Porceline
EL CONQUISTAD’Or x DOUGLAS ELLIOTT
“From the trees that honor us with carbon and oxygen that allow us to float through different paths in this ride called life; Imbued with beautiful creatures that emerge from the darkness of the fountains of hydration as a fortress mirroring the sky, deep crystallized rocks with sparkling mineral power that sculpt and enlighten a transcendental Highve path.”
EL ConQuistaD’or
March 10th, 2022
Oh Baba Ifá
Skateboard deck that I started sketching it out back in 2009, 2010 in Brooklyn, NY.
In 2018, I decided to work again on it and burned the wood carving the outlines with pyrography pen.
In 2020 I met Douglas Elliot, an exquisite jeweler designer, that open my eyes for so many new paths and forms of thinking after a 101 class of diamonds.
I decided to finish the deck and finishing painting the deck with acrylic, spray paint, silver and 23k gold leaf sheets and red vinyl sheets to the board.
in 2022, I went to Douglas and asked him if would be cool to plate the wheels and screws with gold and add some diamonds in the elements of the painting.
He’s words: “ Are you crazy to put diamonds in a piece of wood?, Wait! It never be done, Let’s fucking do it.” - Douglas Elliot
The result is this magical collectable item full of custom pieces and hand designed and thought by both of us.
Everything is handmade and elaborated to be a full ridable skateboard. (Yes we rode it.)
Here is all the details:
Carved, burned and Hand Painted Burton Skateboard Deck circa 2008
Spray Painted Trunks from Uncle Funky’s Boards
GripTape with 23k Gold and Silver Leafs plus Red Vinyls
Every screw and nuts are plated with gold
Eyes diamonds
Flower diamonds
Custom made wheels made of pure silver and plated in gold with our last names engraved.
The Sculpture was presented at the Ascension Day Film Première in NYC on October 7th, 2022 at the Soho Playhouse
Produced by Thomas Mauriello and sponsored by The Glenrothes
