Cuddly Rigor Mortis

Biography

Cuddly Rigor Mortis is Kristin Tercek. In 1992, the year after I graduated NYU Film School, I met my husband, Ed Mironiuk. Eleven months later we started our own company, Cha-Pow! digital ink and paint, coloring animation for Coke commercials, Elmo's World and Saturday Night Live, to name a few.

In late 2005, as a hobby, I started Cuddly Rigor Mortis LLC, hand making plush dolls of my own creation. I had never sewn anything before in my life. I did little to no promotion and yet had my fair share of exposure. Gallery shows, magazines and fans found me from all over the world.

After 3 and a half years of sewing the same patterns over and over again in my spare time, I needed a break. Painting was calling me and I found myself able to explore some deeper themes that I never could with fabric. I had taught myself how to paint when I was eleven and it's been waiting patiently for me to get to this point. I'm older, filled with inspiration I never had access to and a brand new appreciation for it. So I offer up a glimpse at what's been swimming around inside my head for a long time. And if it seems just cute and happy, please keep looking. I'm sure you'll notice something quite horrific soon enough.

• Cuddly Rigor Mortis.com

Designed Toy Releases

These are toys designed by Kristin.

Toy Series Participation

These are toys that Kristin has lent her design skills to.

Customs

These are one-off, or very limited, pieces.

• Piece(s) for Crazy4Cult, 2019
• Piece(s) for Crazy4Cult, 2018
• Piece(s) for Who Cares Bears, 2018
• "Fat Lard" for Crazy4Cult 11, 2017
• Piece(s) for Mattel x G1988, 2017
• Piece(s) for the Rick & Morty Group Show, 2017
• "Dynamite" for Crazy4Cult 10, 2016
• Piece(s) for Kaleidoscope of Kyoot, 2016
• "Mugatu" for The Really, Really, Really Ridiculously Good Looking Art Show, 2016
• Piece(s) for Crazy4Cult 9, 2015
• "Mr Gay" for Idiot Box 2, 2015
• "Meow & Peep" for Kute as Fuh!, 2015
• Piece(s) for Get The Lead Out, 2014
• "Wooooo" for Adventure Time x G1988, 2014
• "Fuzzy Naval" for Crazy4Cult 8, 2014
• Piece(s) for Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary, 2014
• "Cosmo Bumble" for Color Theory, 2014
• "Nikko & Toto" for Not in Kansas Anymore, 2013
• Piece(s) for Get The Lead Out, 2013
• "Unthinkable Disasters Descend" for Crazy4Cult 7, 2013
• Piece(s) for Meth and Hot Dogs 2, 2011
• Plush for Plush!, 2008
• "Voodoo" Plush for Stuff This! Plush Group Show, 2008
• Plush for Stuff This! Plush Group Show, 2007
• Plush for Plush Week, 2006

Images

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  for Crazy4Cult 7

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  for Crazy4Cult 8

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  for Crazy4Cult 10

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  for Crazy4Cult 11

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  for Color Theory

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  for Not in Kansas Anymore

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  for Idiot Box 2

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  for the Zoolander show

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  for Adventure Time x G1988

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  for Kute as Fuh!

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  for Stuff This II

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  for Plush Week