacArthur Park - are there three people who want to give me $150 for a custom reverse mermaid painting? you pick fish type and the leg type.
two images from the strange beast tarot (king and queen of cups) that feature reverse mermaids.
September 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I got these amazing tiny mugs from @brodyqat.bsky.social today! Can't wait to add them to the set!!
a miniature living room set. there is a hand holding a tiny mug in it. a closer look at a tiny blue mug. a tiny brown mug sits on a tiny side table.
September 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM