Gnomon Star Wars Day Celebration! Inside the Sideshow Studio: Making Pop Culture Collectibles

Anna bridges the worlds of creative and finance at Sideshow, formulating partnerships that yield authentic and creative collectibles – and also make good business sense. Anna and her team liaise with licensors to negotiate and preserve the creative vision of the Sideshow artists.

Tim Hanson has been working as a Cut and Sew artist with Sideshow for over 17 years. In his youth, with an intense passion for all things fantasy, sci-fi, and superhero, he dreamed of becoming a comic book artist, animator, or special effects artist.That started to change once he got behind the sewing machine at the age of 16. What began as a fun exploration and hobby flourished into something deeper, more detailed, and more fascinating than Tim could have imagined. From fabric selection to pattern manipulation, to experimenting with various textiles and printing, costuming for collectibles an exciting world to be a part of.

Will Harbottle has been a sculptor in the toys and collectibles industry for over 25 years. He was one of the earliest adopters of digital sculpting in the business, and hasn't stopped learning and growing since.

Bernardo Esquivel is a senior painter at Sideshow. He has been at Sideshow for 20 yrs. His role as painter is primarily building and painting the prototypes used for solicitation and the paint master copies used for the factory to replicate for production. He also takes care of any pre-production samples that might need some paint changes from our factory partners.