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Contents Boaz Magazine|No.1

Jon Paul Kaiser //Page 8 5 Pointz //Page 12 Tino Dubz & Badphaze //Page 16 END. x Saucony //Page 26 Talia White //Page 34 Sneaks & Peaks //Page 40 GUE. //Page 46 Projekt 21 //Page 60 The Realist Tattoos // Page 64

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Jon Paul Kaiser

Jon Paul Kaiser is an artist that i’ve followed for a while now and have managed to collect some of his work, it was an honour to meet up with him and spend some time to talk to the man behind that figures that reside in my collection, for those that are not aware of JPK, I hope the interview with him enlightens and inspires you!

1.Thanks for sitting down with us to do this interview, for those reading who don’t know about you could you quickly tell them who is Jon Paul Kaiser?

I’m an artist from the UK, who specialises in handpainted custom toys in a distinct Black & White, high-contrast style.

2.How and when did you get involved in the urban vinyl toy scene?

It was back in 2007 when a friend introduced me to a feature on the VinylPulse website, which as Muttpop’s making of El Panda. Each stage was included, from the initial sketches and turn-arounds to the sculpting stages, colour tests and eventually

packaging. I found it fascinating! I’d been into toys, mainly vintage Star Wars and Transformers toys and newer figures like the McFarlane Toys too, but this spoke to me in a different way altogether. My friend and I decided to give it a go and design & make our own resin toy called Ozzel. The rest is history.

3.What was it like when you were approached to do your first production piece? It was with Toy2r wasn’t it?

It was a dream come true! I’d been looking into self-financing some production of my designs, contacting different companies for quotes and advice when Kevin at Toy2R came back to me with a quote, he also mentioned they didn’t have any of my work on file and it’d be great to see some. I wasn’t going to miss an opportunity like this so I jumped on it and get several ideas through to them in a few days and we went from there. My first produced piece was The Great Khan, witch was on a Kaiju Qee for Qee Artist Series 6.

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4.How do you approach your work for production pieces? Is it straight off the top or do you plan the design first?

I plan the design first. Usually I’ll be going through a phase when I have a new mini-obsession; Vikings, anatomy, military decals etc.. and the current obsession tends to inform my ideas when I’m designing, even in a small way.

8.Do you have a favourite of all your toys? I particularly love the Hugh Jackman custom and Angel of end times production piece.

Oh man, I’m not sure… Production piece it has to be Captain Sturnbrau, I think he is perfect. He’s exactly how I designed him and just works so well, in my opinion… As for customs, there’s the Mean Machine Munny custom, Judge Dredd & Judge Death set that I’m particularly proud of.

5.Is this the same with custom pieces?

Custom pieces are different, they have to appeal to two people; myself and the customer, so designs can 9.What else are you involved with? Is be a lot less commercial, more niche or even weird Rhymesquare your brand?

Yes, I co-own RhymeSquare with a very good friend ideas can come through.

(Chris), and it’s something we’ve both worked very 6.How does it feel when you get to go abroad and hard at and are tremendously proud of. It’s been difficult as we’re not businessmen but it’s been a conventions with your art, do you enjoy the fan huge learning curve for us and one that is paying off interaction?

I love it! It’s always a pleasure and I’ve always been for us. We’re getting involved with some labels and treated so well by both the fans and by my hosts, be it artists at the moment so hopefully that’s going to be a store with a Convention booth like Tenacious Toys, a huge step up for us. or a producer like Kidrobot.

10.Finally what can we expect coming from you in 7.How do you see the Uk toy scene compared to the rest of 2014?

Well, there’s going to be plenty of customs! I’m that of America? working for myself full-time now so I’m finding it I think the UK scene is pretty different, we’re comparatively a small country, so most of us know interesting what things I might be working on in a each other. We also used to be quite in thrall to few weeks time. I’ve also got a few production pieces out this year with a few different companies and also American designs, ideas and aesthetics but as more and more artists come through we’re a potential US show with a couple of other artists at getting a stronger identity all of our own. There’s a the end of the year. strong narrative quality to our designs and often with a dash of our humour as well.

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5 POINTZ

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the 5 Pointz store when in Bristol, its a store ive known of for a few years but had never managed to get to. The store is stocks a wide range of brands and products and shows why it holds its on as one of the biggest street wear store the UK has to offer!

We have always wanted to provide clothing from the best independent street wear labels mixed with heritage brands like Nike and Adidas Originals that have been the backbone of the scene from the beginning.

5 Pointz first started on Old Market Street, Bristol, back in 2004. From the outset our main aim was to open a store with a welcoming feel that was open to anyone who shared our love of the clothes and the culture.

In early 2007 we decided to move into a new store double the size of the old one and launch the website. We then increased our brand range and the depth of styles that we offered, to become one of the biggest street wear stores in the UK.

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5 Pointz 18 Nelson Street Bristol BS1 2LE

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TinoDubz

&& Badphaze 10Q With...

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Who are you?

BADPHAZE

Who are you?

TinoDubz aka TinoDesigns aka Dwayne Shepherd

Favourite Brand?

10 DEEP

Favourite Producer?

Smokey (soundcloud/smokeygotbeats)

Favourite trainer?

Foamposite

Favourite Dj? Shiverz

Best Tv Show?

The boondocks

Reason or Logic?

Reason

Favourite producer?

Subfiltronik

Favourite Cartoon?

Naruto / Onepiece

Favourite DJ? Shiverz

Favourite Brand?

10 Deep or Levis

Last Gig? Bassment (Belgium)

Favourite Artist?

Mike Giant

Best rave you’ve played?

Quake invites MONSTERS

If you could smoke with anyone?

Snoop of the whole of Cyprus Hill

Uk or Abroad?

Uk

Best rave you’ve been?

Q Club

If you could play anywhere?

America

If you could colab with anyone?

‘Original Trouble Makers’ brand

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The queue outside End. Clothing for the Saucony Release

END. x Saucony Shadow 5000 “Burger” Release Party

Over the past couple of years new gourmet burger joints have been popping up all over the world, using high quality ingredients such as flakes of gold, foie gras and truffles as toppings to the burgers. Even Michelin starred chefs are getting in on the action.

Taking on this inspiration and pairing it with our own love of a good burger, we have teamed with Saucony for the Shadow 5000 ‘Burger’. The upper is executed in perforated nubuck and suede with touches of leather and our custom boxes take inspiration from traditional burger packaging. One of the most customisable meals on the planet.

Condiments and toppings and are often a very personal choice, so for our ‘Burger’ additional laces come packaged in corresponding sealed and branded sauce

sachets, allowing you to top off our take on the Shadow 5000 however you like.

Utilising a selection of top quality materials, the upper is executed in perforated nubuck and suede with touches of leather, teamed with dual branded insoles and a woven tongue label. The custom boxes take inspiration from traditional burger packaging and the traditional tissue paper has been swapped out for our bespoke gingham design. Here’s a closer look at what went on at the Saucony x END. Shadow 5000 ‘Burger’ launch party last week at our End Hunting Co. store.

Thanks to The Bridge Tavern for bringing burger sliders and brewing our own special edition Patty Pale ale for everyone to enjoy.

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Sam Monaghan // The designer

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Papa Dales // First Customer

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Customer // Enjoying his Sliders

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Talia White

Fashion & Editorial Photographer

I recently had the pleasure of catching up with Talia White on location of a workshop she was teaching on ‘Fashion on location’. For such a young photographer she has already accomplished so much and her work is still getting better with every shoot. Talia is a photographer with big ambitions and doesnt let anything stop her on the path to where she wants to be, she is constantly shooting for clients and when she’s not shooting for clients she’s shooting for personal projects and working on her range

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of camera bags. After her workshop I managed to get a few words with her on how things are going, her inspirations and what we can expect to see in the future. Enjoy.

1.Hi Talia, could you just start by telling us a bit about yourself for those who don’t know?

Hey, yes of course, im a Birmingham based internationally published fashion/editorial photographer.

2.Congratulations on being shortlisted for the Clothes Show Live Fashion Photographer Award, what was that like?

Being shortlisted was the most amazing feeling in the world, being a full time photographer can be extremely draining and take a lot of blood sweat and tears and sleepless nights. So to be shortlisted really made me feel all my hard work had finally paid off. It was a great day and great experience to meet and network with other creative’s.

3.So, where did your passion for photography come from?

I will be totally honest, I had never really been interested in photography, and it wasn’t until I was taken through a photography project on my Art & Design course that I first took in interest. Which is a little strange considering I was brought up around it, as both my dad and grandad both always loved to take photographs and were both self taught photographers.

4.What made you go into fashion of all the genres of photography you could have explored?

Fashion has always been a major passion of mine even from my childhood I would spend hours making dresses for my dolls and always cutting up my own clothes and reworking them.

When I left school I wanted to go on to do fashion/textiles. Whilst on the ND photography course, I was given many different projects, landscape, documentary and food photography, however I really didn’t enjoy any of these types of photography, I did consider if photography was right for me at this point. However after being given a fashion project, the feeling I had once I took my first fashion style photograph was amazing, something I’ll never forget. I was so proud of myself, and loved seeing my whole vision come to life. When ever I was then given a project I

could give my own fashion twist too, I would always 110% put my all into it, for my FMP my auntie and I made a house out of cardboard covered in sweets for my Hansel and Gretel themed shoot. This was what I loved about fashion, telling a story, bringing my ideas to life and having the power to produce anything I wanted.

5.Previously I’ve heard you speak of the importance of having a good team around you, do you often work with the same team or does it vary?

I love working with a team of creative’s you can all bounce ideas off each other. I do feel it’s important you have a team who can see your visions and produce exactly what you want. It’s great to have a team you get along with for obvious reasons, but it makes everyone on set much more relaxed and enjoy the experience that bit more. I tend to work with the same hair stylist and have a couple of my favourite make-up artists I work with, and same goes for stylists, I tend to use the same assistant as she’s aware of how I work and is always a great help and is always enthusiastic and gives out ideas also, which I think is great.

6.I feel that your images have their own style to them and when I see a new image I can instantly recognise it as yours, how did you develop your style of photography?

I have always worried my images don’t have a style? So thank you for saying they do. Its nice to know my work is recognizable. I have always just photographed what I love and enjoyed. However I do use the same sort of editing technique on all my work and feel maybe that’s when my style really comes in.

Vintage tones really inspire me, and this is something I have always tried to add to my imagery.

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7.When approaching a project, what’s your process to get to the final result?

Before I take a photograph, I imagine the final product. A number of things need to be put in place before taking a picture e.g. location, clothing, accessories, models, cost and what it is that I am going to do to complement the model and light. If I’m shooting for a client, I need to make sure that I meet their needs and capture products that are being sold to the best standard.

For me, it is during post production that I put my spin on the pictures. Whilst editing, I play with tones and texture to give my pictures their recognizable look.

10.What would be your ideal photoshoot?

Theres so many shoots I would love to do, I think my biggest dream in life would be to photograph Iggy Azalea, I adore her style, she has the most beautifully striking face. I also admire her passion and ambition, she breaks

8.What photographers do you like up to?

I am a huge fan of David LaChapelle, he made me realize that anything is possible and he creates the most amazing imagery. In my research I found a quote from him saying, “imagine you have a blank piece of paper and you can put anything you want onto it, anything in the world”. I love that idea; it reminds me that anything is possible 9.I find I get a lot of inspiration from people who aren’t photographers, where else do you draw inspiration?

Vintage style and retro tones are a big boundaries with her music and her life journey influence of mine, and that’s always visible in so far is very inspirational to me. I would love my work today. Although I’m inspired by to shoot something full of colour around L.A. everything around me… fashion, music, television, family. There’s so much going on in the world, it’s hard not to find inspiration.

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11.As starting your own photography business young, what advice would you give to other young photographers?

Starting a business so young was a struggle but I think it’s a struggle at any age, its hard work and you have to be prepared to commit yourself and work hard. Something I would definitely like to advise aspiring photographers is to not get caught up comparing your work or competing with others around you. The more time you spend doing this, the less time you’re spending achieving what you want to. Another thing I’d say is… practice, practice, practice.

Practice with friends, family, aspiring models and everyone who wants to help out. Last of all I’ll share my favourite quote, from a talk I attended by Mario Testino: “Talent will get you far, but ambition will get you further”.

12.I see Te-Bags your own accessories company is set to release over the coming months as well as keeping an eye out for them, what else can we expect from you in the future?

There’s some big things in the pipeline for Te-Bags which I am super happy about, its something I have wanted to do from a very young age, but something I never knew how to start up. But with the help and support of my family I finally put my dreams into practice.

Other than Te-Bags, I just hope to keep working with talented creative’s and have as much work published as possible.

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Sneaks&Peaks Event Recap April 19th 2014

A year on from our very first event, a year where foundations have been laid, contacts made and we now feel we have a proper platform to supply you with the rarest kicks and forward thinking brands sourced from across the UK. We had grails that some people have only heard whispers about or maybe even thought were a myth out and on display.

Traders from all over the uk were in attendance as well as some off the most talented and forward thinking

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brands such as Funkyst and Dark Circle whose attention to detail is second only to the big boys, a new custom kicks designer Diverse Method brought some of the cleanest lines and sickest colour matches to kicks that we have ever seen! sneaker product that was the biggest hit goes to Ropes Laces, everything about this brand and what they do we love. Some heavy hitting kicks took the podium with Tapis Rouge UK laying out the red carpet out for there A list kicks, and sole101 bringing the hard to find and need

to own sneakers,Aprils Kicks were doing it once again for the ladys, our aim for future events is more girl power, and bringing them kicks to small feet Birminghams finest graffiti artists donned Floodgate Street on the entrance to boxxed Ziner, Vomit, Cofie, Newso & Kesh were seen giving the street a fresh new coat of paint with newso dropping a new balance year of the dragon inspired piece. A few changes to the

half hour) the beats supplied the perfect mood to step back and take in the 4 artist covering the live art, Wilson & Drawingsandthat boards were insane but stealing the show was the collab piece

by Captin Kris & Liskbot, and finally on the illustration front we had Nottingham based Mimm collective reminding us it was Easter and bringing us an urban easter bunny set.

Huge thank you to everyone who helps this event grow, from the traders, artists and s&p crew to the venue owners and staff. We got huge plans for part 5, stayed locked.

Sneeky Fox www.sneaksandpeaks.com

running order on the walls outside led to Agent48 moving from the wall he spent the whole previous day staring at to the NY subway carriage, built by Boxxed residents Graffitiartist. com, Gent48 stepped up and delivered a monster piece that shows how good the gent is on so many levels, N4T4 with his signature stunning womens face supplied the back drop for hungry punters to chow down on some fine ass food, The Meatshack B-towns premium burger joint, with its themed menu (its definitely the little touches) and bad boi chicken from the guys at Hungry Toad.

Bringing the vibe on the decks was The Record Store & friends, big shout out to Phil Walker, Missy, Bunny, and slobs (apologies for the amp blowing up and cutting the music for the last

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Projekt 21 18 Great Western Arcade Birmingham B2 5HU

Words from Projekt21 This week saw the opening of our first store. Based in Birmingham Projekt21 has opened its doors in the historic and beautiful Great Western Arcade and we can’t wait to see you here. We hope to bring a friendly, family vibe to the heart of the second city while offering in demand labels and great products.

Bringing hard to cop brands like Staple, Acapulco Gold and Primitive into the city, alongside long standing favourites such as Diamond, Huf and Skateboard Café, Projekt21 hopes to be THE place for premium name street and skatewear, and a healthy range of skateboard hardware. With over 20 years of industry knowledge we want to be able to offer you the kind of insight and knowledge that money can’t buy.

But it’s not just about the garms, Projekt21 would like to be a lot more. Inspired by Mr Projekt21 himself, Rishard Beckett, we want to work on an ethos of giving back to the community. Rishard has something that many of us don’t, not just an extra 21st chromosome, but a can do, outgoing, lust for life attitude, and he won’t let anything get in his way.

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We would like to extend this attitude through the store by inviting everyone to be part of the extended P21 family, and hope to have a future supporting local talent, artists and businesses through joint ventures, in-house events and community projects. Already in the pipeline are plans for weekend exhibitions for local creatives, collaborations with local designers and manufacturers, and plans for skate events.

We’d love you to be part of the family so please come and get involved.

@P21clothing www.projekt21.co.uk

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Realist Tattoos Suite 303, The Greenhouse The Custard Factory Gibb St, B9 4AA TheDiamondSamuel@gmail.com

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The Realist Tattoos is a small, private studio located in the heart of Birmingham’s creative quarter, The Custard Factory. Owned and run by Diamond Samuel (Sam Casey) the studio specialises in making bold traditional tattoos.

When stepping through the door you’re greeted by the ever so homely sound of hip hop, bringing a real chilled out vibe to anyone who chooses to pass through their doors. Walls full of hand painted flash means there’s a big

variation of designs to keep your eyes occupied with and of course for you to choose to get tattooed. With pieces ranging from snakes to skulls, ships to sharks and roses to hearts it’s safe to say there’s a piece in there for everyone.

Do yourself a favour and get booked in for some great, timeless pieces that you’ll love for years to come. @OhSamCat Tel: 07532259729

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Directory Thanks to All.

Silvo www.behance.net/SIIVEST

Jon Paul Kaiser www.jonpaulkaiser.com

5Pointz www.5pointz.co.uk

From The Sole Up www.ftsu.bigcartel.com

Tino Dubz www.soundcloud.com/tino_tm

Badphaze www.soundcloud.com/BadphazeDubstep

End. Clothing www.endclothing.co.uk

Adam Bartlett www.adambartlettdesign.co.uk

Talia White www.taliawhitephotography.com

Sneaks & Peaks www.sneaksandpeaks.com

GUE. www.guerrillagang.co.uk

Projekt 21 www.projekt21.co.uk

Realist Tattoos www.twitter.com/OhSamCat

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Editors Notes

Vol 1. Issue 1.5 photography / streetwear / music / art / design *Handshake* Greetings.

This is the second edition, yet its the first.

It’s been a long journey, in a short amount of time.

Working on this entire project alone has not been easy but it’s been rewarding.

I have met nothing but great people, who are now family.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that has made it happen.

In the future I hope to grow and strive to bring you the latest news, interviews and realness.

Keep an eye out for us online or in physical pubblication.

I thank you for giving us your time and would like to welcome you to the family.

Together we can only grow.

Over and out, until next time!

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