SPLICED LIFE /
ISSUE 02
CREATIVE PROFILE / JASON FREENY
The anatomy of fun
Freeny's
Anatomy
Jason Freeny has an obsession with anatomy, or to be more specific, the anatomy
of toys. He hand sculpts the internal organs and bones of your favourite toys
creating amazing artworks to delight you and gross out unwanted visitors.
SPLICED MAGAZINE: You started
off your career by doing erotic
pin-up illustrations for the likes of
Heavy Metal, Juxtapoz magazine
and Penthouse to mention just
a few. Do you miss those days of
hand painting beautiful girls?
JASON FREENY: Sometimes,
but there's nothing really stopping
me from doing it again. Art happens
when you want to get an idea out of
your head and into physical real life.
After you explore certain subjects
over and over you want to move on
to new things and I have. It’s only a
matter of time until I again move onto
new discoveries...
SM: After your pin up era you
worked for a year as a toy designer.
I think most of our younger
32
versions of ourselves would think
that a dream job, what was it like?
JF: There were certain fun parts,
like brainstorming time where the
sky was the limit on ideas. Throwing
anything on the table to see where
it would pan out, after that it was
sticking your heels in the mud and
working like any other job.
SM: What was the spark that gave
you the idea to do your now famous
anatomy sculptures and art?
JF: I was using balloon animals in
some of my personal illustrations,
treating them as living creatures. I
thought it would be really interesting
to see what the skeleton of a creature
made with balloon shapes would
look like...