Here are some shots from the opening night of my solo exhibition Treasure Island a couple of weeks ago at Blacklisted Gallery in Sydney's Surry Hills.
Photos from my Treasure Island solo exhibition
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Rob McWhinnie Custom Downhill Skateboard Helmet
The speed demon Rob McWhinnie hit me up about putting some new ink on his stark white downhill helmet.
I was keen to get some video action of this daredevil screaming down mountains, and pulling elegant, high speed turns.
I liked trying out a new surface, the curves were a challenge, and keeping the stripes straight was a tricky challenge.
Cheers to my friend Azure Mysterious for the photography.
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Treasure Island, UD3 Solo Exhibition
Step on board the good ship Black Penny on Tuesday July First and join us as we christen the ship, raise the anchor and set sail on a one week adventure to Treasure Island.
It's a place where creatures are crafted from the detritus of discarded items. You might have to dig out a seeing glass to spot all the hidden treasures... I'm presenting a new body of fresh inky work inspired by the throwaway culture which created the pacific garbage patch.
The show will be featuring the debut of UD3's non-patented Find-A-Thing™ technology.
Feat Noisonous spinning the Vinyl to keep the mutiny at bay.
Drink sponsors will be involved so get yer selves in to Blacklisted Gallery for some truly black ink work and good times.
One of the finished pieces, the sea snake.
Making Progress on this cute little rabbit.
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First Inked Tattoo Design
I'm stoked to see my first UD3 design inked into a human. The friendly polish Jan volunteered his torso to go into the studio and get tattooed. Just to be clear, I had no involvement in the actual application of the design.
He was stoked, and I'm very happy to reveal this one.
Gabriel Coffee x Work-Shop Spray day →
Found this old video from last year. The guys from Work-Shop and Gabriel Coffee set up an awesome warehouse spray day. Lots of paint, food, drinks and of course coffee were consumed. It was great to meet so many artists and have a paint with them.
Painted this observant spaceman live at an event last night.
The first Slurry Hills Open Deck Sesh kicked off last night in Sydney. Its a place for vinyl Djs to come out of the woodwork and ix it up for a crowd at a cool inner city garage studio. I will be doing this wall monthly on the night of the event.
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Work-Shop Makery Meet-a-maker session
Yesterday I had a great time hanging out with Eryn at the Makery while I worked on a new piece.
This illustration of a snake contains 50 hidden treasures. I'll have the list included in the final finished work. I have a bunch of other gear stashed in this heaps good store on Oxford St. Head in and have a rifle through my stuff.
My snaky treasure hunt piece in progress. I've hidden 50 unique items within it's drippy scales.
This is my very dense display at the shop.
A top shot with an iPhone rolled by and took this great photo of me in action through the window.
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Printing up some fresh new packaging stickers.
New circular stickers being made for my print packaging.
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