Riding Nature

Artist — Mr Plant – Christophe Guinet
Project — Riding Nature 
Role — Art Direction
Plant — Various bark
Date — Jan 2015

Monsieur Plant uses tree bark in the making of natural skateboard.

Mr. Plant has used the bark of a tree for the skateboard’s deck
Following his project ‘just grow it‘, where he used botanical materials to craft sneaker-shaped vegetable and plant-based sculptures, parisian artist christophe guinet has appropriated his fascination with the outdoor world for ‘natural skateboarding’.

Mr. Plant has used the bark of a tree for the skateboard’s deck.
Uniting organic and urban in a single piece. wheels are mounted onto the base as they would in a functional cruiser, revealing the beauty of nature through everyday and cult objects. additionally, his ‘care to minimize the harmful impact on the environment is in contrast to the escalation of consumerism and the race to keep producing objects which are ever newer and more technical’, he states.

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