well, i guess i should’ve put these up here before i posted i posted them on my guest blog spot over at Sole Collector. now it seems a couple other sites have ganked the images and who knows where they’ll end up. oh well – lesson learned..
anyway, these pieces are works that i created for the Nike sponsored auction at W+K to benefit the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at OHSU here in Portland OR. if i remember correctly, the 6 wall pieces fetched a whopping $28K that night – something i’m very proud of as all that money goes directly to help the kids! which, being a very-near-future father, i feel an even bigger connection too…
each year, Nike picks six patients from the children’s hospital and allows them to tell their story through the use of their own graphics, colors, and materials. these shoes are then sold at retail with the proceeds benefitting the hospital. but for one night, they have this big auction where they invite a bunch of people who can afford to make sizable donations and offer them the chance to help out with this great cause. the difference with the pairs auctioned that night is that they are signed by a professional athlete and often times have other bonuses – like a custom basketball, or skateboarding lessons with P-Rod… needless to say, they raised a ton of money that night and i was thankful that i could help!
the pieces i created are 3′x2′ and framed in shadow boxes – i chose to photograph them before they were framed as last years images didn’t turn out very well… it was also the only chance i would have to ever see them all together in a scenario that i could actually get some decent shots. anyway, here are a couple examples – you can see all of them as well as some detail shots on my site – www.krupky.com.
in addition to the six pieces i did in this style, i had one extra pair of shoes to something truly special with – the Air Yeezy. each year, they try to raise the anti for the auction so they offered a couple of extremely rare kicks – if your interested, you can watch the videos that i created to build up the hype – there’s 3 total…
anyway back to the sneaker art – so i had this extra pair of shoes and wanted to do something special myself, so i thought i would do something a little more sculptural… like an airplane! i call this the “AirPlane Yeezy”.
the piece is assembled with glue, screws, craft wire, and shoe laces. i tried to maintain the integrity of the individual pieces as much as possible which ultimately lead to it’s unique styling. the stand is a beautiful piece of mahogany with spring wire and was created specially for this project by DJL Studio. both the body and the runway dots glow in the dark. there are a few more shots on my site, too…
Tags: art, craft, design, DJL Studio, doernbecher, Krupky, Nike, sneaker art, Sole Collector, W+K
good read.
the air yeezy art is a good concept, but
only if you are part of the friends & family deal.
You won’t see a regular person cutting those heaters
up anytime now or later. haha