I-SAW FEATURED IN NEW BOOK "CUSTOM KICKS"

Just to let everyone know that I-Saw's "Engraviti", hand engraved trainer customisation is being featured in the first ever book on customised sneakers. Called "Custom Kicks" and put together by the great Dutch design partnership MAKI, it's published by Laurence King and will be released some time in May, currently available on pre-release order from Amazon.

There will also be an exhibition, we will keep you posted when we know more....

FRESHNESS FOR THE FRESHEST KIDS!

Inspired again to create a wearable work of art for our little son, allbeit to grow into, we hand painted the back of this Levi denim jacket, in the Old School tradition. It says "Little Big Man", after one of our favourite movies and again we can undertake similar work on commission. Hope you like it!

CRIB KICKERS: BABY CUSTOM TRAINERS/ SNEAKERS

We've been meaning to test our footwear customisation skills on a pair of baby shoes for awhile now and when we got this pair of white canvas pumps for our little boy, it was on!! Keeping it nice and simple, clean and graphic, we stuck with adding black ink I-Saw Throw Up designs, in positive and negative repeat. Definately be dropping some more of these in the future, plus any parents with a taste for the original will be able to get a pair done for their little one.

BABY CUSTOMS

Nothing inspires us more than our little baby boy, so we've decided to create a few little exclusive one off, extra special custom items for him. Getting back to embroidered applique, which we haven't done for awhile, it all started with a baby "Cheech Wizard" hoody, which some of you may've seen already, on the Mark Bode feature which opened our Seemore Bemore blog. Then we've just finished a baby parka, featuring I-saw Throw Ups and one of his and our favourite characters, the cat in the hat. We're pretty pleased with the result and will be offering the customisation service on our website, so there will be plenty more where these came from!

I-SAW CURIOSITY SHOP

This month sees the arrival of the I-Saw Curiosity Shop online store, for Fashion, Customisation, Sneakers, Art, Toys and the undefined curios. If you have not checked it out yet, its worth a look as you never know what you might find!

Heres just a few items to tempt your curiosity.
http://www.i-sawcuriosityshop.com

NIKE FESTIVAL OF AIR

I-Saw were part of Nike's Festival of Air exhibition at Nike Town, London where they exhibited three pairs of specially prepared Air Max 1's, also performing a live 'Engraviti' customisation demonstration. Taking the original year of release, 1987, as the theme, the immortalisation of the three definative Hip Hop album releases of that year became the focus for the applications. Hence the creation of a "Eric B & Rakim- Paid In Full" pair, a "Boogie Down Productions- Criminal Minded" pair and a "Public Enemy- Yo! Bumrush The Show" pair. A much applauded contribution to the show, at the opening their praise was sung especially from Musos in attendance, such as Nelle Hooper, Dizzee Rascal and The Herbaliser's Ollie Teeba.
See http://www.i-sawcuriosityshop.com, for more on I-Saw "Sneakouture" and "Engraviti" trainer customisation.

CUSTOMISATION

I-Saw grew out of creating customised one off peices and is still very much active in this area. As enthusiasts of recycling and all things enviro-friendly we love breathing new life into older items, or just creating with work of such time invested craftsmanship that the items demand to be loved and treasured for life. We aim for a timeless quality that is an antidote to the throwaway nature of most modern products. Aside from the "Sneakouture" element we also customise just about everything else that people request. Some quality leather items can also receive the "Engraviti' treatment, which can be seen on much of our trainer work but we also draw, paint, dye, embroider, applique, quilt and even bead on the right item, for the right price.