listen to the thunder shout

Weather:
Wet and sort of fallish with a certainty of future snow.

Randomly fractured my kneecap. Most surprising thing is I wasn’t skating. I’ve broken bones before and I’m confident it’ll heal up and I’ll be back at a 100% in no time but right now I’m starting to get a little stir crazy. I also had to miss a trip to Nashville and miss seeing Dolly Parton, Bob Seger and Madonna. That concert lineup makes me sound older than I am. Optimistically I’ll be skating by Thanksgiving. Not terrible, just momentary. I found out today Suhail and Ben are both on the bench with fractures, wrist and collarbone respectively. Be careful out there!

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A couple days before the crutches I enjoyed a simple moment that made me really happy. I came out of the Post Office and saw the Broadway bus. I was running late and I needed to catch the bus so I didn’t think I just ran down the steps and started skating, pushing as fast as I could, and I caught the bus at the next stop. It was an unconscious interaction with the world.

Tim Pigott - Photography

I’ve been thinking about this concept for awhile now and working most of the summer to make it happen. I’m really happy with how it came together.

Tim Pigott - Photography

It incorporates a number of the things I love doing in art: simpleness, repetition, slight variance, print making, parking blocks, change.

Tim Pigott - Photography

I’m really thankful Uprise let me put it up. Stop in and buy an Uprise shirt or new shoes.

Tim Pigott - Photography

Do your holiday shopping.

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Definitely buy new wheels. I’m pretty terrible about getting new wheels but when I put them on and cruise down the street I’m pleasantly delighted.

Tim Pigott - Photography

I made and hand colored 180 prints, 3 designs, 60 each. Underneath that are 60 photos from the past few years of skateboarding in Chicago.

Tim Pigott - Photography

Make a donation, take home a print. All donations will go towards making parking blocks for spots in Chicago. Personally I recommend getting all 3 and making a triptych. I’m really looking forward to seeing the wall evolve over time as prints are removed. I’ll try my best to post pictures as the installation changes. Huge thanks to Tim B., G and Piz for helping to get the installation up. I couldn’t get up on the ladder with the immobilizer on my leg!

At the beginning of 2019 I had ambitions on putting together a longer video but things didn’t fall into place. I spent more time skating than filming. I got a new camera and kept fussing and trying to dial it in. I shot photos instead of filming. I was at Wilson and the curbs more than anywhere else. Maybe things will fall into place in 2020. I still have some random ideas that I want to put together. This vid incorporated some of the ideas I hope to refine.

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I probably could’ve made a full length vid of the Friday night curb sessions. Instead I started making animations. Jackson with the hurricane.

Tim Pigott - Photography

I have the Dude Life – Stud’s Terkel board hanging in my basement and it nagged at me for awhile. I kept thinking about how I would do it today so finally I took some time and drew it up.

Tim Pigott - Photography

I’ve been making small runs of stickers lately. If you’re interested they run $1 a piece.

Tim Pigott - Photography

Message me and I’ll throw them in the mail for you.

Finally a few recommendations:

The holiday package is coming together nicely. So if you’re interested send over your address. They should be going out in early December.