Road to Discovery on a 6 foot Matt Kechele diamond tail
He is given six photographs to choose an inlay for a surfboard from but skips over the obvious choices (waves or anything relating to surfing). Rather he chooses an image that doesn’t make sense, figuratively or literally. I knew then that I was working with an individual willing to take a chance, make a statement and stand by it!
Matt Kechele is said person and the shaper of what would become the sixth surfboard in my Surfboard Art project. His ‘outside the box’ thinking assured me I’d be working with a shaper who, like the others that preceded him, would take great pride in making a surfboard that would be viewed not only with surprise but with admiration.
Of course the final image selection rested with me and enthusiastically I agreed with Matt’s pick. It had been my secret desire to use it all along even though no one selected it when posed with the six possibilities. Gut feeling won out, thankfully, and thus the tale of how “Road to Discovery” came to be.
Matt Kechele
Two lane road near Christchurch, New Zealand
