I thought I would share some of my more recent skateboard designs

These ones are on my Artsprojekt site and are printed by Zazzle. The printing is amazing with vibrant colours and a professional finish. The decks themselves are North American Maple pro model construction and range in sizes from a 18.4cm Mini deck to a 21.6cm Pro – There’s even an old-skool pointed style for those of us who remember the golden era of skateboarding – (A wonderful time before Caps and Cops.)

To sweeten your holiday season I have even found some Zazzle discount codes!
Radontheweb2 = 12% off your order of $75 or more.
Radontheweb1 = 10% off your order of $50 or more.

Browse LoungeKat gifts on Artsproject.

Posted on December 7th, 2009 by LoungeKat
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Sunday was this years Melbourne Open House – The one time a year when some of Melbourne’s most interesting buildings and sites are open to the public.

BoT and I headed down to the Russell Place Sub-Station at the opening time of ten in the morning where there was already a line forming to get in, an hour later the line was down the street and reaching around the corner.

Once inside it wasn’t as big as we were told it would be but it was still pretty cool. I enjoyed nerding out on some hand painted safety signs, cool looking power cords and wearing safety gear was fun too.

The guided tour was completed with a demonstration of some glass bulb mercury arc rectifiers, which was definitely a crowd pleaser.

After the Sub-Station we took a tram down to the end of Bourke Street and took a look at the Donkey Wheel House – It was absolutely amazing, and empty! I was flawed to see that it hadn’t been taken over by mega expensive pigeon-hole apartments. Upstairs was a large ballroom area and a small kitchen/canteen – in the basement there was a warren of small rooms which was being used as an exhibition space. The art itself was typical “high-brow” B.S and Sean and I spent the entire time cursing the city of Melbourne for supporting wanker conceptual artists with prime studio space and over generous grants.

There was not a single “piece” in the show that I hadn’t seen a million times over before – Even the non-critical visitors had a hard time figuring out why it was there.

Rants aside, the Melbourne Open House was lots of fun. There’s someting exciting about having free reign to sticky-beak in buildings that are usually out of bounds. My only hope is that next years event includes Flinders Street station – I’m busting to get a look at the Ballroom.

Melbourne Open House 2009 on Flickr.

Posted on July 20th, 2009 by LoungeKat
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Sean and I took a look around the 12×12 exhibition last-night. Lucky for me we turned up early and bought myself a very nice Kid Zoom piece to add to my growing collection of Australian art (along side, Meggs, Drew, TwoOne and Jagi). No Vacancy is between spaces so center management gave them use of an area that’s still under development. Personally I love it – The half finished look is very cool and everyone kept commenting on how fantastic it is. I highly recommend a visit to the show, not only for the art but also for a chance to see the space before No Vacancy settles into their new home.

WATIM 12×12 Exhibition
No Vacancy Gallery
34-40 Jane Bell lane, QV, Melbourne
www.no-vacancy.com.au
Saturday 4 July to Sunday 12 July 2009

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Posted on July 4th, 2009 by LoungeKat
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