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Custom Motorcycles – La Petite Méca

La Petite Méca est un atelier de custom moto qui se trouve au coeur de Paris, dans une rue souvent ensoleillée entre Bastille et République, juste à côté du magasin de fixed gear Cyclope. Pendant quelques mois, c’est autour d’une vieille Harley que vont s’affairer Bige, mécano solitaire de son état, et Louis-David, photographe, auteur de ce documentaire et peintre à ses heures. D’abord désossé, l’engin va subir une transformation radicale à laquelle on assiste ici, étape par étape. En guise de touche finale, le réservoir sera repeint selon la…

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Ampersand – Ugmonk

The beautiful and unique Ugmonk Premium Ampersand is now available for you to own. Each 18-inch tall ampersand balances effortlessly on a hand-buffed stainless steel plate thanks to a super-strong magnet hidden in its base. The hand-finishing process and natural woodgrain make each ampersand a one of a kind art piece. Creating each ampersand is an intricate process. We thought you might enjoy seeing them come to life as they are crafted right here in Downingtown, PA, so we filmed some behind the scenes footage. Each ampersand is custom cut,…

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Wooden Bicycle – Masterworks Woodworking

Blog post: spotsunknown.com/urban-tree-to-bicycle/ Bill Holloway and Mauro Hernandez of Masterworks Woodworking in San Jose, CA, salvage condemned city trees, then build beautiful bicycles out of them. The story of these bikes goes from the felling of a family’s guardian tree, through the woodworking process, and finally, the completion of art you can ride. Check out the sweet San Francisco locations. Original music by David Molina: drmsound.com woodbicycle.com

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The Smoke Chair

Video production by: New Document / Gwenael LEWIS Sound Track: What I want (instrumental) / Another Cynthia Moooi products: Smoke Chair by Maarten Baas bit.ly/wv50Bo How the beauty and the character of burned wood is captured in Smoke Chair? Smoke chair latest video reveals the astonishing process that makes Smoke Series by Maarten Baas for Moooi a unique sensation when sitting on burned furniture. Furniture finished with fire, making each of the Smoke pieces a unique work of art. Enjoy and get inspired!

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surfboard with reclaimed wood by Schwood

Shwood founder Eric Singer teams up with friends to create a unique wooden surfboard. Watch how Singer and company process and shape this functional one-of-a-kind board using reclaimed wood found on the Oregon coast. The construction process was guided by the expertise of Joe Blecha, a bona fide virtuoso of custom surf and snowboard construction. blechaboardshop.com Kahana Kalama, professional surfer turned shop-owner (alohasunday.com), was there to test the limits of the handmade board upon its completion. Based in Portland, Oregon, Shwood creates handcrafted wooden eyewear using fine exotic hardwoods. Shwood’s in-house…

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WeSC Denim

Denim is a craft and a process – and in this film you get a look into the making of the WeSC Denim. The amount of detail that goes into the making of WeSC Denim is beyond amazing – from start to finish! Take part in the process in this film, and see the cutting, sewing, stitching, manual treatment and love that goes into each and every pair and piece!

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Ting Custom Fixed Gear – Adidas Originals x Chairman

Custom built adidas fixie for our adidas x Forces of Nice art show collaboration in Hong Kong. The custom paint and illustration on the bike was done all by hand and took over 2 weeks to finish. The bike was generously donated by singlebikes.com while the front aerospoke wheel was purchased from Super Champion in Vancouver. The bike was painted with Montana Gold spray paint and illustrated with various Sharpie Poster-Paint markers. In the final process it was triple coated with both Krylon acrylic crystal clear lacquer and Montana Gold…

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