Surf VS Stake at Project Studio featured surf and stake boards painted by over 30 artists, among them are Joe Ledbetter, Upso, Thomas Han and Luke Chueh. Unaware of a cover of $10 "donation" to enter, the doorman was kind enough to let me in with only the cash I had…..$5. The moment I stepped through the narrow walkway, I found an attractive crowd hovered around the pumping DJ and a bar in the back serving up drinks, the Studio was a cross over of a gallery and a lounge. Nonetheless, I ventured out seeking boards by the various artists of my interests and look at what I found…..
Joe Ledbetter
Catching up with Joe, I found out it took him four days to finish his surf board and if my memory serves me right, it was going for $2,500, but contact Joe or the studio to confirm. And the rumor has it the toy is coming out REAL soon…..
Thomas Han
Upso
Luke Chueh
Damion Silver
Brian Gibb
4 Comments
Awesome Joe!!
Joe’s work rules, but what I want to know is when we’ll start seeing toys from Luke Chueh. The world needs more melancholy pieces of plastic.
Soon… Munkyking is producing a toy based on Luke Chueh’s Possessed painting. In fact, there was a very early prototype at SDCC this year.
Excellent. There’s a picture of it over on the MunkeyKing forums and it looks great.
I’m surprised that no one has done a set of ‘Monkeys with hats’ toys. Apart from wanting them all myself they’d make great presents for people.