graffiti wood letterzz

since longtime ago i want make my  graffiti wood letters.

so when i was in Indonesia i meet some craftsmans, and i decided to work together.

for give to you an idea, just for create the shape of one letter, this take 3 days, and 2 more days for all the finishing.

so a total of 5 days for one letter!
so i start with  the "Z"

for have this result of finishing
you cannot imagine how many hours of sanding,
and and spraying mat clearcoat, and sanding again,
and spraying mat clearcoat again and again....

graffiti Classic chair

since manytime  i think to make chair, evrybodys knows  about chair, that a real piece of design.
so i decided to make one, and choice for start to take the classic style.
even if the wood are not my speciality,  i do like always "just try it" and try it again and agin....

sketch of the chair include my graffiti name and crew

draw the graffiti at scale 1  

after cut the extra wood, start the carving work
with traditional tools

total of 6 days of carving at 2 persons!!

start to look good

same work for the bottom of chair

look really classic 

yes that what i want!
need to start finishing paint and  covering...

start to painting and gold paper

gold paper proces...

Indonesia Solo

like always, important to find a good wall with old cement

start to put some cool purple color

i catch him, that good friend to me, i call him :
Dinozoi...

yes, brush,roller,and one spraycan so total 90%
latex paint,

metal chasing

its first time i use this technic and i really like it

 no machine are used ! nothing ,just hammer and chasing tools made

with old bolt screw

start to glue my sketch on aluminium

start to  the outline of my name

start the "repousse" and chasing work

make planishing and chasing the outline

planishing the letters ,start to looks good

in action

create some spots in background for more effect and contrast

start the polishing 

final work after 3 days ...

some details of hammering spots