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Functional art made out of skateboards. Also dabbling in Tiny Houses

03/12/2020

This one was fun! What do you think??? Should I make more??
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Spray paint can made out of

03/11/2020

What do you think of my newest vase made out of recycled skateboards??
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I want to venture more into abstract realms, so I decided to give this vessel a funky shape. While this piece is actually symmetrical, the curved lines caused by using the noses and tails of the skateboard give it an asymmetrical look.
@ Santa Cruz, California

02/21/2020

to one of my pieces that I really need to finish!! 😍🥺
These photos are all in-progress pics and I’m happy with the drawers and surfaces but the legs feel like an afterthought and look like it’s sitting on saw horses😑(check the last pic to see what I’m talking about). So back to the drawing board to figure out a leg design that works! If you have any ideas... I’m all ears! 😂
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This table is made up of roughly 10,000 different pieces of wood! There are 6,000 pieces of recycled skateboards(dyed maple), wenge, figured maple, and sycamore in the floating top surface alone. The other 4,000 pieces make up the body, where you see the exposed cubes through the live edge, and the hidden drawerS. Yes that’s plural and there are more than one hidden compartment in this piece!!
@ Santa Cruz, California

02/19/2020

Some days are more fun than others!! I always love kicking it with my dude / but when he brought into the shop... I was like omg whaaaaaat?!!
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Funny story!
So I went next door to to ask my dude Andrew a question and jjesse was sitting there with no beanie on. I asked him why he looked so familiar and he responded, “ o I was in a spearmint commercial back in the day” 😂😂😂
@ Santa Cruz, California

02/13/2020

to that time I made some pizza peels!! And how about that insane walnut!?! 😍😍😍
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Made out of recycled skateboards, walnut, ebony, and maple. Coated with
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02/10/2020

Which vase made out of recycled skateboards ♻️🛹 is your favorite???

@ Santa Cruz, California

02/07/2020

to one of my favorite tabletop designs!!
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I call this piece “寿” (Shou). Swipe through for detailed shots.
The crane in Chinese culture is venerated as the prince of all feathered creatures and thus has a legendary status and embodies longevity and peace.
The plum blossoms hold many meanings in Chinese culture as the five-petaled flowers symbolize the five blessings: longevity, prosperity, health, virtue, and good living.
The symbol in the middle is 寿(shou) and means longevity.
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I made the cranes out of birds eye maple, recycled skateboards, purple heart and Indian rosewood. The plum blossoms are made out of recycled skateboards. The branches are made out of walnut. The Shou symbol is made out of , and birds eye maple.
The background is made using and .
I also did a gold pinstripe to help bring it all together.

@ Aldea De Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico

02/02/2020

Not a bad look for a bunch of old crusty broken skateboards! ♻️🛹😍 What do you think???

01/30/2020

~The mandala Gibbon~
x Collab!
5’8 x 21 1/14 x 2 5/8

Handshaped by Tyler Hopkins of . Made with recycled eps blank from and glassed with bio based epoxy from .
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We inlayed the deck with a double bookmatched piece of sycamore that I inlayed with the mandala. It’s basically the inception of inlayed surfboards...
The mandala is made out of , maple and Indian rosewood offcuts from and the sycamore came from the incredibly talented Meier brothers!
To cap it all off we made matching Sycamore glass on keels which also have Mandalas that I inlayed with recycled skateboards.
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We waxed this fish and turned it into a demo board so that we could better understand how it rides and see if it needs any modifications.

@ Santa Cruz, California

01/29/2020

I’ve had this lathe for 2 years but I finally feel like I’m getting the hang of it!!
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New vase made out of recycled skateboards!!
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01/28/2020

I’m knot shore if you saw my stories... but I’m making a boat! Not a fan of my boat pun?... oh well, ship happens🤷🏻‍♀️ and check the last photo for a size comparison!!
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Made out of recycled skateboards, rosewood and cocobolo offcuts from and balsa!

01/24/2020

Loving the rainbow pattern on this recycled skateboard vase ♻️🛹🏺!! Hit me with a 🌈 if you love it too! And let me know what you think about the shape!
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Made out of 28 noses and tails of ♻️ and coated with ceramic coating!💎
@ Santa Cruz, California

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