In 1992 Hardcore Australia, a skate company in Melbourne, (who would eventually make Globe shoes), commissioned me to design some deck graphics for three entry level skateboards. These were mass produced in Asia and Hardcore were kind enough to give me samples of the final products.


I'd always thought they would make an interesting chair, so over Christmas I roughed out a design and my father built it.


The timber is recycled Tasmanian Myrtle. We found the strength of the decks meant that we could keep the design very simple, and the chair is surprisingly comfortable to sit on.

Hawthorn V St Kilda Telstradome Saturday

First Quarter: Hawks 5.4: 34 Saints 3.1: 19
Woman in front, Go you Hawks! Gawd they are playin' well, we are gonna cream 'em.

Second Quarter: Hawks 10.7: 67 Saints 6.3: 39
Woman in front, Go Hawks, this is gonna be our year I just know it. (To me),What the hell are you doing? You've spent half the game drawing the crowd, what's wrong with you, don't you love football?
My Brother, Maybe he loves football very much, that's why he's drawing it.

Third Quarter: Hawks 12.8: 80 Saints 14.5: 89
Woman in front, C'mon you Hawks supporters stand up for your team!
My Father, Look we've all paid good money to be here and I didn't pay to see your back.

Fourth Quarter: Hawks 13.11: 89 Saints 18.11: 119
Woman in front, Jeez I hate this game.

A hand puppet of pine and felt, found in Melbourne.

Melbourne, St. Kilda, was my neighborhood in the late 80s.
Between the crumbling domed towers of this Edwardian bayside
suburb, shiny new cafes have replaced many that I remember.

Carlisle Street, St. Kilda still has some of the shops I
remember. The Galleon Cafe, Club X (a sex shop), and
St. Kilda Cycles are all as they were. In 1990
I designed the logo and mural for the cycle shop. The colours
on the mural have gone a little weird over 17 years.