This piece, entitled “Reach for Light,” was built by Ted Hunter for an art exhibit in Hawaii, and also displayed in Philadelphia.  The boards were hand built using the vaccuum method, and the shape of Roarockit’s “classic pintail.” The top graphic was photographed from an actual tulip petal and printed on griptape.  The fusion of the skateboard and the pose of a flower at daybreak create a unique sense of movement in this sculpture.

Maybe I don’t pay enough attention to the art scene. There is Xerox on the Inside of Your Eyelids, a traveling show of 80’s skate ‘zines opened October 1, 2008 in a small gallery at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. I just happened to spot it tonight when I was teaching a class.

Somehow I missed the invite and I’m guessing it will come down this weekend. On the first Thursday of every month there is a mass gallery crawl in Portland and all the new shows open that night. If you want to see it I recommend you get down there in the next couple of days.
PNCA 1241 NW Johnson St., Portland, OR 97209

More snaps of the installation after the turn.

Vectortuts has a gallery of vector-illustrated skate decks. You make vector graphics with programs like Adobe Illustrator. Vector illustrations are scalable, – that is, you can make them bigger or smaller without degrading line quality. So, if you need to use an illustration in a bunch of different sizes and shapes, vector is a good way to go. They scratch up just as easily on the bottom of a deck, though.

A better look at those designs after the turn. The Vector tuts site has a great list of skateboard graphics resources too.

This makes me think of what Misfits album covers should have looked like. Now that I have thoroughly insulted this awesome graphic by comparing it to the Misfits… xXx Skateboards pumped out a few limited edition boards featuring some nice finishing. I really love this graphic, to the point of I’m considering getting it tattooed while I’m still single. Anyone know the artists name? Images courtesy of xXx Skateboards More after the jump.

Here’s a detail of an oil painting of his local skatepark that UK artist Barry Thomson has up on his blog. Today’s post has another one but it is NSFS.

Head on over to Antigravity Press and congratulate Mark Conahan on reaching the 500 mark with his H.O.M.O.S. comics. Like fine wine, (not that I’d know) they are getting better with age. He’s had a run of some good ones lately. Congratulations!

Aw what the hell, it’s Paul Fujita day today. When he’s not working at Cal Skate or running the Zeitgeist Gallery, he’s appearing in Portland Monthly Magazine or on Fuel TV. Aside from making art and being a newish father and a husband, I suppose he might even find time to skate.

[Photo: Bottom left – PORT. Right – Portland Monthly ]

Pierre Andre Senizergues. I didn’t even know his last name wasn’t “Andre.” After playing third fiddle in the freestyle world in the 80’s he founded Etnies, among other things, and now he’s part of the great Freestyle Conspiracy Theory. The Los Angeles Times has a photo spread of his beach house in Newport Beach, California. Some parts of it are no different than any other rich guy’s nice house, but some aren’t. For instance, it looks like he’s working on acquiring every single bit of skate furniture out there, which was kind of a surprise. I figured maybe he’d be burnt out on that. There’s some interesting details lurking in these pictures. Check it out.

– Thanks to Paul Fujita for the tip.

Opening tonight at the Goodfoot, Portland artist Klutch and his show titled Planet Of The Kooks. The installation is going to be about 30 feet long and made entirely of old skateboards.

Here’s some info from the press release.

“With his latest offering, Planet Of The Kooks, Portland artist Klutch delivers a vision both inspirational and dystopian. Via an installation/mural made entirely from old skateboard decks, Klutch has manifested a world where people’s trash has been reclaimed by The Kooks, into a space where flocks of birds and birdhouses hover over adobe villages rising from clouds. As protection from evil all are guarded by several primitive masks converted into elaborately decorated surveillance and communication devices.”

This is the most stoked I have been on a show in years and I really hope you can join me at tomorrow’s opening. The entire installation is over 30 feet long and includes over 50 pieces. As always Monkeytek will  be spinning some serious dubstep thunder so you know it’s going to be fun.

September 25th – 5-11 PM
The Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark, Portland, OR

I came across a cool t-shirt on the internet of the drawing on the left. (reacharound to Monoscope) which led me to a short piece by the artist. Oh yeah, and Huck magazine, which seems to be one of those all action sports mags from the U.K. has the shirt in their store.