Steven Harrington #140

.... Alaia #140 was the most technical of the whole project.

We asked National Forest artist Steven Harrington
to come up with a design for this board
- Steven's sketches & concepts below:

we then took Steven's design to Image Plastics
out in the wild west 'burbs of Padstow, where Bert
got it ready to meet their new laser burner

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the new burner can work on art up to 2 metres long
but this was to be its maiden voyage, so I had some
nervous moments as we started her up.....

beautiful!

all photos of the laser process by Elle Green
(who couldn't wait any longer & hopped an early plane to Tokyo in case I asked for more work)

That's a window all right! Looks like a '57 Chevy I used to have

A window and wall developed for our good friends over at Thalia St Surf Store, Laguna. The signage graphics all derived from a variety of TCSS tee prints and hand painted on 3mm ply. The Bodhi tee by Ben Waters is at Thalia now and available for purchase through their online store, get in quick it's a limited edition.

Damien Horan #139

... spent today at Peter Leis Screenprinters in Leichhardt with Damien (doom doom) Horan and shooter Elle Green to watch as his art, Homeward Bound, was screened onto Valla alaia #139:













big thanks to Shivaun Leis @ Pete's Counter Sales for all her help... these guys are beyond professional... except they made us clean the damn screen. Did you check the size of that thing?!

a good day indeed... 2 down, 3 to go

Ben Waters # 141

.... less than a week to go before we fly out to Japan and the alaia artworks are starting to come together.

Ben Waters got out his one hair paintbrush and applied acrylic & wash to his woody canvas. Elle Green was there to capture the action.

The Tuesday Blues

A nice way to spend 11 minutes 28 seconds. Pinched from Low Tide Rising.

Development of a logo

Sketch, finished art and cose up of the Vibe logo we did for Sage at Valla Surfboards earlier this year

so, here's the concept...

.... TCSS has been invited back to the GreenRoom Festival in Japan this month and we wanted to come up with something a little different..... something about surf, art, history and teamwork (& power tools)

we commissioned Sage Joske & Paul Joske from Valla Surfboards to craft 5 paulownia alaias, based on their research of the original boards in the Bishop Museum, Hawaii.

we then farmed those wooden canvases out to 5 of our artists with an open brief to embellish the deck how they see fit.... no pressure!!

the contributing artists are Ben Waters, Steven Harrington, Damien Horan, Tyler Warren & yours truly.

I leave for Tokyo in 14 days with 4 of these alaias under my arm - Tyler Warren's piece will be flying solo from Cali. over the next 2 weeks we will be showing you each artists progress right up to opening night.

stage 1 below:










all photos in this series by Tom Woods - great job thanks Tom.

sugar swap

... if you missed out on some pre-loved fibreglass at the Deus swap-meet last month, try harder this weekend & pick up something sweet at the Sugarmill swap

look see

... couple of shows to check out this week, depending on which hemisphere you're in:

Hong Kong for Andy Wellman's hoon fest

or Brisbane for Big Bob Moore's Bali inspired pieces at
Heiser Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane May 4 -29