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Oasis Skateboard Factory
This is Matthew Thomas, 17, and the stellar skateboard he designed especially for us here at The Public!
Matt is an aspiring artist and designer, currently going to school at the Oasis Skateboard Factory, an awesome alternative school and social enterprise that runs across the park from us at the Scadding Court Community Centre. Matt created this board for us in his classroom-based workshop, walking us through a creative briefing, finding out what inspires the work that we do, coming up with the concept and design and executing it on a board that he built himself. It was great to be on the other side of the creative process (for once!), and we couldn’t be happier with the piece Matt produced for us.
Matt is working on his own line of art-based skateboards and fingerboards called Sakie, so get in touch with him through the Oasis Skateboard Factory now before he hits the big time and has a eager mob of skateboard collectors knocking at his door.
And here at The Public, we’re happier than ever to be continuing our partnership with the Oasis Skateboard factory. Earlier this spring, Sheila gave a talk at the school, and we’ve been hosting Lou, a very talented co-op student, once a week. In the coming two months, Sheila will be guest-editing the Oasis Skateboard Factory zine, Slo_Skate, just in time for the group to distribute on their class trip in New York City!
We <3 the Oasis Skateboard Factory!
