Hands on

Messing around and learning about other materials.  Hand cut and sculpted to mimic a 1960's Ericofon phone.  20pcf urethane foam. Work wonders and picks up good detail... And also bad detail. A good exercise for balance and proportion.

Chocolate Ray guns are the best.  Mold made from vacuum formed PET-G.  Formed over shaped urethane foam.

Surfboard wax is up next

Mortar mix over shaped EPS foam...

Shaka

SEMA 09

Late with the updates as usual.  This years show wasnt too bad, with the recession going on and all.  Seems like everyone was focused and there for work instead of the B.S.ing and partying.  Hopefully the recession is filtering out the crappy knock-off brands.  

Funny, but my favorite car of the show was this 1974 honda civic. It just had so much character... I mean 146 mph at Talladega speedway??  Insane.  Plus it just looked good. Full of soul.

Troy and Five Axis did a great job on the new xB.   As always his work is impeccable.

Sean Smith of the So~sos design just keeps on progressing.  Loved his and his dads Flatback 2010 Mustang. Great job buddy.

Objectified

A bit old, but I finally got to see this documentary.  Interesting.

Karlson Tea Party

After the Cycle Zombies and Born Free shows, Danny and I decided to go home to relax for a bit.  So what we thought was wrong...  Got home, checked my invite for the Karlson tea Party not knowing it started at 5.  Damnit!  Called Dan-o, Hopped on my bike and rode back to Costa Mesa.  

Nelson did a great job on getting the bike/art show together.  

A busy Saturday.  But a very nice one at that.  

Born Free

After the Cycle Zombies/Hurley gig, Danny and I made our way to the Born Free show in Orange.  It was super hot... But worth every bit of it. A ton of really nice motorcycles.  Here are some of them.  

More to come on another day.

Cycle Zombies/Hurley

Pictures from last weekend. Cycle Zombies and hurley hosted a really cool event.  Free food from TK burger, Live music... Thee Cormans!?  No complaints here.  Best of all, riding with friends.

Another busy one

A lot of good stuff going this weekend folks.

See you there

El Camino Cycle Swap

Went to the El Camino cycle swap Saturday.  A bunch of cool bikes all around.  A bit disappointed with the swap meet though... Let me rephrase that, There were a lot of goodies there. Just not anything I needed at the moment.  Yeah, i shouldnt be starting a new project just yet.

Here are some pictures.  A lot more bikes but youll probably see them on everyone elses coverage.  

This thing was rad! Bonneville record holder. 100cc Honda engine 

Some really clean lines on this bike. Good Italian design. 

CR93 Production racer.  Dual overhead cam engine!

A set of mid-1950's Hondas for sale.  

All in all it was a good turn out. Got to see some friends too.  Wish I found some of the parts I was looking for though.  Maybe next years, ill find a new project to start.  

Ray Gun

Been messing around with some different materials and techniques.  A bit different from metal but same basic skill set.  

Carved foam into a ray gun

Vacuum formed plastic 

Filled with chocolate!

Ready to eat!

Love playing around with new mediums and techniques.  Chocolate today.....  Maybe a mold for a new part tomorrow?

Reunion

Labor day weekend turned out to be a good one... Even though i had to work on Labor day.  

The guys from In4mation rolled in from Las Vegas on Friday night.  

The next day we had lunch at Roscoes in Long Beach.  Chicken and Waffles with a side of collared greens. Doesnt get much better than that!

Later that night we ended up back in Long beach at the Pike.  Called Macy to come through.  Good to hear hes getting flowed by Alphanumeric now.  Its a good move for both Macy and A#.  Mini Jun Jo? Lets hope so. The world world be a much better place with more Jun Jo's.  

Time to leave and meet up with Alan and Lisa at the bowling alley.  We didnt get to bowl but it was fun watching them anyways. 

Next morning, woke up early to beat the rush at the Westminster park.  Havent woke up that early to skate since 1992.  It was good to roll around again. Miss it tons. 

Ryan got warmed up to the park pretty quick.

After the morning session,  we met up with Nelson and Brandon for some lunch at Riveras in Long beach.  Its been years since They have seen each other.   It was a great time seeing everyone catch up.  

We get home and what does Alan have? A new grill.  Rad! Rhandy gets stoked and wants to Bbq. Next thing we know, we have a mini Luau! 

Weekends like these are priceless.  

Santa Fe Importers

Had a nice little Saturday ride to Santa Fe importers for some of the best sandwiches.... Actually everything on the menu looked awesome.  Been around since the 1940's.  Kinda tells you something...  They must have good food!  

Heres a few pictures...  For more, check out Church of Choppers, Chopper Daves or Blue Collar Moto

Some of Brawnys work. Reallly clean work!

Good food, good people, good times.  Gotta love these days