ACETATE COLOUR COMBINATIONS ARE GENERATED BY MIXING ORGANIC COLORS WITH ACETONE AND THE RAW ACETATE
PLANT BASED MATERIAL. ROLLERS HELP
MIX THE PASTE ONTO ALREADY THIN FLAT SHEETS OF ACETATE TO ACHIEVE THE SPECIAL COLOR EFFECTS.
COMPLEX COLORATIONS ARE PRODUCED
BY LAYERING SEVERAL COLORS AND SANDWICHING THEM TOGETHER OR PRESSING THEM THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIES. THE ACETATE FILM MAY BE CHOPPED INTO SMALL CUBES AND ROLLERED AGAIN. THESE LAYERS ARE MOLDED INTO LARGE BLOCKS. AFTER WHICH TECHNICIANS INTRICATELY SLICE OFF SINGLE NEW SHEETS WHICH ARE DRIED IN LARGE KILNS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS TO CURE THE MATERIAL.
FOR THIS COLLECTION OF SNOWBOARDS, WE PHOTOGRAPHED SLICES FROM THESE BLOCKS OF MATERIAL TO SHOWCASE THE DEPTH
AND COMPLEXITY OF THIS AESTHETICALLY STUNNING MATERIAL.
Construction
1 - ICP 2112 Plastic Topsheet
2 - Carbon Beams
3 - Triaxial Fiberglass
4 - Pre-cured Fiberglass
5 - 95A Smoothride Seamless Urethane Sidewalls
6 - The Channel7 - Poplar / Paulonia / Birch Lightweight Wood Core
8 - Triaxial Fiberglass
9 - Rockwell 48 Stainless Steel Edges
10 - DuraSurf 4001 Wax Infused Sintered Base