R.I.P. IZ THE WIZ (A few words from Linz).

Mike aka Iz The Wiz.

"A couple of years ago I was staying with my homie DANGER in Florida and he mentioned that a good friend of his who was a living legend in the graffiti realm was living five minutes down the road, so I was like, who??? It was Iz the Wiz.

Of course I asked him to “get that dude around for a few beers!” Sure enough, sometime that day Danger called Mike (Iz) up and invited him around to meet me. Straight away I was all; “oh fuck, one of the all-time kings of graff is comin’ around to meet me...”

Anyways, the next day Mike showed up and was one of the coolest cats I have ever met in graffiti. Mike, Danger and I hung out for the next few days ’til I departed Florida for New York, but during the few short days I spent with him we talked a lot about life in Australia and also back in the days for Mike growing up on the subways. The real shit from the horse’s mouth, it was dope!

I was quite sad to learn of Mike’s passing, as he was a really nice guy and true legend from the old skool.

Rest in piece Iz - The real master blaster! Thanks for the stories mate." - Linz



Linz, Iz & Danger.


Iz.

Photos by Linz.

MAD SOCIETY KINGS 2009 - DETAIL SHOTS.

MSK 20 year anniversary jam. Los Angeles.































"Photos by Ceethreedom", more pics at: www.flickr.com/photos/ceethree

Sneaky Peak at our new LE cans and 4 new colours.

Sneaky Peak at our new LE cans and 4 new colours.

Colors L to R, Back: Blaze, Teegs Love, Front: Smoothie, Pose Sushi Limited Edition, TUES Afterburn Limited Edition.
Photo: 33Third.

This is also the first look at our new Ironlak Outliner Nozzle (transparent magenta). Comes ready to use on our cans.

Project Ugly. Numskull and Beastman

Numskull and Beastman painted a mural for Project Ugly. Song: Tommy Guerrero "Create And Destroy"

Ironlak BBQ Burners - Perth, Australia.

We've just added the Perth event to the BBQ Burners section. Check the photos out here: http://www.ironlak.com/media_bbqburners.html

Here are a few highlights:


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Thanks Perth!

R.I.P. Sam (Fust)

We are extremely sad to learn that Sam aka Fust has passed away.

Our thoughts go out to Sam's family and friends.

Rest In Peace Sam - a remarkable young man who's life was cut way too short.

Wreckers Yard. RedBull graffiti competition - Brisbane.

Ironlak supplied the paint for a recent graffiti battle called "Wreckers Yard" put on by Red Bull at Bar Soma in Brisbane.

300+ people crammed into Bar Soma from 7pm. The comp went off without a hitch and the guys all killed it. QUES won the final with the spiderman piece.

Thanks to everyone who attended this event.


























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Augor's IRONLAK "letter R" contest - Craola announces second winner.

'After working for a while, Craola spoke on his contest choice;

'"I picked this one because it reminds me of a really rad super soaker."



'Craola also was impressed by this artist's submission and gave his honorable mention to him.'



See the entire blog post here: augsdraws.com

SRAM.

Augs sent us these pics from his good friend Sram, who is killen it with the Ironlak cans on a few walls.

Check check:

LIMITED EDITION ARTIST SERIES stage one - Availability.

Our first stage of Limited Edition Artist Series cans are in certain countries now, see below for details. Stay tuned to this blog to be kept up to date when cans become available in your neck of the woods.

Banos Asbestos, Reals Sublime and Augor's Blackout are now available in AUSTRALIA.

Reals Sublime and Augor's Blackout are now available in the USA.

Europe and New Zealand, you wont miss out, cans are coming your way soon. Stay tuned.

We can also reveal that stage two of the LE series will start to drop soon. The colours are; Pose's Sushi, Tues Afterburn & Askew's Olivia. We'll reveal the designs later in the week.


Banos Asbestos.


Reals Sublime.


Augor's Blackout.

SOFLES & REALS x IRONLAK - You Tube video.

The latest installment in the Ironlak YouTube video series. Sofles & Reals in Brisbane, Australia.

AUGOR x UPPER PLAYGROUND "So Called Artist". Recap.

Installation photos from Augor's latest solo show at Upper Playground.























Just in time for Augor’s show, the Splatter Monster tee through Upper Playground is now available for purchase.

augsdraws.com
upperplayground.com

via knowngallery.com

Augor's IRONLAK "letter R" contest - Revok announces first winner.

"After looking over Revok's choices, he made his mind up that this was his favourite choice:

His thoughts on the letter were: "The letter structure's on point. The guy really went all out illustrating it and the colors pop. I wouldn't mind flipping this skeme myself""


Revok also gave this guy’s attempt a honourable mention:


Stay tuned the next winner will be announced on http://augsdraws.com/blog/ Monday.

PERSUE x ENUE x JAES.

"Some of my east coast family were in town a couple of days ago.

After Enue and Jaes painted for the Ironlak team event in Los Angeles they came down to paint with your boy Persue' in San Diego.

We took a few hours and knocked out this panel."

-Persue.


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Persue. Click for a blow up.


Enue. Click for a blow up.


Jaes. Click for a blow up.

(via Bunny Kitty's blog: http://itsbunnykitty.blogspot.com/

It's on like Donkey Kong.

Dope new wall in Brisbane, Australia.


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(via ilovegraffiti.de)

Clouded Thoughts magazine #6 preview.

"New preview here for you of the next edition of Clouded Thoughts Magazine Issue #6. Lots of content from Australia and across the globe in this issue, featuring Kab101, Does, Desta, Mr Zero, Veks, Chom, Creas, GCK and MOC plus much much more, with a limited number coming with a free Love Letters poster!! More info here."





(via ilovegraffiti.de)

The Exchange - Many updates.

If yall aint keeping up to date with The Exchange Project blog then you should be, it's going crazy. Here's some selected new shit:

*Please click the links to see the posts in their entirety, we are only displaying a handful of the images on here.

(The Exchange) Hesoe paints Askew's sketch: CLICK


(The Exchange) PHAT1 paints STAE 2's sketch: CLICK

(The Exchange) New SIRUM sketch by SWK: CLICK


(The Exchange) POSE paints ASKEW's SKETCH: CLICK

(The Exchange) POSE / ASKEW Part 1: "RAIN FAME": CLICK

(The Exchange) Taboo paints Sirum's Sketch: CLICK


(The Exchange) Sirum paints Askew's sketches: CLICK

(The Exchange) =RUETS HONKE= (PART 2): CLICK


(The Exchange) Sirum paints Ruets' sketch: CLICK

(The Exchange) Poet painting Askew's sketches: CLICK

Merda has a webstore.

Check it here: http://blog.imerda.com/products-page/

Sam's story - as told by Tues.

"A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to head over to Perth to meet and paint with a remarkable young bloke by the name of Sam.

Sam's mate Corey had told me Sam's story and had invited me over. Not long after touching down I found the pair of larrikins hanging out at the train station where we were supplied with a wall to paint. After a few introductions we hooked into the wall, deciding to use blues for the pieces and a stencil type background featuring the relevant tags. The wall turned out pretty cool and everyone was happy with the final product.

You wouldn't know it to meet the guy, however, a few months prior to this weekend Sam had been diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer and had only been given months to live. I had somewhat prepared myself mentally for meeting Sam as this was something I struggled to come to terms with, I simply couldn't imagine how too deal with this at any age, let alone 16.

What I wasn't prepared for was Sam's completely selfless nature and awesome attitude to life. I cant thank you enough mate. It was so inspiring to meet a guy faced with such odds and to have him be so completely cool and confident. We got the opportunity to hang out again the following day and we painted an alleyway in town with the guys from The Butcher Shop, another great day was had and another wall completed.

On the Sunday the Ironlak BBQ Burners Perth was about to kick off so we invited Sam and Corey to come along and have a paint. Sam almost didn't make it because he was feeling ill, but showed up in true trooper fashion and got the job done. A special thanks also to Sam’s mum for the lift to the airport, you have a beautiful family.

So Sam I just wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to hang out and 'til next time we rock a wall, whatever dimension that may be, peace mate.

-Tues."

Some photos:

Sam (Fust) and Tues getting into their pieces (Rockingham).


(Rockingham)


Corey, Tues and Sam chillin' after a hard days work (Rockingham).


Fust, sketch by Vans painted by Sam (Rockingham) Click for a blow up


Seno (Rockingham) Click for a blow up


(Williams Lane)


The Fust sketch that Vans did for Sam (Williams Lane).


Corey gets one done (Williams Lane).


(Williams Lane)


Sam and Tues workin' on it (BBQ Burners Perth).


(BBQ Burners Perth)

The family at Ironlak would like to send massive amounts of love to Sam and his family. Stay gold!

Thanks to Corey for reaching out, the crew at The Butcher Shop for getting things sorted and to Nicole for providing some of the above photographs.


Fust, by Tues (Brisbane). Click for a blow up.

LIMITED EDITION ASKEW PRINTS.

ASKEW Silk Screened 2 colour print.
Askew of TMD crew one of New Zealand’s top cats in the Graff game has just released brand new prints. Hit him up if you want one. They are A3, 2 colour, good stock etc and limited to a run of 50. Silk screened at his studio. They are $60 NZD, which is by today's exchange rate $48 AUD, $38 USD, 27 Euro and 22 pounds! That includes postage!

More info: http://askew1.com/

Introducing: MR. WANY - Ironlak Team Europe

We are pleased to announce the addition of Mr Wany from Heavy Artillery crew to our European Ironlak Team.

Hailing from Italy, and rocking everything fresh from characters to letters; Wany is the perfect person to round out the European team which now consists of five members.

To see more of Wany's work visit his profile on ironlak.com - here: http://www.ironlak.com/wany.html




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Today KNOWN GALLERY x IRONLAK x THE 7th DAY PROJECT

Via Known Gallery: "We are pleased to announce our alliance with IRONLAK paint company. After a short hiatus and skipping a couple months, THE SEVENTH DAY PROJECT is coming back in full force with all new content, artists, music and locations from all around the world."

BANOS Limited Edition Artist Series.

We are pleased to announce the newest addition to our Limited Edition Artist Series; "Banos Asbestos" - Out now in Australia. USA and Europe soon.
*Please note that the actual can in shops has a donut, we didn't have donuts available at time of photographing.

GO FONT UR SELF #2 - Melbourne.

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KINGS WAY - The Beginnings of Australian Graffiti.

This new book from Melbourne is one of the most exciting publishing projects to come out of Australia, period.

Cop this when it comes out, it's sure to be a must have.



Sample spreads:


See more at the KINGS WAY blog here: http://kingswaybook.blogspot.com

BIG CITY FREAKS 2009

Sydney. (Via: BCF's blog.)