Grape Brain Nigirism HYPER Nigiru Ko-Aku, One-Off Soft Vinyl Painted by Hisacy of HYPER CORE, Red and Black
Grape Brain Nigirism HYPER Nigiru Ko-Aku, One-Off Soft Vinyl Painted by Hisacy of HYPER CORE, Red and Black
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A one-off Nigiru from Grape Brain’s Nigirism series, painted by Hisacy of HYPER CORE as HYPER Nigiru Ko-Aku: a split red and black figure with skeletal hands, bone-white ears and a skull motif.
The Piece
Grape Brain’s Nigiru, a girl who presses a pair of eyeballs to her face, is one of the defining characters of the present Japanese soft vinyl scene. For the Nigirism project, Grape Brain invited fellow makers to paint unique versions of the figure, and each result is a single piece that exists nowhere else.
Hisacy, the painter behind the HYPER CORE label, has divided this Nigiru down the middle: one side of the bobbed hair and coat in glossy red, the other in black, with tall rabbit-like ears in bone white. The face and body carry a skeletal paint scheme, with ribs and bones traced over the torso and skeletal fingers wrapped around the eyeballs, which are painted with fine veining. The feet stand in red and black with pale claws, and the back continues the split colouring.
A one-off by a named painter on the most popular Grape Brain body is precisely the kind of piece that defines a sofubi collection.
Details
- Maker: Grape Brain
- Series: Nigirism, one-off
- Painter: Hisacy, HYPER CORE
- Name: HYPER Nigiru Ko-Aku
- Colours: Red, black and bone white
- Material: Soft vinyl, hand-painted
- Edition: One of one
Condition
- As new, with clean paint.
Condition grade S (near new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
A single hand-painted piece from the Grape Brain Nigirism series by Hisacy of HYPER CORE. Keep hand-painted vinyl out of direct sunlight and away from other plastics, and handle it by the body.
Delivery from Japan
The figure is wrapped and boxed as a fragile toy. It ships from Tokyo, insured and tracked, by EMS or an equivalent express service; import duties, where due, are payable on arrival. Please ask anything before you buy, and see our published policy.
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