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2012-01-24T18:46:00.001-08:00

2 recent sales. .thanks to the new owners!

2012-01-24T17:09:00.000-08:00

Uncle John

2012-01-24T16:41:00.001-08:00

My uncle John. .

Thanks to all the Veterans!

back to blog

2011-12-08T21:09:00.000-08:00

Some pendants that I've made, for sale at Artistree Co-Op in College Park.

Upcoming show at Substance and Upcycle Magazine feature

2011-05-17T07:05:00.000-07:00

New feature out today for Upcycle Magazine. . . http://www.upcyclemagazine.com/etsy-feature-upcycled-skateboards

I will have a few pieces hanging at this show on Friday, come out and enjoy some music and art!

5511

2011-05-05T17:38:00.001-07:00

new pendants

New skate sign downtown Portland at Cal Skate.

every ware

2011-04-17T00:52:00.001-07:00

olds

construction corruption

many buckets o scraps

saturday

new diamond shaped

------Lots of new items in the shop!-------

2011-04-04T10:54:00.000-07:00

cold pdx

2011-03-03T17:38:00.001-08:00

empty sidewalks

and roads
still awesome

Mercurio sign for Jordan

2010-12-27T09:28:00.000-08:00

This sign was made from eight different recycled skate decks. It has knives, dice on fire, beer cans and an alien head among other things going on in the graphics of each hand crafted letter. Made as a special order, this is a graduation present for my cousin.

More in front of Radio Room for September 30th the last last Thursday

2010-10-06T13:04:00.000-07:00

Fun everywhere. .

Wonderful preformers

More aerial greatness

Thank you Angela!

Last Last Thursday 11th and Alberta across from Radio Room

2010-10-06T12:39:00.000-07:00

Awesome aerial artists preforming

Some lovely ladies at the fashion show.

You can find the aerial artists at. . .http://www.nightflightaerial.com/

some of my work. .

Beautiful aerial artistry. . .Thank you Gemma and everyone at Night Flight!

Silver Falls hike

2010-08-16T17:34:00.000-07:00

Cape Lookout, Oregon coast July 2010

2010-07-12T19:09:00.000-07:00

July1stThursday

2010-07-08T17:38:00.000-07:00

Shepard Fairey at Ground Control

Mark Rada

Oregon coast June2010

2010-07-08T17:07:00.000-07:00

(*)

2010-06-23T10:42:00.000-07:00

If to live is to express the emotions of life, then to create art is to express the life of emotions. -DeGroote

Back from "Art Party" in Orlando FL

2010-06-16T11:34:00.000-07:00

Vagabond Art Party in Orlando

Heps Fury head spinnin'.

Back in Oregon. . .Cape Lookout, just waitin' to be hiked again this year.

PDX art show featuring Paul Fujita, benefit for Above Coping.

Two pieces hanging at Cal Skate, downtown Portland. . .Thanks again Paul!

. . . and now it's May!

2010-05-02T22:56:00.000-07:00

New Bats

Deer (16"x 16") Portland props

Fish

other funky new stuff

2010-05-02T22:47:00.000-07:00

Downtown PDX

suns back today

2010-02-09T17:46:00.000-08:00

Some welcome sunshine.

It's getting nicer by the day.

New piece that I just finished and will be listing soon.

Green rhino ''Grhino'' a special order for a friend in Florida.

it's a plane. . .

09-...-2010-...

2010-01-03T22:40:00.000-08:00

Another piece that sold recently (Goldwing Bat) Thanks again!

Christmas was great with the family. Here is Holden with some of his new Christmas attire.

Favorite place of 2009. . . Cape Lookout. I'm looking forward to another visit in 2010.

A piece I made for my Aunt Anne in Syracuse. . .''HENS'' short for Hensberry. In the ''H'' there is a bigfoot with a beercan. Thank you Hensberry's

Catchin' up (pic's from the shop in Lincoln City)

2009-11-20T11:35:00.000-08:00

I had to include one more shot of the Cape Lookout trail. . . a beautiful spot!

Part of the new shop from one corner

work area

The main work space. . . thank's again Steve and Peggy

grip tape removal station

New pic's from the L.C.

2009-09-06T21:04:00.000-07:00

Another shot of the new shop

Kiteboarders at the beach

Where the Salmon river meets the Pacific Ocean.

A view from the trail.

Sunset on the Pacific

Cal Skate downtown PDX

2009-08-21T18:57:00.001-07:00

If you are in downtown Portland stop in at Cal Skate and check out the shop.

As soon as you walk up to the counter you will see one of my pieces hanging

Thanks again to Howard, Paul and all the guy's at Cal Skate

Mercurio piece for Aunt Marge

2009-08-20T14:06:00.001-07:00

This is a special order that was made for my aunt Marge. It's made from eight different skateboard decks. The letters are approximately five to six inches tall by three to five inches wide and attached to a piece of wood that has been stained black.
I am now taking special orders with prices starting at twenty to thirty dollars a letter depending on size (plus shipping).Contact me with any ideas at my new Ebay shop . . .this is the link.
http://shop.ebay.com/judemerc/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=

New shop in Lincoln City OR

2009-08-20T13:03:00.000-07:00

Before

After

Out front

Driftcreek Falls

Newport OR

-Special thanks to Jo and Dylan, Peggy and Steve for a warm welcome and kindness.This piece of the planet is beautiful from many angles.I am looking forward to creating new pieces daily.

Hearts Cove hike 869

2009-08-07T01:05:00.000-07:00

a few pic's

2009-07-20T23:57:00.000-07:00

Another Dreamland masterpiece

Mr. Mullen's Darkslide

Nice old school flashback decks

Bucky tweaked

GSD

2009-07-17T16:14:00.000-07:00

Guatamala

Chicago

June 21st is Go Skateboarding Day in case you did not know.It just passed a few weeks ago and I was hanging out with my family enjoying the weekend(and nursing a minor shoulder injury from the L.C.).I forgot which day in June it was until it passed.Next year I will be ready with board in hand to go hang with people somewhere.I posted a couple pic's of gatherings of skaters.
GSD website here . . .http://www.goskateboardingday.org/

Gettin' the word out

2009-07-10T18:47:00.000-07:00

It would be a shame for them to have to discard all of that.

Shifty

Chunky Ace

Two new ''Skateboard People'' as well as more of downtown today and a strange message on a shopping cart.Another cool day in PDX.

Downtown Stumptown 7909

2009-07-09T23:43:00.000-07:00

Portland was very much enjoyed today.

suMMertime!

2009-07-07T19:00:00.000-07:00

After an awesome holiday weekend with family and a productive week thus far. . .
time to share a couple pic's of whats going on.First is a business card holder(that will make it's way into a skate shop in PDX soon) and the other is a''dewd''who will be on sale in my Etsy shop by Friday.The deck that I used to make him is on top of the pile in the picture that I posted here on June 17.

Thanks(+2 beautiful pic's of Lincoln City)

2009-07-01T16:19:00.000-07:00

I wanted to make sure I took time to thank all of the skaters in Portland for thrashing their skateboards constantly to the point where they break.From my own experience, I know that sometimes this can be frustrating. . . especially when you are trying to land a specific trick.
So thank you and know that if you leave your broken skatedeck at the skateshop . . . it could possibly end up in my hands and made to look like something.Also a couple more pic's of the LC!

Wave

2009-06-30T15:15:00.000-07:00

This piece was found then cut out months ago.I have been backed up a bit with my work ,but nevertheless here it is ''Wave''.It goes on sale in my Etsy shop tomorrow.

Devil's Lake

2009-06-24T08:57:00.000-07:00

First flight

2009-06-23T20:53:00.000-07:00

On top of a pile of material that is soon to become something in the Skatebirdshop this week,rests a Blackwing Skatebird that sold on Monday.
Thanks to the buyer and for all of the support everyone is showing after they view the shop.
Stay tuned to see what is made from the pile of broken skateboard decks.

LC 609

2009-06-21T12:51:00.000-07:00

Just got back from Lincoln City OR. Thanks Dylan and Jo for a great time.

Intro

2009-06-17T19:32:00.000-07:00

This blog is for the art that I am making out of discarded skateboard decks. I take the broken pieces, clean them up, and shape them into something cool to display. Every piece is made sturdy so that I would be happy to hang it on my own wall.

Here are some broken skateboard decks that I have collected for my next art pieces.

This is the Lincoln City Skatepark that I skated this week. Thank You Dreamland Skateparks for building a free venue for people to shred.