PaintOrThread.com's Custom Sneaker Chronicles Brandon Laskowski, Mike Miscannon and Emmanuel Golden | Sneaker Customizers

The podcast discussion covers the subset of sole swaps! Topics include where sole swapping began, a bit of how to begin swapping soles, and the act of combining to brands into one pair of sneakers.

In episode 8 of the Custom Sneaker Chronicles, we chat a bit about the first couple weeks of custom work from March 2017. To start, we examine a bit of the Pizza Hut-themed sneakers you may have seen floating around the Internet. Word is they were the work of The Shoe Surgeon who has built his brand through customizing sneakers. Next, we take on the re-release of the Nike Air Max 1 Atmos whose elephant print and jade blue Swoosh have spawned a few customizations of their own. These Atmos inspired customizations also gave speculation that we would see that transition made for the Air Jordan III that accompany them for this March release. To finish we continue by each sharing a pair of customs we liked from the recent week.



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Below you'll find the list of customs that we discussed during the cast and the respective artist responsible:



1:00, Pizza Hut's Pie-Top sneakers. Created by The Shoe Surgeon







6:30, Atmos Air Max 1 and Air Jordan III official Nike releases from 2017.







7:51 The Air Jordan 3 Atmos custom inspired by the Atmos AM1 by PKZuniga in 2014







16:20 Kanye West College Dropout Nike Cortez themed custom by @ItsTheManster







18:15, 1980s Cartoons Vans Slip Ons custom painted by @Lucha_Loafers







22:10 The Air Max 1 Atmos upper swapped with an adidas Boost sole by @kride_lab.

We started the Custom Sneaker Chronicles podcast back in 2013. From there until 2015 we never held up our end of the bargain, only recording 6 episodes. Yet, we still feel there is a lot to talk about in custom sneakers, so the time do so is now. There has been a fair amount of growth the past year for sneaker customization and we continue to see new work show up online. The goal of this site and our podcast has always been to set a standard for what a quality custom is and what deserves recognition over the majority. So picking up the podcast we start out with a topic that seems to have been all over Instagram for 2017 and that is customs taking on the Louis Vuitton and Supreme collaboration. We talk about why it's been popular and what decision you should make as a customizer when it comes to a popular hype theme such as this. Later we cover a bit of adidas attention to customization for recent marketing and we have a few other random sneaker discussions. We end with our thoughts on a few customs that stood out to us in recent days.



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Below you'll find the list of customs that we discussed during the cast and the respective artist responsible:



14:30 Supreme Camo Nike Air Force 1 SF by Sab_One







Corita Kent Rainbow Wash inspired Nike Blazer by Sab One







18:52 Tobin Bridge Nike Dunk by Sab One







19:53 Grateful Dead themed Nike Air Max 90 custom by jwdanklefs







20:00 LA themed Nike Air Max 1 by jwdanklefs







26:30 What The Legends Air Jordan 1 by MalcomGarret







46:50 The Custom Swoosh Nike AD by Carson Custom Kicks







47:40 Missoni adidas Ultra Boost by JBFcustoms







 



Wolverine adidas NMD by jwdanklefs

Whether you've been customizing sneakers for over a decade or are itching to give customizing a shot this podcast should definitely get you more excited about where customs have come and what might be ahead. In this talk Mike Miscannon of @RedRibbonRecon and myself sat down with Los Angeles based customizer and art gallery manager Jacob Patterson. Patterson's custom sneaker work is recognizable for the documentation on YouTube that he shared when he started in the mid 2000s. Over the past couple years he has moved away from customizing as his main focus while still working on occasional projects that come about as the result of living in a city such as LA.



We chat about Patterson's entry to customs, some of his significant work with recognizable people and brands, and his goals for the future of customs. Below are specific customs of Patterson's that are mentioned and a few others from different artists.



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Find Pattersons work online here:

@jmjpatterson and JacobPattersonArt.com 



AF1 by Andre Trenier that inspired Patterson to customize.







Custom cleats for Brian Wilson







Metal Gear Solid custom sneaker series







Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes tribute Nike Blazer







Barak Obama Nike Air Force 1 by Van Monroe from 2008

The last episode of the Custom Sneaker Chronicles we posted was in January of 2014. We missed quite a bit in those 16 months.  There has been no signs of the custom sneaker world slowing down whether it's more people giving sneaker customization a shot or ordering custom work. As we get back to it in this revival episode we discuss a few things that have been happening such as releasing work on special days, designer + customizer collaborations, and sneaker customizers who have added products to help supplement their custom brand.



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Customs mentioned in discussion of releasing photos of new or old work coinciding with special days:

Divsitile's Iron Man themed Nike Dunks from 2010







Boba Fett Nike Air Max 1 re-posted by Dank Customs on 5/4/15 for "May the Fourth Be With You"







Nike Free Mercurial Superfly Nike by Red Ribbon Recon





Customizer + Designer Collaborations we mention:

"Misplaced Checks" Nike Air Force 1 by John Geiger and The Shoe Surgeon











Buscemi 100MM painted with a Nike Air Tech Challenge II theme by Dank Customs







Nike Air Tech Challenge II with a Buscemi 100MM theme by Dank Customs







SBTG's Custom Nike Air Force 1 and Huarache released exclusively on Hypebeast.com











Nike Roshe Run HMFG by RedRibbonRecon







Air Force 1 Moc by The Shoe Surgeon







YSL given blue python skin and Air Jordan 1 soles by The Shoe Surgeon for John Geiger







Hender Scheme's given logos by The Shoe Surgeon with of the models they are "inspired" by





Customizers who have jumped into adding products along their custom sneaker work

Leather laces one of the many items KingOfSneakers.com offers







Sole Dye by FBCC sold at FBCC's Site: The Customizers Depot







Custom sneaker paint by Sole Junkie







Ice Cream by Raleigh Restorations to return clear soles to their glory days







Lace tassels by Dank Customs sold at Dank&Co.

Can you believe it's already 2014? Hell one month is pretty much already over. How did last year end up for you as a sneakers customizer? Have you already planned your scheme to take over the custom sneaker scene in '14?



Listen to the latest Custom Sneaker Chronicles podcast as myself, Mike of RedRibbonRecon and Manny aka emmanueLabor share our overall thoughts on last years customs, who stood out, what we expect to see in 2014, and what the choice of a base shoe can do for your customizing efforts. As well Mike and Manny chime in with their opinion of my Most Memorable Custom Sneakers of 2013 post.



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Skunk Air Max 1 by Dank Customs







MF Doom Air Max by Dank







Unkle Air Max by Dank







Reebok Shaqnosis Tide by Revive Customs







Sekure D's Sin City Air Jordan customs











Cole Haan Lunargrand Burnout by Revive Customs







PUMA Disc Blaze Peas N Carrots Intl by PMK







Air Jordan IV Green Glow retro reconstructed in python skin by JBF Customs







Air Jordan IV Cheetah Yeezy by Hippy Neal







Air Jordan V "Rocket Science" by Revive Customs







Jack's Lament Fila Mashburn + custom fabricated upper by Revive







Custom Sneaker Chronicles unofficial Customizer of the Year: Revive Customs







Others we thought who had a strong 2013...click the image to check their actual Instagram pages and FOLLOW!























Those who emmanueLabor expects a big 2014 from: