TOMS Shoes » Collaborative Canvas Collection http://www.tomsshoesblog.com With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. One for One. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:44:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 a little more about brandon boyd http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/a-little-more-about-brandon-boyd http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/a-little-more-about-brandon-boyd#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:03:51 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=2962 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> This Saturday is the big launch event for the Collaborative Canvas Collection we’ve been teasing for weeks. Through the process we’ve learned a lot about Brandon Boyd: he uses the word “neat-o”, he’s an Aquarius, and most importantly, he is an amazing artist. More 411 about the man himself below.

And if you’re in LA, or anywhere near LA, you should probably definitely need to be at the UNDEFEATED Silverlake location on Saturday to see Brandon and Kristin’s work in person. It’s gonna be a super celebration of art and One for One… and you surely won’t want to miss out.

TOMS: How long have you been painting for?
BRANDON BOYD: I have been drawing since I can recall and painting for the past 10 or 12 years.

TOMS: Where does your passion for art and music stem from?
BB: I remember being surrounded by art and music as a child, so I have to assume that some of my hard wiring is a result of a fortunate environment. That being said, my drive and impulse to make things out of nothing is almost preternatural. I NEED to make music and art. If I deny the impulse, I get anxious and am filled with an unshakable feeling that I am missing something. So, I have been doing my best to accommodate this ‘live in guest’ my entire life. It still feels vital, magical and novel. So I have reserved the nicest couch in my house for it and is constantly leaving a mess in my living room.

TOMS: What excites you most about this collaboration with TOMS?
BB: What excites me most about this project with TOMS is the opportunity to make wearable art. That and the notion that the canvas’ I labored over for four days were to be destroyed systematically by being hacked into hundreds of pieces and turned into things that would eventually smell like cheese popcorn. Exciting! Art that is alive!!

TOMS: How do you know Kristin Jai Klosterman and why did you choose to work together?
BB: Kristin is my neighbor and fellow devotee of the Church of ‘DoWhatEverIGottaDoToMakeArtInsteadOfGettingARealJob’. They are very welcoming, warm and jovial. But be warned, it looks and smells a lot like a cult.

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]]> http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/a-little-more-about-brandon-boyd/feed 1 neat-o http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/neat-o http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/neat-o#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:00:31 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=2800 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> “I really like the idea with this project that it’s a really conscious company working with active artists of today, artists who are also activists in a certain regard.  I’ve always considered myself an active artist.  So, it’s inspiring and it’s heartwarming that there is a cool company that’s paying attention to active artists.  And when the two can meet in the middle and collaborate and make something neat-o, I think its a really wonderful thing.”

Collaborative Canvas Collection coming soon…

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