Organic Image & Customise Perfection have been combining their skills for the past 3 years and throughout 2008 have produced many works of customised art which will start to see added to this new Blog every week. Dave Matthews and Beej Curtis have 30years of creative experience, Dave in the automotive re-spray and fabrication world and Beej in the colourful world of airbrush and art. Together, they are an incredible team.
Well, loads of folks have asked me over the past year or so, where is Dave's paintshop where you do that airbrush lark? So here's a couple of pics of the space I have in the paintshop with Dave. Plenty of room for me and several students and a great space for 1 on 1 classes. The advantage of being at Dave's for some classes is the use of the spray booth and the fact that I do a lot of House of kolor and other solvent-based spraying here.
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We have a feed in from the main compressor giving us dried air supply so get no problems with moisture in the lines and have more than enough air for airbrushes or spray guns. The small, desk-top booth has been a real advantage and I've installed it in every place I have worked. You will even see it in the video (right in the Video Bar) in the latest ABATV trailer where you can see it in the beautiful White Horse Stable Rooms in Downton where I sometimes host classes. The surroundings are very green and lush and there is plenty of parking. If you'd like to come down and say hi then drop me a line first to make sure I am around as I have to be all over the place but soon, I am planning on spending a fair bit time at the paintshop working on new projects. And here are some pics of dave himself (Mr Elusive!) at work - as usual . .
Dave working on the VW Bug Snake Mural we did together earlier this year. We took this bonnet (hood) along to the Masterclass in Worthing. We have a scale model version of the Bug to paint soon so more on the that later . .
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Here's some info on the paintshop from Dave's website at www.customise-perfection.com:
Rear of B&W Nurseries, Salisbury Road, Plaitford, Romsey. Hants. SO51 6EE
Dave Matthews IS Customise Perfection! With over 30 years experience covering all aspects of body repair and repainting, he has a deep wealth of knowledge. This has allowed him to be able to produce some stunning, award-winning work over the years. You can now take advantage of that experience and when you place some work with Dave, - you will sure to be impressed with the end result.
Customise Perfection is now based just off the busy A36 Salisbury road in the village of Plaitford, Hants. We can easily be found just behind the disused B&W Nurseries buildings you can see from the road.
Having previously been based on the outskirts of Southampton, this new facility has enabled Dave to concentrate on the motorcycle side of the business which has always been busy. We have a custom built spray booth especially made to our specifications. With the latest lighting and extraction systems, its the perfect place to work in.
We also have a computer aided design facility for cutting vinyl graphics together with dedicated preparation areas. There is a locked compound and a majority of the vehicles and bikes we are working on are kept under cover at night. There is also a large parking area on site and an office / reception where we can offer you a coffee or tea when you visit.
Airbrushing, Gold leafing & Pinstriping Dave's new logo I designed on some cool demo tanks built by Simon Harris for the Biker Build Off held this summer (what summer?) at Beaulieu Motor Museum. On the other side, well . . our own logo then!
Svee working hard on the VW bug filling n a-grinding!
Oh, and Svee again . . does he ever leave this place? He loves it too much!
Dave doing what he's brilliant at doing - laying on Kandy in the spray booth. We have lots more video of work going on at the paintshop and we'll be adding some to DVD's, to AirbrushArtTV.com and here to the blog, so check back regularly . .
ave you always been interested in signwriting and the art of traditional lettering, scroll work and lining? We have decided that it is time to promote the art of signwriting here at Organic Image so we are holding these very special workshops where you can immerse yourself in brushes, mahl sticks, lettering enamels and some good old fashioned scrolling. More info coming soon for 2009 dates please register your interest via email.
Recently we were asked to demonstrate some of our airbrushing onto vinyl signs at the Sign UK Show at the NEC in Birmingham. Response to these demmos was excellent and lots of sign folks and Letterheads (term for a Brother or Sister of the Brush) expressed a great deal of interest in attending a class specifically to learn how to use Auto Air paint, an airbrush and some Frog Juice to create colourful lettering and logo's instead of using an expensive, digital vinyl printer.
