barniedidit

located in the middle of abbotsford, melbourne. so nowhere near the sea, as a matter of fact. at the corner of gipps & nicholson streets, somebody rad has painted an old building facade with an ocean theme. as yet, nobody has done much more than tag it up, so me and amy got some butchers paper and a bunch of posca pens on the job, resulting in the pasting up of these beauties…

yay, fun ay? plenty more wall left yet too!

a couple months back, my workmate ben had his mate te rangitu netana staying with us. before he left, t did a special tattoo for ben around his wrists using a traditional ta moko method. t made an uhi, a special albatross bone chisel, and bound it to a wooden rod and did the job in our tiny little flat living room. pretty sweet. i got the job of holding ben down…

…or the one like chris moore, as some know him by day.

he is a qualified graphic designer, but not many people know that he can also do a multitude of other random stuff like brewing beer, furniture makery, standing backflips and, amongst the rest of his hidden ninja skills, jewellery.

a while back, i saw a prototype ring he had whipped up in an afternoon or something, and thought it was pretty shit-hot. it was around the same time i decided to ask this lady the big question. chris was around when me and amy met, also teaching the 英語 in 日本, so i figured who better to have make a ring for amy? even if he had only made a couple before? sweet as!

today, he sent a 352 image gallery (!),  narrating the painstaking process of making not only the ring, but the handmade box it came in. it is somewhat of a journey, and an amazing insight into chris’ ninjery.

he keeps his blades sharp, even his own finger got ninja’d!

if you or anyone you love ever needs any rings, coffee tables, beer or websites made, this man is your man. i think he is too busy making other stuff to even have got around to making a website for himself, so contact him at chrismoore.is@gmail.com