Sidewalk Hustle

via cnet / kick­son­fire

It always gives me great plea­sure to know that other peo­ple out there in the world are deeply and pas­sion­ately in love with Nike sneak­ers, to the point that it car­ries over into their pro­fes­sional life. Whether it be origami sim­u­lacra of the iconic shoes, or pieces of dis­carded tech­nol­ogy Nike sneak­ers have left their mark on our cul­tural con­scious. There is no bet­ter exam­ple of this then Gabriel Dishaw, a junk-metal guru who turns trash into art­work. His most recent pieces were inspired by his love of Nike shoes, as he cre­ated five dif­fer­ent styles of kicks, includ­ing dunks and high tops sal­vaged from com­put­ers, type­writ­ers, and metal scraps.  Each unqiue piece takes up to sev­eral weeks to com­plete one pair of shoes and comes with an accom­pa­ny­ing car­ry­ing case for stor­age.  The pair shown above, enti­tled Blazer Pen­tium 1.0, named for Intel chips, weighs 15 pounds.
Very Cool…!