New Balance x SoleHeaven | Ceramic Collaboration Contest
Sneaker icons don’t come much bigger than the heroic New Balance 577s. These running silhouettes have been killin’ it since 1988 in the Navy/Grey colourway, and it was about time New Balance did something to immortalize them. So they challenged SoleHeaven to do it for them. SoleHeaven asked legendary ceramic artist Jon Lawrence to hand craft and glaze three pairs of 577s out of authentic Cumbrian clay from a quarry close to NB’s factory in Flimby. They hit NB’s head office with two pairs, and kept the third to give away as a prize. With only three pairs of ceramic 577′s on the planet, they’re an iconic piece of sneaker history – and a rare piece of urban art worth over £300. For your chance to own them, just email your name, age, contact number, and answer to the question “What year was New Balance established?” to customerservice@soleheaven.com with a subject line of ‘Ceramic 577’ before 3PM Friday April 1st 2010.
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Kang S. Lee | Ceramic Sneakers
Korean artist Kang S. Lee has created a new line of artistic sculptures of the highly praised Nike Dunk sneaker. The series consists of 50-100 pieces and he’s expected to expand to other brands on future projects coming up.
“My sneaker project, modeled from a limited edition of Nike Dunk from my own collection, participates in the urban sneaker culture through the creative possibilities of the sneaker-form. It also challenges its extremely fast-changing and fame focused scene by using ceramics, one of the most traditional and labor-intensive mediums. Viewers will be able to enjoy the details and patterns on the ceramic sneakers, whilst being able to question what is behind the form by observing the various deformations of the pieces that often engage our emotions.” -Kang S. Lee
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LTD Watch | The Ceramic Collection | Part 2
LTD Watch has been known for strength since 2009. After the first classic collection came the Glow in the Darks, then the Digitals, then the Steels, then the oversized Maximos. Now introducing the second installment of the Ceramic Collection. Suitable for anyone, these watches have a limited run of just 50 pieces per style. The watches feature a luxury smooth ceramic material while cradling a precision quartz movement, and the scratch proof sapphire crystal lens adds another dash of high quality and technical prowess to this already striking watch. Launching during the beginning of July 2010, only select few will be able to get their hands on these watches.
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