In collaboration with The Paper Rain Project
If you are interested in commissioning a skateboard please feel free to send me an email to discuss ideas and design.
Price Range
2 tones – $2050
3 tones – $2200
4+ tones – $2350
Each board is crafted by Wills Rowe from The Paper Rain Project in Marlborough. He not only creates his custom designed shape but in a variety of woods; from salvaged recycled rimu, sustainably grown macrocarpa, Blackwood
This is a passionate company founded by Indigo Greenlaw and Wills Rowe in 2013, creating sustainable creative products… well worth checking out! click here
Huia on Kōwhai
2 tones, 41 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Available through The Paper Rain Project $2200
Carving Skateboards
Karearea Wing
3 tones, 40 layers of carved acrylic on charred macrocarpa
Tui on Harakeke
3 tones, 44 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Pacific Magic – detail
Wild Times
3 tones, 45 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Layering Skateboards
‘Toru Pīwakawaka’ features the fluttering Pīwakawaka that we all know and love, carved among the bustling-with-life mānuka.
Laser-etched onto a macrocarpa art board crafted in-house at The Paper Rain Project.
Dimensions: 190 x 760mm
Available to purchase HERE.
$525
Toru Pīwakawaka
2 tones, 38 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Mount Aspiring
4 tones, 61 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Mount Aspiring – detail
Bellbird on Kōwhai – detail
Gannets, Waves, Comos & Poppies
2 tones, 40 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Whale and Waves
2 tones, 41 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Maritime Magic – detail
Carving Aoraki (Two) – January 2019
Blue Magpies
2 tones, 40 layers of carved acrylic on blackwood
Kea Wing (outside)
4 tones, 60 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Parrot Wing
6 tones, 65 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Blue and White China
3 tones, 44 layers of carved acrylic on blackwood
Huia on Kōwhai – detail
‘Waka Huia’ celebrates the beauty – and mourns the loss – of NZ’s precious taonga, the Huia.
Laser-etched onto a macrocarpa art board crafted in-house at The Paper Rain Project.
Dimensions: 190 x 760mm
Available to purchase HERE.
$525
Karearea Wing – detail
Karearea Wing
3 tones, 40 layers of carved acrylic on charred macrocarpa
Tui on Harakeke – detail
Pacific Magic
4 tones, 58 layers of carved acrylic on blonde blackwood
Wild Times – detail
Daisy Belle
3 tones, 44 layers of carved acrylic on
Daisy Belle – detail
Toru Pīwakawaka – detail
Beautiful details etched into the back by The Paper Rain Project
Puriri Moth on Kawakawa
2 tones, 41 layers of carved acrylic on sustainably grown macrocarpa
Carving Mount Aspiring – January 2019
Bellbird on Kōwhai
2 tones, 41 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Gannets, Waves, Comos & Poppies – detail
Maritime Magic
2 tones, 44 layers of carved acrylic on blonde blackwood
Aoraki (Two)
4 tones, 61
Blue Magpies – detail
Kea Wing (outside) – detail
Artist life in the studio
Parrot Wing
6 tones, 65 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Blue and White China – detail
Pacific Love
2 tones, 50 layers of carved acrylic on Blackwood
Kea Wing (inside) – detail
Layering Skateboards
Sailing the Pacific – detail
Huia on Hinau
2 tones, 41 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Bellbird and Kauri – detail
‘Bellbird and Karui’
Laser-etched onto a macrocarpa art board crafted in-house at The Paper Rain Project.
Dimensions: 190 x 760mm
Available to purchase HERE.
$525
Kingfisher and Harakeke
4 tones, 57 layers of carved acrylic on Blackwood
Kea Wing – detail
Goldfinches on Oak
2 tones, 41 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Fantail, Frangipani and Kōwhai – detail
Soaring High
6 tones, 65 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Caroline Face
4 tones, 61 layers of carved acrylic on blackwood
Caroline Face – detail
Peony and Chrysanthemum – detail
Diving Deep (Whale) – detail
Roses and Tūī
2 tones, 44 layers of carved acrylic on sustainably grown blackwood
Wild Ocean – Japanese inspired – detail
Whale and Calf – detail
Blue Whale and Peonies
3 tones, 44 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Wild Flowers
2 tones, 40 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Pacific Love – detail
Kea Wing (inside)
4 tones, 60 layers of carved acrylic on Blackwood
You are my Sunshine – detail
You are my Sunshine
2 tones, 40 layers of carved acrylic on sustainably
Sailing the Pacific
2 tones, 44 layers of carved acrylic on Blackwood
Huia on Hinau
2 tones, 41 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Bellbird and Kauri
2 tones, 40 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Mount Tasman
4 tones, 61 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Mount Tasman – detail
Kingfisher and Harakeke – detail
Kea Wing
4 tones, 59 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Goldfinches on Oak – detail
Fantail, Frangipani and Kōwhai
3 tones, 45 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Soaring High – detail
‘Mānuka’ was developed from the beautiful Toru Piwakawaka carving.
Laser-etched onto a macrocarpa art board crafted in-house at The Paper Rain Project.
Dimensions: 190 x 760mm
Available to purchase HERE.
$525
Floral Haze and Diving Deep
Both 2 tones, 41 layers of carved acrylic on salvaged recycled rimu
Roses and Tūī – detail
Wild Ocean – Japanese inspired
3 tones, 43 layers of carved acrylic on macrocarpa
Whale and Calf
3 tones, 44 layers of carved acrylic on blackwood
Blue Whale and Peonies – detail
Wild Flowers – detail