Rouen. This artist customizes skateboards like paintings
Through Mathieu Normand
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Joanny massé sees his skateboards like paintings. Self-taught artist, she embarked on the personalization of these wooden objects emblematic of urban culture in November 2020 by creating MJ. “I have been drawing as a passionate since I was little,” she says. I painted on canvas a few years ago, but there wasn’t that little extra thing. I was looking for a few more authentic choices. “
The idea of ”canvas skates” came to him one evening. “I did my first without taking myself seriously. I shared it on Instagram and in the end it matched pretty quickly and it hasn’t stopped since. I have a lot of orders. »She personalizes from her boards according to the desires of her clients, each time offering them unique pieces. Among those who trusted him, there are a few names known to the general public such as Seth Gueko, the YouTubers Vodka, Alan Food or even Eddie Cudi, one of his relatives who encouraged him to get started.
Soon works on basket baskets?
For his creations, Joanny Masse gives free rein to his imagination, drawing inspiration from the universe described by clients. “I never said no to a project,” she says. Everything inspires me! I particularly like the world of manga. I like to use a lot of colors, that are eye-catching. This is my but. “
The particular setting requires careful consideration of the space upstream. She paints on wood with acrylic paint and sometimes uses Posca “for certain outlines”. Recently, she has also tried collage. She then varnishes the board to protect it. It takes between 200 and 350 € to obtain one of these achievements, which represents 12 to 20 hours of work on average.
The work is always carried out on the upper part. “These boards are not meant to be wrinkled ! She warns. Faced with “many requests” from skaters, she is thinking of launching an offer dedicated to them, working in digital drawing, this time on skates in numbered series.
She is also experimenting with the personalization of basket baskets, always with a view to interior decoration, and “even outdoors if the tests are conclusive”. And in addition to that, and the job that she kept next to this new activity, she embarked on personal creations of “skate toiles” in the perspective of being able to exhibit.
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