The Chief

This is G-Mat 193, a RB-JMC built for Jamie McClellan by way of wages for his work on the MatSurfers.com website. This mat named “The Chief” is a super free breathing, neg rockered affair. Well, Jamie is an exceptional mat rider so that makes sense.

Jamie has gone for a hard-hitting image on the bottom of this mat as you can see below. A technically very difficult image way beyond my skills, which required Jamie to collaborate with the immense talent of Ian Jermyn from Organic Devolution.

You can see Ian’s workings and Jamie’s inspiration Ian’s Instagram post below:

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Acid dye on 70 denier TPU banked nylon - Custom artwork completed for a client in the US. The artwork was supplied and then scaled up for the fabric - 80cm x 130cm. From the client: "The bandana is my favorite (of many, I’ve got heaps ) and it’s made by Kapital Japan. The image itself on the bottom of the mat is a not so subtle reminder that in the US we stand on stolen ground and this country was built on a foundation of native genocide and slavery."

A post shared by Ian Jermyn (@organicdevolution) on Aug 24, 2020 at 3:42pm PDT

As someone who really cannot draw, I am always in awe of those who can and Ian is an exceptional talent even among his peers. His work carries Jamie’s message off perfectly I think. My job was the easy bit, thinking with Jamie about colour matching to fit the artwork. I really do like the effect of the brown grip and with the white logo, I think this three-way collab has landed.

The Chief is en route to North Carolina right now to get into some of that east coast goodness.

Cheers

G