1Abstract artist Emma Campbell stippled her Chuck Taylors with “thousands of tiny butterflies”.

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Cow and landscape specialist Eoin O’Connor recreates his signature work.

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Dundalk hyper-realist Barry Jazz Finnegan captured a “gloss like texture on canvas using only charcoal”.

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James Byrne, creative director of Converse in Ireland. Made to ‘Chuck’ around the dancefloor

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Galway-based Peruvian Tattooist Jeff Linares‘ spidey tingling footwear

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Orla Walsh, beloved for her Heinz Ketchup bottles, honours the Yellow Cab

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Rob Horan, a tattoo artist working at AWOL [Galway] used a “tattoo gun and ink” for detail.

8Dublin-born caricaturist Steve Mulreany created four portraits of the band Kodaline (signed by the band).

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Cork-born Marvel comic illustrator William Sliney used “specialist software and applied directly to his sneaker using a new technology”

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Lucan-based oil painter Miriam Smithers switched to waterproof acrylics for this ‘couples and brollies’ pair.

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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

 


Killarney National Park, County Kerry, this evening.

Gorse fire threatens Killarney National Park (RTÉ)

Thanks Jerry

00159222Jack & Jill Foundation founder Jonathan Irwin

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Fair enough.

John Gallen writes:

Founder of Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation and Renue Ireland member, Jonathan Irwin’s tweets are catching up with him [see link below]…

Iriwin Nazi tweet (Rabble.ie)

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cairotango writes:

In week where the IT are writing about the way Dunnes staff have been treated like s**t by the company and, in some cases, victimised for striking, is this (on page 19 of today’s Ticket) not massively inappropriate?

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Talented button jockey Jabob T. Swinney (he of the excellent thing we called Quentinnitus) sez  of this nifty montage:

Quentin Tarantino is the master of the extreme close up and utilizes the technique for a variety of reasons. The shots are often used to convey the gravity of a particular situation or the manipulative strength of a character’s vice. Some express power, some express weakness, and others just simply look cool. Here is a look at Tarantino’s masterful use of the extreme close up throughout his feature film career.

MORE: Video Essays: Quentin Tarantino and Jonathan Demme’s Use of Close-Ups (Rope Of Silicon)

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