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 Flying Förtress
Germany
Flying Förtress started to do classic graffiti in the early 90’s. After a couple of years he felt himself stuck in a one-way alley so he quit writing and focused on his graphic studies. Back with new ideas and influences he arose again at the beginning of the millennium and hit the streets back with his infamous Teddy Troops. First they appeared on posters, stickers and as pieces on the walls but later also turned into the third dimension as an urban vinyl toy. The Troops are still getting sent out to occupy the public and private space. He has been traveling around the world for exhibitions to places like Paris, Barcelona, London, Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne and New Zealand.
In 2004 the Teddy Troops were released as urban vinyl toys by AdFunture. Since nowadays there have been more than 25 different designs released. Designs were contributed by artists like Dave The Chimp (UK), Jeremy Fish (US), Seen (US), KRSN (FR), Frank Kozik (US), Parskid (US), 123Klan (CA), Alexone (FR), Joe Ledbetter (US), Buffmonster (US), The London Police (NL), D*Face (UK), Mr.Jago (UK).
The Teddy Troops vinyl toy platform has been established within the custom vinyl toy scene since then and there is a huge amount of customized Troopers by artists from all over the world. |
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