Abstract artist Emma Campbell stippled her Chuck Taylors with “thousands of tiny butterflies”.
Cow and landscape specialist Eoin O’Connor recreates his signature work.
Dundalk hyper-realist Barry Jazz Finnegan captured a “gloss like texture on canvas using only charcoal”.
James Byrne, creative director of Converse in Ireland. Made to ‘Chuck’ around the dancefloor
Galway-based Peruvian Tattooist Jeff Linares‘ spidey tingling footwear
Orla Walsh, beloved for her Heinz Ketchup bottles, honours the Yellow Cab
Rob Horan, a tattoo artist working at AWOL [Galway] used a “tattoo gun and ink” for detail.
Dublin-born caricaturist Steve Mulreany created four portraits of the band Kodaline (signed by the band).
Cork-born Marvel comic illustrator William Sliney used “specialist software and applied directly to his sneaker using a new technology”
Lucan-based oil painter Miriam Smithers switched to waterproof acrylics for this ‘couples and brollies’ pair.
Tattoo artist Keelin Corscadden‘s sneakers are based on “childhood memories and filled with sweets and candy…”
Damn hipster high-top giant Converse.
And 11 Irish-born or Ireland-based artists.
On canvas.
James Byrne writes:
‘Made by you’ is a global celebration of creative individuals, their stories and their sneakers. Converse Dublin office celebrated the campaign by recruiting 10 top Irish artists to express their creative spirit using a pair of Chuck Taylors. The works of art were revealed last night in The Button Factory [Temple Bar]….
But which pair would YOU wear?
FIGHT!
Thanks Darragh Doyle
“Creative director of Converse in Ireland”
“OK guys, next up: blue Converse
Sir, we already did blue in Q3-
Did I fkn stutter?”
Cool :)
NYC please, if I have to pick one
Beautiful work
groovy groovy
Will they be available for sale?
Always. Even post apocalypse. In fact they’ll be mandatory then.
Defo dance floor !
Spins around room like a pro …yeah !
All of them. But maybe the couples edging it a shade, and the landscape shouldering behind them. Not as crisp as some of the others, but great heart, both of these.
Oooh these are great!
Take my money, etc etc.
Ooh and it would be great to have Mick Minogue do one
If I was the ‘Creative Director’ of Converse Ireland I would be ashamed to show my face in public if this is the best artistic talent he could assemble, This is just bad, really bad…… Tired idea VERY poorly executed.
You obviously didn’t get an invite… Back off buddy… If you’ve nothing productive to say..shut it!
You obviously didn’t get an invite… Back off buddy… If you’ve nothing productive to say..shut it!
I love the Miriam Smithers ones, basically any pair except the caricature pair. Can’t stand caricatures … I also have no real interest in Kodaline.
You’d have to be suspicious of an artist who uses this opportunity to draw caricature pictures of a brutal band.
All decent efforts apart from those Kodaline monstrosities.
Each pair uglyier than the last ……
everybody needs a hug.