Artsy Fartsy – Page 40 – Skate and Annoy

$MC\'s book in Transworld$

Transworld is for H.O.M.O.S.

Danimal picked up the latest Transworld skateboarding and and saw MC’s book in print. First question is, what is Danimal doing reading Transworld Skateboarding? Dude, you’ve just been outed.

Our research department looked into the similarity between the skater sculpture in Naperville , Illinois and the one in Milton Freewater, Oregon. We found a few additional examples, but no catalog yet. Apparently sculptors are also over the handplant. L to R: Bronze Boy on a Skateboard by the people who brought you the Bronze […]

Didn’t you read the artist’s statement?!

Welcome On Board is for skateboarders, not BMX, not graffiti. Public Sculpture by Guillaume Ségur who describes the project: When I consider skateboarding in terms of the production of forms or spaces, it is the Möbius strip that comes to mind. Looping, twisting, inversion and continuous motion are all figures performed by the skater in […]

Round frame made from old decks

Nooo! you could have sold those on Ebay! A crafty use for those old skate decks. There’s some math in there but also a bonehead version. How to make a skateboard frame on Instructables. Hmmm, maybe with some biscuit joinery you could make that thing strong enough to ride, or a non-skid toilet seat!

A hot dog shaped Jeff Koons painting! Where’s my checkbook?

Lot 346 Jeff Koons Monkey Train (3) 2006 Skate Decks Each signed verso Dinosaurs and Robots reports that these decks arted up by Jeff Koons were expected to sell for $3-4K. I think they mean each.

Art appreciation

Some of the guys on Skull and Bones are taking the grayscale Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust Santa Cruz reissues and adding their own color. Some are truly remarkable. Some people use paint pens or markers, while others sand the decks first, then apply color. Amazing craftsmanship. Click here to see a comparison, […]

Heavy Metal

I can’t get away from my wasteful lust for old-growth maple veneers. I’ve been skating for too many years and am set in my ways. But my ever aging and growing inner-nerd can’t help but be intrigued by the innovations of using alternative materials to make skateboards. Aluminum boards have been around forever, but boards […]

Friday T&A on S&A: Who is this Eric Cherry character?

If you are a regular reader you’ve hopefully noticed a few posts lately with Eric Cherry as the author. I’m actually surprised nobody brought it up. Eric’s been a reader for some time now, he’s submitted some good tips. Independently of MC taking H.O.M.O.S. back to his sandbox, I have been considering trying to add […]

No Comply Animation

Here’s a pretty cool animation by a cat named Kevin Elam who must have been at the Vancouver Film School when he made this. – Thanks to Livmo for the tip.