I skate. This is my first semester at OSF.
I like woodworking and skateboarding, and the whole skateboarding community and
culture.
My
inspiration for the Sustain board (top) was the amount of wasted skateboards that are thrown
away every year. It’s a lot of wood used, and once a board snaps it's not used
any more. The theme is upcycling, turning a useless product into
something that can be used. My version of the recycling logo represents
my brand. It represents something bigger that I am planning to do:
turn broken boards into household objects, such as benches, coasters, cutting
boards, etc.
The
board is 7-ply Canadian maple. I used five colours of spray paint,
stencils and gloss. The technique I used to create this board was to use
a fade and then repeat the stencil in a reverse fade toward the name of my
brand name Sustain. The design uses colour, repletion and pattern.
The board turned out how I wanted it to. The black section of the board
represents wastefulness, and the nice wood grain represents upcycling and
reusing. It really represents who I am and what my brand represents.
