Dennis Hopper
Legend
Rest in Peace
1936-2010

Its been pretty cool watching 2 new JR pieces go up on the side of Ampal HQ and the adjacent wall.

This one is a piece with Vhils.

ReVIHLing the almost 100 year old brick…

It should be done by saturday.

JR and Vhils are part of EuroTrash an upcoming up at the Lazarides Gallery.

Lil Wayne and Nicki Ninaj “Knockout” video sneak peak…

WEEZY x DRAPER

My brother, Nick Potash, has been crafting some amazing jewelry lately and was picked up by one of the premier jewelry boutique/tattoo parlor in New York – New York Adorned. They recently featured an interview with him on their site and its worth reading – heres an excerpt:

“Where do you draw your inspiration from: Old things have always been better in my mind. I like to think that someone could pick up one of my pieces and think it was really ancient and wonder what it had seen in its life. That’s one thing about jewelry which drew me to working with metal, my creations are going to outlast all of us, no question. They might be lost to the sea or time but they will take millions and millions of years to decompose. This brings up thoughts about mortality, how a ring could have seen ten lifetimes before finding its way onto your finger…. these ideas make my mind wonder and imagination fire. I recently became aware that Nietzsche, Jung, and Freud all talk about archetypal symbols speaking to a primitive part of peoples’ mind. I’ve experienced this before at a museum as a kid, I remember seeing these old masonic crests and relief carvings and being completely fascinated by them. The skulls, eyes, pyramids, and weird symbols I’d never seen before made me go crazy with thoughts about secret societies and ancient wisdoms. I try and tap into that same vein when I work. I like to think that on a beach somewhere out there a vacationing hipster lost one of my rings and it was found by some local kid who thought he’d found pirate treasure and always told the story that way.”

Nick crafts everything by hand, here in Venice Beach, using traditional 100% hand crafted methods.

This was my belated birthday present – well worth the wait!!! 1/1 Poseidon’s Posse Bronze Pendant set with an antique scrimshaw and 2 black diamonds. Silver Chain.

Check out his website to see some new work and order/commission pieces.

After an epic weekend involving a few mini roadies out of LA – north to Edward Sharpe/Chromeo in SB on Saturday and a HB surf mission on Sunday, this video seemed pretty appropriate.

Sorry for the lack of posts, I’ve been busy finalizing all aspects of summer production. For the caps we’re making them in Los Angeles from materials sourced in Los Angeles. Doing it domestically and being responsible for every detail has been trying, rewarding and a little expensive, but I think you’ll find the results rewarding.

cube x alameda

Keith Haring was one of my favorite artists as a grom. Something about his art always seemed so positive and “radiant.”
The Carmichael Gallery is going to be opening a show – May 8-29 – with over 20 original works on canvas, paper, vintage street signs and a rare vinyl blow up “Radiant Baby Doll.”

Check out these steezin shots from one of our premier accounts in Australia, Pitbull Mansion.
They put together a great lookbook for the approaching winter.

Ampal Alameda Fedora, Vanishing Elephant Waldorf Blazer, and Beat Poet Satin Cross Bow Tie and Concrete Colour Chart Shirt