Phew...All came together finally. No dings on the boards during their flight to Japan, found Japanese linseed oil and gum turps to oil boards and they actually balanced perfectly when we leaned them up against the wall. Happy days, job done!!!
.... TCSS has been invited back to the GreenRoom Festival in Japan this month and they wanted to come up with something a little different..... something about surf, art, history and teamwork (& power tools)
they commissioned Sage & Paul Joske from Valla surfboards to craft 5 paulownia alaias, based on their research of the original boards in the Bishop Museum, Hawaii.
they then farmed those wooden canvases out to 5 of their artists with an open brief to embellish the deck how they see fit.... no pressure!!
the contributing artists are Jim Mitchell, Steven Harrington, Damiien Horan, Tyler Warren, & yours truly. The top photos have been taken by Tom Woods Below is a sample of shots by Elle Green showing the journey of #141 from source to construction to painting
A great piece from the very talented Nathan Oldfield featuring the critical slide team in Noosa recently. I hand drew all the titles and am stoked to see how the whole piece came together
Here are some tees I drew for TCSS. They are available at Solace in Noosaville for this week of the festival. They will be available next week on the TCSS online store here
Ben Waters lives in sunny Avalon beach in Australia, he works and paints and builds stuff for himself and The Critical Slide Society.
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