In the Lab With St!zo
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By Oscar Castillo aka Wreckinkickz
Kicks and Art have always blended together and many artists have used sneakers as a canvas to express themselves or maybe enhance the image of the shoe dedicating hours of work into the pairs and revealing the artistic view.
In Chicago, Sneaker Files Hooked up with St!zo from A.Okay Official and Gurelea arts crew, for an inside look at one of the first boutiques that provides custom sneakers for purchase made by the man himself.
Read the rest after the jump!
St!zo, A DJ/Artist/Web Designer/One of the first Prophets of Jesus/Producer/ Lyricist and A shoe customizer that can customize anything from Dunks to Champion Wal-Mart shoes giving the consumer a true 1 of 1’s limited edition pair.
I Interviewed St!zo on his start of customizing shoes:
I started 2 years ago and I’m an artist outside of the shoe game with graphic design and art direction and I wanted a new canvas to display my artwork and one of my friends who’s a big sneaker head gave me some shoes to customize and I posted them on a bunch of message boards and I got a lot of love and with that decided to make something of it and make more. Now there’s people showing love all over the world and even got some dude from new Zealand who I am customizing shoes for. I’ve also created my own lace locks with my logo on them so you definitely want to check that out.
Style:
Other Customizers that I respect have distinct styles. I like to combine all the fields and I just generate what ever comes to mind so you really don’t know what can come out of the lab. Also, since I’m doing it out of a store it seems more legit and people that come in and purchase get a certificate of authenticity.
Keep a look out for Gurelea Arts.
This year, A.Okay Official and St!zo are going to be holding workshops for people that want to learn the process of customizing shoes.
-Oscar Castillo Aka Wreckinkickz
For questions or more of St!zo’s peep:
Myspace.com/djstizo
Myspace.com/aokayofficial
A.Okay Official
Located at 3270 N. Clark Street,
Chicago, IL 60657 One Block North of Belmont Avenue
GENKI said
am February 2 2008 @ 4:56 am
NICE~!!
Chedda said
am February 2 2008 @ 5:11 am
Represent! Represent! Chi-City! I can dig it.
airJ said
am February 2 2008 @ 5:16 am
ooooooooooo look i got first comment. look how cool i am. look at this ramrod in my ass. luv the hello kitty. great for a she-man, he-she, cockgina, HAAAAAAY
mustonparry said
am February 2 2008 @ 7:35 am
make that 4th…..very impressive. Impressive work tho, respect to the man is due.
D Herv said
am February 2 2008 @ 9:31 am
im really diggin some of those kickz
h,dap brown said
am February 2 2008 @ 11:00 am
i got some thunder cat blue tan and orange Dunks with lion-o on the side and the thunder cat sign on the tongue .sike
JORDAN_CRAZY said
am February 2 2008 @ 12:16 pm
I’LIKE THOZ AIR FORCE’S “MEXICO” VIVA….. REAL DOPE!!!
realer than you said
am February 2 2008 @ 12:19 pm
^those would be dope
TorontoComeUp said
am February 2 2008 @ 12:22 pm
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, THAT NIGHT CRAWLER ONE IS TOO NICE, and even tho i wouldnt wear it, but the hello kitty one was made NICELY, with the shoelaces too, but my favorite is the nightmare before christmas, nice art work
ST!ZO said
am February 2 2008 @ 1:02 pm
Thanks Oscar & Sneakerfiles for the shine. For those interested, hit me on myspace and we’ll get it poppin’!
hella tight js said
am February 2 2008 @ 1:03 pm
guitar hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone is PHLI said
am February 2 2008 @ 2:24 pm
Air J is probably 12 year old kid that is at high risk for rape by a black man.
anyway, Nice stuff St!zo very very dope!
DEezNutz23 said
am February 2 2008 @ 3:19 pm
fuk that nigga who said fuk Mexico…u lame ass nigga fukin koon cotton pickin muthafuka….nuf said
back 2 the kicks the Mexico’s pretty fresh and those nightcrawler’s fukin fire…fuk haterz
i stay fresh said
am February 2 2008 @ 3:21 pm
them nightcrawler dunks and the dunks w/the nightmare b4 christmas people on em was straight heat, as were all the others
23 said
am February 2 2008 @ 4:19 pm
This guy is definitly good… on the other hand hello kitty sucks.. the guitar heros are gay although put together well.. and the last ones are fire!!
pk said
am February 2 2008 @ 4:58 pm
The AF1 with robotics and the puma with the monkeys on it are both fire, and the last dunks nice!
spencer said
am February 2 2008 @ 5:33 pm
i love the mexican af1’s
TechNutt said
am February 2 2008 @ 6:48 pm
Nice talent…..that’s for sure. Not feelin really any of them, but you can tell homeboy defiinitely got some skillz.
carlos said
am February 2 2008 @ 9:31 pm
yo man them sneakers are looking nice.
wonder if i could get a pink and black 1
for me
u know valentine in coming up
i wanna be frsh.
do you think you can hook me up.
carlos said
am February 2 2008 @ 9:32 pm
with the pink laces.pink on both side.
and black all over.
hey thanks man.
carlos said
am February 2 2008 @ 9:35 pm
if u wanna holla at me.you can find me at
myspace.
my email is
big_dick@yahoo.com
kool.
Rob528 said
am February 2 2008 @ 10:49 pm
yo,I’m not feelin those hello kitty dunks but my daughter might…nice artwork though.
Gregor Campbell said
am February 3 2008 @ 4:03 pm
Sweet work….I already had this site on my fav’s so its great to see someone I know get some serious dopeness posted. Keep up the hard graft….
AirJ said
am February 3 2008 @ 11:58 pm
Could i drink PHLI’s sisters period juice?
B. Easy said
am February 4 2008 @ 12:40 am
Fresh Shit!!! def get your customs thru the homie!!!
Riddle said
am February 4 2008 @ 3:08 am
dude i like your nightmare before christmas shit, that’s wicked. think you could make one with a different yellowy colour, or just have the coloured parts left white? maybe without the speckle on the sole too?
airJ said
am February 4 2008 @ 9:04 am
i love period juice. can i have some. you must love the taste of it PHLI. id rather have cock tho. but lets see what all this excitement is about. shhhhh everyone. PHLI is going to suck the period straight from his sisters mangina, i want to hear him slurp! it butters my muffins.
SoleSurvivor said
am February 4 2008 @ 8:58 pm
we should kill people like AirJ just for havin no life. but nice art work ST!ZO
Dominant 1 said
am February 4 2008 @ 9:21 pm
LOL @ these people…good shit St!zo
Krackin nkka said
am February 4 2008 @ 9:22 pm
NICE!!!
SOLE proprietyer said
am February 4 2008 @ 9:26 pm
LOL i slept on this post..you people are all uneducated thirdworld monkeys’
Stuff is hot man!
Jesus said
am February 4 2008 @ 9:29 pm
Nightcrawluh…nuff said shit is definitley dope
Engalize said
am February 4 2008 @ 9:30 pm
DAMN! RAW as hell man!
PEETAH GRIFFANZ said
am February 4 2008 @ 9:31 pm
Hella raw.
dede chrySt said
am February 8 2008 @ 4:41 am
Good sneakers Bro,
I’m very interest see them….
hehehehehe.,.,.,.
slut ass whore said
am February 28 2008 @ 8:00 am
im a bitch i wanna swallow some nut
alice young said
am February 28 2008 @ 2:40 pm
All of your sneakers are hot keep doing what your doing.
Nicolette said
am February 29 2008 @ 1:40 am
UGH! im sooo in love, i almost had a stroke when i seen the hellokitty!
(:
how do i get me someeee?!!
anthony said
am March 5 2008 @ 3:33 pm
i want u to make me a pair what up
chinita said
am March 14 2008 @ 11:24 am
where can i get them frm..
TATyANA. said
am March 18 2008 @ 11:39 am
yO them hellO kitty dunks is [pOppin]!!
[[hes madd talented]]
MarGie said
am March 19 2008 @ 8:55 pm
Yo Hes Mad Sick with it!!
H3ll0KiTTy iz Hardbody fire
Mad Dope
((Buh Damn why you gotta be in Chicago!))
=D
maud said
am March 25 2008 @ 1:45 pm
how much are those hello kitty nike??
i like them a lot!
XX
chantalle said
am May 7 2008 @ 8:27 pm
i really want a [air of those hello kitty shoes! they are amazing! where can i order them?
Krysi said
am May 14 2008 @ 3:59 pm
Dude your work is outstanding, my work is not worthy compared to yours. But seriously you need to bring it over here to the uk coz, i really want those hello kitty ones, actually all of them. Plus i jus wanted to knw where do you sell them, keep in mind in live in England.
Wen ur nt in your lab plz hit me up, coz i am a serious sneaker freaker, and really wnt a pair.
Axel Steel said
am May 21 2008 @ 1:06 pm
The guy is ok but he doenst compare to my cousin who is world reknown don chepe el guarache sudado this mofo is of the hook.
alexi said
am May 28 2008 @ 3:44 pm
them hello kitty shoes are fly damn you think st!zo could hook a sistah up
Yami said
am July 28 2008 @ 8:20 pm
where can i get the hellokitty dunks at??..
i really want them..