glide lines

working hard

2011-02-22T10:10:00.002-05:00

70´s time piece

2011-02-22T05:37:00.006-05:00

Saturday farmer´s market

2011-02-21T12:02:00.004-05:00

Vintage modern

2011-02-21T04:30:00.012-05:00

This mid 60´s vintage modern dwelling survived, almost pristine for the past few decades...

The typology is still accurate, it was based on a form-follows-necessities principle. Exemplar construction and neat details as the handmade carpentry and manufactured in Portugal hardware and fixtures… and so on.

You´ll be surprised by the availability of new old stock period correct replacements for any restoration project.

I would say, why don’t you use it?! :)

a few from vacations

2010-09-06T04:37:00.003-05:00

weekend with Gramma

2010-08-09T05:16:00.003-05:00

2010-08-02T08:49:00.002-05:00

2010-07-28T02:36:00.001-05:00

Interesting Artifacts found at the jobsite

2010-07-12T11:35:00.002-05:00

Tejo

2010-07-12T03:28:00.002-05:00

panorama 01

2010-07-09T10:47:00.002-05:00

Bairro Alto

2010-07-05T09:03:00.003-05:00

brothers

2010-07-02T10:05:00.002-05:00

big hole

2010-07-01T04:36:00.002-05:00

notes

2010-06-29T09:35:00.001-05:00

Praia → Beach

2010-06-29T05:34:00.003-05:00

2010-06-29T02:30:00.000-05:00

Please don't make fun...

2010-06-28T11:15:00.004-05:00

I am teaching myself how to play the guitar,I have built my own amplifier... this is all I can do so far... be advised to keep the volume low... :P

olhão

2010-06-21T06:57:00.004-05:00

new photoblog

2010-06-21T06:56:00.000-05:00

like magazine cutouts inside a collection box, in this blog you will find a collection of unpretentious, funtional and livable spaces humanized by people...

Beach and family

2010-06-21T05:58:00.003-05:00

Family weekend

2010-06-21T05:47:00.007-05:00

close up

2010-06-08T03:54:00.001-05:00

New "office" shack

2010-06-07T10:22:00.006-05:00

Relearning how to surf

2010-06-07T05:30:00.005-05:00

I have stoped surfing on a regular basis for more than one Year. Some say that surfing is like riding a bicycle... obviously this does not apply to all.

7:00 am, 1st surf check.

7:30 am, 2nd surf check

up and down every week

2010-05-31T09:46:00.010-05:00

I still keep the favorite #1, it goes with me everywere!

working at full steam

2010-05-27T06:15:00.000-05:00

New job in progress

2010-05-27T05:32:00.006-05:00

the only constant is change

2010-05-23T11:46:00.005-05:00

Hello, it is interesting to see how things change in life. Nothing is permanent except change, the only constant is change. You cannot step twice into the same river... maybe you can, say what East River?!!

All my best!

Back to the roots

2010-02-16T12:55:00.013-05:00

I have been away for while due to this transition process from New York to Lisbon. In fact I am already missing Brooklyn and Queens.

I consider myself lucky, living in this environment changed my approach to architecture, it made search for old structures and buildings character, understand it and make them reusable for today's living instead dropping in a soulless design obsessions.

Under this line of thought, we're looking for a encaustic pavement tile that could fit a particular building.

After searching we have found an artisan who still makes the original traditional hydraulic tiles made one by one in a total artisanal process.

Mr. Lúcio Zagalo makes these tiles since we was child, he owns a small shop where we collects thousands of traditional, vintage and customs molds.

The process is simple yet fascinating, The first step is the fabrication of a hand-crafted pattern pattern grid has different sections to separate the different pigments.

This pattern grid is placed into a mold framework that defines the tile shape, the most comon is the square and hexagonal.

The frame is now ready to receive the first layer made of marble dust and oxides to create the desired color.

A mixture of cement dust is applied to dehydrate the pigment, the pattern mold is carefully removed and the frame is filled with of sand and cement. Now it's ready to be pressed with a hydraulic press.

To finish, tiles are removed from the frame, placed in a rack and dropped into water tank necessary for the chemical change that will trasform the mixture in hard concrete.

The End of the New York City Chapter

2009-10-23T15:15:00.014-05:00

Not bad, hum?!

2009-10-17T14:40:00.005-05:00

This clip was recorded with a crappy digial camera. Played with a 97 Gibson Studio double cutway straigh in. Needless to say that video sound doesn't do amp justice.

Tweed Deluxe Replica

2009-09-26T12:08:00.024-05:00

I have been away for a while. I went deep in my last project where I hand wired from scratch a replica of a historical 50's vacuum tube vintage guitar amplifier, Fender Tweed Deluxe.

The tweed covered pine cabinet and the speaker are exact replicas of the originals. They're hand made by Weber VST. I have spent some time chasing some of the old stock parts like the 60 years old tubes and resistors in order to recreate the typical sound and mojo.

If you wonder how it sounds. Try to think of Neil Young's tone in "Devil's sidewalk" or Eric Clapton playing "cocaine". I am thrilled with this time machine... golden tone and creamy distortion galore!

It's almost like building your own surfboard!

Hurricane Bill

2009-08-28T12:17:00.009-05:00

I hope you have enjoyed this swell like I did!

Urban archaeology

2009-07-22T12:51:00.007-05:00

Artifacts from the mid XX Century forgotten on a school attic. Pretty like the Horseshoe crab these guitar has change very little since they first appear.

Horseshoe crab - Limulus polyphemus

2009-07-13T08:37:00.005-05:00

Yesterday, I steeped on this harmless spiked hard-shell invertebrate. they live in warm, shallow coastal waters on the sea floor. It is actually more closely related to arachnids than crabs.

I got a 2" cut on my right foot, but you have to love this animals. Horseshoe Crabs are around for 500 million years, and has changed very little since.

Family fun - episodes of a suburban life

2009-07-13T08:04:00.004-05:00

Friday surf'fering - episodes of a suburban life

2009-07-10T18:24:00.009-05:00

What is wrong about enjoying a sunny morning at the beach with your son, may you think. So, look at right hand side of Chiquito head in last photo... Ha!
Just kidding of course, waves weren't that good... :D

Friday happiness - episodes of a suburban life

2009-07-10T18:19:00.005-05:00

Perfect example of what is an hectic day in the country, food garden is pumping. Lettuces is ready for dinner table. Green beans grow really fast too... I swear that I see them growing while I drink a beer!

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simple living, less is more

2009-05-10T21:25:00.008-05:00

Plant food, eat, surf, eat, sleep... and so on!

for Japan

2009-05-10T21:09:00.005-05:00

for André

2009-05-01T17:41:00.001-05:00

number 1 and number 2

2009-04-19T19:08:00.006-05:00

http://www.glide-lines-galeria.com/

glide lines t-shirts have arrived!!

2009-04-18T08:14:00.025-05:00

After receive many kind words from family and friends, I’ve decided to make limited editions of screen printed tees with some of my favorite drawings to anyone who may be interested.

I've selected 100% Fine Jersey cotton short sleeve t-shirts featuring a smooth and long lasting fabric with great screen print results.

The t-shirts are manufactured in the usa and hand screen printed by local company based in Brooklyn, nyc.

edition 01 and 02

Take look here. I'm glad with the result. They look fantastic!

in progress

2009-04-03T21:08:00.001-05:00

1-Get some inspiration first...

2-Then pass it to paper...

New header for the Fish brotherhood blog

2009-03-24T20:41:00.005-05:00

New header especially for my brother and I blog, fish brotherhood.
"Felt pen on tracing paper"

Revisiting Glide Lines

2009-03-23T22:58:00.001-05:00

Finally, the first edition of t-shirts with my waves hand sketches are ready to be screen printed. I'll post photos.

My son's turned 1 year old Today

2009-03-22T08:46:00.002-05:00

I have created this toy as a first Year old present and I named it "Panchito". We have the feeling they'll be good friends.

I hope that he will enjoy it as much as I enjoeyd building it.

The best picture I have seen in a while

2009-03-20T16:53:00.003-05:00

This is a post only a wave slider can understand. I've found it at gothic dolphins blog.

One more

2009-03-05T01:15:00.005-05:00

Diode expression session

2009-03-03T00:04:00.008-05:00

Lately, I became very interest in guitar playing related vintage electronics. Like tube amps, DIY effect pedals, mods and so on.

Despite the lack of any knowledge about electronics. I attempted to modify my overdrive pedal. Experts say that this mod add some interesting harmonics and some say "tube like clipping".

Recipe:
Solder Iron,
Rosin core solder
1 Diode 1N4003 soldered across outside legs of drive pot
I've added a switch to bypass the mod.

Et Voila'! I don't have to crank up the volume anymore to get the sound I like. Spouse objection factor to guitar practicing will remain low.

British pop approved

2009-02-06T14:22:00.001-05:00

Today is the Day - Yo La Tengo

2009-02-02T11:54:00.002-05:00

5 seconds of stoke

2009-01-28T16:09:00.009-05:00

Believe it or not, the year starts with some Aloha in the White House... Even If this is not enough to keep my mind stoked...

I showed up among Alex Knost, Dan Malloy, Joe Curren, Tyler Warren and other fellow surfers on Mandala website... imho, this is far way better than to get qualified in the WQS top ten.
Haha vvvvvery Nice!

Proud Papa!

2009-01-25T18:06:00.005-05:00

We manage to astound-chock all family with this demonstration...

Happy Birthday to Daniel from the N train

2009-01-14T17:08:00.001-05:00

Water experiments - I

2009-01-12T17:35:00.007-05:00

Thoughts of the day. I read somewhere that is wise if you learn how to swim before you learn how to surf ...This dude is going to know how to do it before he starts walking.

drawing by Lee Robertson

Bring it on!

2008-12-21T22:49:00.003-05:00

I thought that the though part was gone... but it's still yet to come! Haha!

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all... YO!

photo stolen from mama's album

Office Christmas picture

2008-12-12T15:50:00.007-05:00

Just moved to a insane Italian architects office in NYC. Espresso machine pumping at full steam, music cranked out loud and super cool Christmas office pictures.

American Dream

2008-12-06T18:25:00.004-05:00

Post lunch blury moments

2008-12-04T22:08:00.002-05:00

I've quit surfing... tube warmth or cold off shore?

2008-11-10T10:18:00.007-05:00

Ha ha, Just kidding! Who knows me, knows that will not going to happen. In any case where's a few photos of my latest passion.

Lucky are the ones that can see the beauty of this vintage tube amps... clean tube warmth is always better than the frizzing water and chilly offshore winds anyway...

hitchhiking back home

2008-10-28T20:45:00.007-05:00

A friend sent me this... Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, hitching, autostop or thumbing up a ride) might be a good means of transportation for the surfer below.

New York details

2008-10-20T19:14:00.009-05:00

Golden, Red and Green.

This shit is gonna do a lot of noise!

2008-10-19T16:37:00.009-05:00

Lisboa is pink

2008-10-07T10:29:00.005-05:00

photos hijacked from www.lx-projectos.blogspot.com

Radical Playmobil

2008-09-17T08:41:00.002-05:00

A friend discovered this tittle video somewhere, I think it's very well done...

Moment of the day

2008-09-11T15:31:00.004-05:00

drawing by Lee Robertson

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

2008-09-10T16:47:00.004-05:00

Very nice Labor Day

2008-09-02T10:01:00.008-05:00

Happy birthday manos~fish

2008-08-20T17:09:00.007-05:00

My brother and I surfing blog just made it's 1st anniversary. We're pretty happy to see that almost 50.000 people from 90 different countries and from 3047 different cities visited our blog.

The Fish Brotherhood blog acts like a interface with other surfers, artists and artisans for sharing of interests in the none mainstream surf culture. We promise that we'll keep posting every-time we get inspired.

Please take a lookkkkk Manos~~fish

So funny!

2008-08-17T07:08:00.002-05:00

mama + Francisco at the office

2008-08-14T13:33:00.010-05:00

Studding drawings...
coming up to new solutions...making new Italian friends...

Berthinha r.i.p.

2008-07-25T14:28:00.008-05:00

Sorry for the lacks of post. it Is looking like this blog was abandoned. The fact is that the first Hurricane of the Season, Bertha was drifting around the Atlantic for 2 weeks, nothing Epic but sent us fun waves almost everyday.

Bertha's intensity has fluctuated from a Category 3 to Category 2, resuscitating several times. Everybody got waves, even my folks in Portugal got a West Swell before Bertha finally dissipated in the North Atlantic.

Hurricane Season is busy, blog is closed temporally... It's tricky Living in New York City and be able to surf, I have to get out of the bed at 4:30 AM, drive 20mi. to the shorey and get back to work at 8:00AM. It feels like a Jet-Lag hahaha.

Stoked!

Francisco learning how to count

2008-06-04T13:43:00.003-05:00

One fin, twin fin, ???!, quad fin...

the art of Jim Denevan

2008-06-04T11:08:00.001-05:00

http://www.jimdenevan.com/

don't miss it!

2008-05-26T14:48:00.005-05:00

Cutbreak next week in New York City, 3 film directors and 3 photographers collective exhibition curated by Everard Findlay featuring Joe Curren, Chris Gentile, Martyn Thompson, Richard Kenvin, Jackob Dashek and Britton Caillouette.

the rule of thumb

2008-05-03T16:16:00.008-05:00

All fishkeepers should know the general aquarium rule of thumb, 1 inch of fish per gallon, ... this dude's car is deffinetely overstocked with NY Fish Fry's schoal. This particular specie tends to like to be in groups.

aquatic landscape art

2008-04-28T17:19:00.000-05:00

Takashi Amano is a photographer, designer and aquarist created the Japanese company "Aqua Design Amano." Amano, one of the most influential people in the aquascaping scheme can be credited with introducing many new concepts including the Wabi-sabi*1 and the Zen rock arrangement.

His aquarium composes of a balance between aquatic plants, river rocks and driftwood. The aquascapes that he creates are usually very familiar since they mirror nature in it's appearance. Some even regard his work as a form of art.

The concept of Wabi Sabimpermanent and incomplete. It also applies to the beauty of things modest and humble. Represents the traditional Japanese view of the world and sense of beauty deeply rooted in Zen Buddhism. It is a beauty of things imperfect.

freedom of speech

2008-04-25T09:24:00.008-05:00

The Carnation Revolution "Revolução dos Cravos"

A peaceful revolution of militars with flowers on they're guns had return freedom of speech to the people 33 years ago.

The place I call home

2008-04-17T13:56:00.011-05:00

My path as an aquariophile had allowed me to approach life in a different way. What I have observed makes me more sensitive to the effects that environment have on live organisms. Everything is susceptible to several factors that can range from light spectrum, to landscape and for humans the cultural atmosphere.

3 years in a foreign land made me experience these facts in person. During my acclimatation period (well… I think I’m still in that process), I noticed the effect of lacking, direct sunlight due to local Seasons, pollution or just because I live in a big city such as New York.

Some people call it “Seasonal affective disorder or SAD,” also known as winter depression, or seasonal mood disorder. Especially if I spend more than a few days without a dip into the Sea… all is clear with a nice surf day or a nap in the park.

Second thing is that everything seems flat, since I was raised near the sea and mountains. I’ve always experience different types of field deepness and perspectives. The limited deep of field that we see from our very windows annoys me.

In conclusion, allowing me a stupid comparison, when you dive you have to reach the surface to have a gasp of fresh air. I need to do a few things on a regular basis that replicates my ecosystem in this foreign land. Making me remember that the only place I can call home is the one we had growing up, the place that saw me become what I am as an individual today.

This is the place where I my life go around. It’s always present and nothing can be left outside, everything counts, sunlight, family, friends and other people, smells, castle and stone sidewalks, plants and birds, the reef I use to dive when child, jump dive contests with other kids, the rides on the fisherman’s boat … and the Sea.

photos courtsey of Nuno Soromenho

I can't see nothing else!

2008-04-14T14:58:00.002-05:00

Sorry dudes, I can't avoid the spam. Suddenly, the center of my universe has changed a little bit... and I found other ways to have fun.

Mama is alright!

2008-04-02T09:18:00.001-05:00

❋Day 2, dims

2008-03-31T21:57:00.009-05:00

20 1/2"x7,7pounds - 52cmx3,5Kg, everything went very well we're all happy...

❋First Breath of a new life

2008-03-30T21:41:00.007-05:00

❋ Nesting Instinct

2008-03-26T17:35:00.006-05:00

Just like birds, it seems like we have this primal instinct. Beta wants to wash and ironing anything in her path and I feel an unusual burst of energy that makes me climb walls and furniture equipped with a Vacuum cleaner on my back sucking any particle sitting on the most unbelievable places, patching holes and caulking gaps in baseboards, doors and windows.

Some of few strange things I found myself doing:

-Vacuum cleaned: top/under furniture, picture moldings, pendants, door tops, drawers, shoes, radiators... basically entire house
-Moved out refrigerator and stove and scrubbed hole kitchen floor with bleach... also bathroom went to a sterilization process
-Caulked gaps between baseboard and floor and window casings

The "nesting" instinct brings this unique and irrational behaviors. "About to be parents" feel an uncontrollable urge to clean one's house brought on by a desire to prepare a nest for the new baby.

❋ keep complaining...

2008-02-23T19:49:00.012-05:00

Photos by Elisabete Duarte

❋ The Fish Brotherhood by Monsieur Barrel

2008-02-14T16:07:00.007-05:00

Alexandre from Barrel Surfboard had post on his blog of this two new shapes. One 5'10" x20"3/4 and a 7'0" x 19"1/2. He named the post "Fish Brotherhood" in a reference to our blog.

Actually, the boards have a good correspondence to the reality. If you see a picture of my bro and me you’ll understand.

My bro is like the 7’0’’ slenderized and tall and I’m more like the 5’10’’ short and wide with some good floatation... same parents though!

Couldn’t be more accurate.

❋It's all set

2008-01-30T22:06:00.001-05:00

Everything is ready for the big arrival...

❋Ondas Sonoras

2008-01-22T22:38:00.000-05:00

RL Burnside...making waves in the Mississippi River.

❋Ether

2008-01-08T22:49:00.001-05:00

above, hardbound screenprinted cover details

Ether it's a 12''x12'' 252 page limited edition book. It's a collection of AK's work over 20 years including photografhy, writing, art works and fascinating interviews with surfers and craftsman.

The book came signed with the #138 and a 10'' unreleased vinyl record, definitly a collector's item, as Kidman says, he doesn't like a mass production of anything, so he decided to make a a limited number of 1050 books and make them collectible, and worth full of meaning to people.

I see Ether as a window to the surf essence Universe and surf culture
an impressive surf Document by Andrew Kidman eyes.

Considering the wrong direction that world surfing industry gave to surf. The project deserves to be supported, I believe that a work like Ether returns surf culture to surfers.

above, every copy is numbered and signed by the author

❋Noguchi and Pavel

2008-01-06T23:37:00.001-05:00

We discovered almost by accident the Isamu Noguchi Museum in Queens next our home.

"Created by Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), The Noguchi Museum opened in 1985, presenting a comprehensive collection of the artist's works in stone, metal, wood, and clay, as well as models for public projects and gardens, dance sets, and Akari Light Sculptures. The Museum--chartered as The Noguchi Museum--is housed in thirteen galleries within a converted factory building and encircles a garden containing major granite and basalt sculptures."

Noguchi is known by is esculptures and admiration for Nature. The Museum is very interesting not only for the sculptures but also for the building itself. It's dificult to understand where the interior ends and the exterior starts, which creates a very intersting path.

In the garden, there are many different esculptures by Noguchi made out of stone, wood and metal, as you walk along the path, you see several small ones sitting on the floor holding water sitting in between plants and trees both American and Japanese.

Speaking in sculptutres,

Latter in the day Elisabete calls to Mollusk looking for me and saves me to commit another craziness.... just kidding. It's was so fun:

The telephone rings and Chris answers:

Molluuuuusk!
...
Nuno?!
...
Yes, he's right here
...
Are you in labor???
...
Uff, thanks God!
Hey Nuno, that's your wife looking for you, she's worried.
It's time to go home dinner is getting cold.

This speed-dialer Choice 5'8'' masterminded by Rich Pavel, usually 24 Months of wait, is sitting duck at the shop up for grabs.

It's different from everything I have seen, so refined. Sweet rocker out the nose, vee into single into double concave with a pronounced vee in between the fins... a temptation.

❋no more surfboards until baby's 1st anniversary

2007-12-28T23:05:00.000-05:00

I am so stoked that I can't keep it to myself..., hopefully my wifey will not get mad at me for another one, she's sooo sweeeet and likes surfboards. Right Betinha?!

Thanks Mani, the shape is looking very good and will surf even better. You're the best dude!

❋sem titulo 2

2007-12-23T13:48:00.000-05:00

❋sem titulo 1

2007-12-23T11:08:00.000-05:00

❋sem titulo

2007-12-23T10:19:00.000-05:00

❋"A glimpse of things to come..."

2007-12-21T10:58:00.001-05:00

The artist and surfer Tyler Warren Experiments is to be released Summer 2009, the preview looks very promising...

Culture, art, experimentation of alternative designs combined with nice music and good photography from John Smart viewfinder.

Article featuring Tyler at Surf Magazine Blog by J.P.

❋ My charming Wife+Son

2007-12-10T17:26:00.001-05:00

❋ Just a Sneak Peek

2007-12-10T11:14:00.001-05:00

Merry Christmas to you all!
Peace

❋ The Shop

2007-12-09T11:14:00.001-05:00

I did this one as a gift for the surfshop at the corner… actually, it’s more than just a shop…. Stop by one of these days and see for yourself…
photo kindly stolen from their blog
Mollusk
210 Kent Ave
Brooklyn
NY 11211
718-218-7456
L to Bedford