Bfam - Plank Exhibition

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King Of Binge - B Fam Plank Exhibition

My involvement in the Bfam LRG & Revolution Present: PLANK - Skate Deck Exhibition was that I had been asked by Bfam (http://www.bfamiliar.co.za/) if I would like to be apart of this exhibition where they gave 30 of Cape Town's most loved artists a second hand deck that's had a tricked out life under the feet of some of CT's favorite local skaters and told them to revamp it. After hearing this I was very keen to be apart of it. I fetched the old skated deck from Kim Smith from Bfam, and got going on the artwork straight away. Sanded down the board and just got drawing, ended up with a rather cool illustration (of a beer bottle being pulled into the sea by these tentacles the beer had a crown above, I named the piece "king of Binge" after a mate of mine back in durban, With such title included it at the top of the deck) which I then proceeded to paint.

After all this I set out the long task of hand carving away the deck around the artwork to give it a rather different texture and make the artwork stand out from the rest of the board.

The exhibition was held at "The Pit" next to Clarkes restaurant on Bree street. Which was the perfect venue to hold this exhibition of 30 skate decks that had been revamped, as this venue had a mini ramp in the back and wasn't your typical exhibition setting, with people skating the mini ramp at times, along with the decks being hung up against big sheets of wood, which added to the setting. The night was very successful with about 700 people having attended the event that night. The atmosphere was great with some rocking music in the background while you had people of all sorts gathered together to appreciate the work each artist had put into their board along with the bar keeping each persons thirst quenched at an affordable price. All in all I think Bfam pulled off another successful exhibition along with the help of the sponsors, LRG & Revolution. I'm just stoked to have been apart of this exhibition and look forward to the next."