hope you have a good barber

Amen to that, props to the person behind this image.

the great arlon jabus and mamie palmer

road to recovery

The pic below was taken a few hours after I fell off my skateboard, the break was no bueno, I had to wait 9 days to get the surgery done, they added a 6 inch metal plate in my forearm...now its been healing for a few days and I am starting....just starting to feel better.

Norway Pops gets Barber Shop Props

Oyvind Nissen is from Norway and rides a board like natural pro. I am grateful to have people like him as my friend half way around this small world.

Mad props go out to Bunzi-D for sporting one of my shirts!

This is a banging track, and I am beyond words that Bunzi-D is reppin the Barbers Nation all the way across the Atlantic in the UK.

Click here to check out his myspace, and listen to his other tracks...good stuff.

Also BIG shout outs to my Norwegian friend Oyvind Nissen for the connection.

We're getting the band back together!

Oh Yes I Did!

Last month I built a Photoshop template to assist me when choosing shirt colors. I can now set my designs on top of any color shirt body, and once colors have been selected send them off to the printers.

The night before the inauguration I came up with this Obama shirt and printed a couple by hand right here in my studio at home.

The image does not show it...but the back reads "Yes We Did!"

Sketchy Stuff...

This post is dedicated to Sydney Nadine Metcalf, born at 1:38 p.m. on February 2nd 2009 - Groundhogs Day! This 6lb 11oz little groundhog girl is the daughter of my friend Chris "Sketch" Metcalf and his good lady of Oregon, congratulations you two, and much love! Send pictures???

In true sketchy Chris Metcalf style...I took a brief hiatus, or maybe was hibernating in a cave for the last few months I cannot remember and as edith Piaf sand "no regrets". I admit, building the foundation for this business has been slow going and the global economic situattion has not helped. I did have take a little break there for a bit with all the Holiday travels and work and such. Although I have been working more the past few weeks...and it feels great.

Below are just a few recent sketches I have been working on, I have also been doing a LOT of the administrative red-tape inevitable paperwork one must do when starting a business, the fun part!

The bottom image shows the progression from idea, to quick sketch in coffee shop and then two more drafts.

As always click on the images to see them bigger.

this is a test

It's been so long since I posted anything...I had to test my skills. It's just been one of those busy seasons life can sometimes throw our way.

Upcoming local art exhibit sparked my interest!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW RAC'S WINTER EXHIBITION

Barbershop: “Good Hair/Bad Hair” Smack Down (This Time it's Personal)
This is an interactive multimedia installation that celebrates the social and cultural significance of two Black institutions, the barbershop and beauty shop. They are explored for their historically social and cultural relevance to the African American community, through narratives of barbers, beauticians, patrons, and artists young and old. Walk through a fully replicated set of the barbershop; with old school barber chairs, clippers, razors, and hair products. Stand along the wall of a beauty shop circa 1950's with authentic jars of hair preparations, singed curling irons, crimping irons, and antique hair dryers. Scan the photos depicting the subtle nuances and artistry alive within these shops then and now. This exhibit focuses on the issue of Black hair as it relates to identity, social consciousness and self, and the stigma created within the black community about so called "good hair" and "bad hair" that continues today. It’s an educational forum that explores the range of Black hairstyles as "classifiers" and of what the Black Diaspora consider beautiful. Learn how beliefs about hair texture, curl, and kink defined what was termed as "good hair" and "bad hair." See the evolution of Black hairstyles, Black consciousness, and Black pride. Hair type, styles, management, and treatment are discussed from the process, to the perm, to the natural.

I found the picture below a few weeks ago, a really cool shot of an O.G. barber shop in Egypt...I like all the razors hangin on the wall...and the way the child is curiously looking at the cameraman.