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Artist Decorated Surfboard Auction Benefits Waves For Water.




With only five days left to bid, Juxtapoz Magazine, California-based shop UNIV and San Francisco's Chandran Gallery's benefit auction for Waves For Water feature 19 uniquely decorated surfboards by various and respected artists. Waves for Water is an organization on the ground in the Philippines, mobilizing an urgent clean water disaster relief initiative in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan.

Here's a look at all the boards presently up for auction:
Jeremy Fish and mel Kadel IIHIH jeremy Fish detail IIHIH Mel kadel  detail IIHIH sawmpy cleon peterson IIHIH Swampy detail IIHIH Cleon Peterson detail IIHIH Lucy Lauchlan and Richard Coleman IIHIH Richard Coleman detail IIHIH Alejandro Jordao and Tim Biskup IIHIH Tim Biskup detail IIHIH Ty Willaims and Jared Swilley IIHIH Ty Williams detail IIHIH Jared Swilley detail IIHIHMike DeNicola and geoff mcFetridge IIHIh DeNicola  detail IIHIH Geoff McFetridge detail IHIH monica canilao and Jason jagel IIHIH Monica canilao detail IIHIH Jared Jagel detail IIHIH Travis Millard and Andrew Schoultz IIHIH Travis Millard detail IIHIH Andrew Schoultz detail IHIh Tahiti Pehrson and CR Steyk IIHIH Tahiti Pehrson detail IIHIH Retna IIHIH

Participating artists include CR Stecyk III, Geoff McFetridge, Richard Colman, Jeremy Fish, Lucy McLauchlan, Tim Biskup, Cleon Peterson, Monica Canilao, Andrew Schoultz, Swampy, Tahiti Pehrson, Ty Williams, Jason Jägel, Mel Kadel, Travis Millard, Michael Torquato deNicola, Jared Swilley of the Black Lips, Brazilian artist Ale Jordao.

As part of the special benefit and auction, a one-night exhibition will be hosted on Saturday, March 29, at T.F.R. Gallery in Leucadia, California to celebrate the creation of the boards, and to give an opportunity for final bids on the boards at the gallery.

Dimensions and details about all the boards are available at the auction site. Bid here

Artists, Fashion Designers and Jewelers Create Custom Dolls For Charity: Frimousses Designers for Darfur.



For the tenth year, UNICEF France's Frimousses Creators bring together the greatest designers, artists and jewelers who put their talent toward helping UNICEF and children worldwide by creating one of a kind dolls that are auctioned with the proceeds going toward vaccinating children in Darfur.

24 Artist-Embellished Darth Vader Helmets Up For Auction Starting February 7th.




Three months ago, 24 local and national artists were selected by HalloweenCostumes.com to create original art pieces with authentic replica Darth Vader Helmets as their base. And what a job they've done! And yes, all of them are shown in this post.



Tattoo artists, prop designers, illustrators, poster designers, graffiti artists, sculptors and more have turned the iconic helmet into original and unusual pieces of art that you have the opportunity to own.



With a starting bid of $50.00 USD, HalloweenCostumes.com is auctioning off each of these artists’ creations with the proceeds benefitting two Minnesota charities, the Midwest Art Catalyst and the Miracle League of North Mankato.

Here are all 24 helmets

Denise Vasquez “FRANKENVADER”:



Jason Goad “The Haunting of Darth Vader”:



Christopher Mark Galiyas “Luke, Put Down That Koi… I Mean Toy and Get Over Here”:



Ryan Peterson “Skevader”:



Brad Smith “Star Roars”:



Lindsey Tollefson “Saturday Night Vader”:



Shane Anderson “Vader’s Got Character”:



R.L. Gibson “Lack of Faith”:



Kelly Bunde “Darth Hoot”:



Staci Queen “The Lord of the Stitch: Tailored for Evil”



Sonny Wong “Wong Vader”:



Karl Schneider “Black Metal Vader aka Darth Throne”:



Weston Brownlee “I Have You Now (2200 AE)”:



Dawn Evans Scaltreto “The Trouble with Hubble”:



Travis Lynn Mattick “Bugs in the Helmet”:



El Celso “Chicha Vader 2011”:



Dheepan Ramanan “Enigma (Darth Vader Helmet)”:



David Melendez “Tiki Torch Vader”:



Jason Knudson “Darkside Dessert”:



Makeba Ische “Sweet, Sweet Daydream for Darth”




Megan Hoogland “Muertos de Vader”



Albert Song 'Guys Gone Right':



John Dickinson “Apocalypse Vader”:



Gabriel Wimmer “Vader from Vader Unmasked”:




Auction Details:
• The auction will begin on February 7, 2012 at 12PM CST.

• Bidding will open on February 7th, 2012 at 12pm CST. When bidding opens, individuals will be able to click on a helmet and enter a bid. The placement of a bid will start a 24 hour timer. If the individual is outbid within that 24 hours, the timer will start again and the new high bidder will have 24 hours to be outbid. This process will continue until a high bidder maintains his or her position for all 24 hours. EACH HELMET'S AUCTION, BIDDING, and TIMER WILL FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY.

Note: After you place a bid, you will receive email confirmation that your bid has been received. If you are outbid during the 24 hour period, you will be notified that you are no longer the high bidder. If your bid has won the helmet, you will receive an email with further details.

For questions and media inquiries contact Elise at contest@halloweencostumes.com.
Happy Bidding!



Visit here for more images, artist's statements, information and videos of each helmet.

This project is not sponsored or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., and has no relationship with Lucasfilm. Star Wars and all related intellectual property is © or ® 2012 Lucasfilm Ltd. & (tm). All rights reserved.

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