The combination of a worldwide sports craze with Mumbai's traditional craftsmanship, and under the supervision of German curator Tobias Megerle, a dozen of Mahim woodcarvers produced their own take on the traditional skateboard. The project -- Final Cut -- will be showcased at THE LOFT at Lower Parel.
Megerle is a skateboard enthusiast who has been seeking a new and revolutionary skateboard design that could propel forth a whole new culture. After searching the world, he finally found his inspiration in the Mahim neighborhood of Mumbai, India.
“The first time I drove past, I was magically attracted to the carved wooden objects in Mahim — all the open workshops, the woodcarvers sitting on the floor with their traditional tools, working on their items, the whole atmosphere,” he said.
Inspired by what he saw, Megerle started visiting the woodcarver shops and learning more about their craft and decided to enlist 12 of the woodcarvers to combine their traditional art with “the good old skateboard,” a concept that was quite new to many of them.
After working weeks and months, the woodcarvers have finally managed to construct fully fictional skateboards that are elegant and imaginative, but also usable.
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