Shiner Deckades Board

Chris at Shiner has invited me to take part in the Deckades exhibition and decorate an original 80's blank board. This came in the post last week.



After working out what should be in an 80's style graphic I decided that Snakes and Skulls tick all the boxes, got my arse to mars and drew this.



I'm not that keen on painting onto boards and I want it to look like a proper 80's board, so I sized it up to check, by printing it and cutting it out and then got on the blower to the man in the know, Stu "Hangtime" Smith. The one man that know's all things screen printed.



I took the board over to his studio "The Mangle" or "Lovenskate HQ" as we call it, to spray it a good dipped colour of white. This took about 3 coats.









After spraying it and leaving it outside, with the dickhead builders, in the yard to dry, Hangtime gave it a quick warming to dry it right off.



Get the screen layed out so it's going in the right place.



Good tight new mesh....



Take the print out off the board, registered all good and proper like....



Make some paper testers to check its 100% spot on radness is in full effect....





Watch this space to see what the proper print turns out like when its done..... and in the show.