Pictures of the day! Here are some pictures and some tattoo work I try to capture on the daily…

Cukui’s 1st art show, Chomp! Special shout out to the Humble Beginnings crew (San Jose, CA). Pictures via Tobias (Tobiastattoo.com). Enjoy!

We’re ending the year with our Winter 2010 Collection. Unleashing a heavy dose of graphic tees and outerwear. The collection will be available in store and online in the next upcoming weeks. Check out the pictures below.

Special thanks to JRG Photography and Red the Barber…

This past Friday, Cukui had its first official videoshoot with Werehaus, a new media production based out of San Francisco lead by two brothers Austin and Brian Chu. We took instant notice by their impressive online portfolio and with a few exchanges of emails and then phone calls, we were already brainstorming ideas over Thai iced teas and yellow curry along University Ave.

One month later, Werehaus began to film at Humble Beginnings Tattoo Shop in San Jose getting footage of the boys hanging out at the shop and doing some ink work. Despite the rain, we then took a cruise around the neighborhood with the wife’s ’51 Chevy truck, Bubbles. Lastly, we headed over to Cukui to get scenes of the store and to get some commentary from Orly: “This was the stressful part..the dreaded interview,… i was so mentally drained that my verbal skills were nill, so i asked them to leave me with the mic and let me record on my own. It was sort of a therapy session, telling the loves and stresses of owning a retail store.”

Much thanks to the Werehaus Crew for hooking it up! We’re definitely excited about the video and can’t wait to share it with the Cukui fam.

Trailer coming soon, folks!

For more info about Werehaus: www.thewerehaus.com

This week’s Silicon Valley Metro featured the 25th Best of Silicon Valley 2010. They picked Orly and Sammy to do the illustration. Orly hooked it up with a nice tribal shark to rep the south bay, and Sammy sprinkled in some characters, and local iconic spots. Read more on Metro News site…

Store of the day! Pike Street, Fremont, Lo Fi, Chinatown and Circle of fire..The things you think of when you visit Seattle, Washington. Today we are visiting our good friends at GOODS. Clean, minimalist approach to streetwear. Make sure to stop by and say hello.

Sharing a bowl of kava cements friendships and settles unrest. It is a sign of welcome and peace. After a long day of tattooing, my wifey and i drove to Martinez to hang out with some friends from Hawaii. J-Boog, Skew from Wash House, and Aisea from Soul Signature Tattoo and some fam and friends came out to support Ata before the start of his traditional Tongan pe'a tattoo.

Photoshoot for the Fall/Winter Collection. Special thanks to Luis at Hypebeast, Ferrer, Rey Res, Marcus, Nima, James McCloud, Deejae. Stay in tuned for more to come!

Two days before opening. It was a very stress filled day, we had a plumbing problem, so we swapped out the toilet for a new one, last minute touch ups, painting the whole shop, make sure all the inventory was logged in on the computer…set up the back so it will be easier to find items, and make a last minute run of shirts for the opening…There was much more but I think I just blocked it out.

The turnout was memorable, 450 plus people came out and showed their love. We had adoboman out there giving out sliders and tacos, Treatbot slangin’ the addictive ice cream.

Music was provided by DJ Sig-O, Shortcut and D-Styles. Just want to say thanks to all that made it out, I was running around so much that if I didnt get a chance to say hello and thank you.

Life was at a new turning point for all of us at Cukui, Jae, meesh, Gen, Sam, Dan, Isaac, Los, Niel, Don, basically all my friends and fam that helped out, it was a joyous day. A new page to write in the sketchbook.

So once again, thank you and I cant wait for all of us to see where our next step is going to be…
=Orly=

Cukui
229 Jackson Street
San Jose, CA 95112
(Japantown)

Pictures via Soulfulfocus.com & Charles A. Shaw.

Photos of the day! 

SJ Fam hosted its second annual “Art & Sole” event, a shoe charity and concert. The event took place outdoors in the classy and sassy Hotel Valencia of Santana Row entertained by good music and full bar over lounge chairs and umbrellas. Orly was one of five local artists chosen to participate in contributing his designs which were hand painted with acrylic paint.

This year’s proceeds went to San Jose’s Downtown Association (SJDA) Downtown Doors – a youth program encouraging talented high school students to get involved in art programs.

The thought process of a design. From brainstorm to imprint design, printing a t-shirt is not as easy as it looks. Here is a introduction on how where it begins to the end result. One track mind followers take notes..

Tomorrow, Friday, August 13th, we’ll be releasing a collaboration tee with our extended ohana out in San Jose, Cukui, properly dubbed “Native Sons of the Aloha State” in celebration of the grand opening of their store “in San Jose’s own historic Japan Town.” “It is an honor and we hope to further expound the spirit of the community who live and celebrate here with our own enthusiasm and energy. So come out and celebrate with us! There will be live music, refreshments, raffles and giveaways. Everyone is invited and welcome to invite others.”

The Native Sons of the Aloha State tees are extremely limited, so act quick! Those out near San Jose, please show Cukui some support and head down to the grand opening. Flier can be found below.

229 Jackson Street
San Jose, CA 95112
(Right across Hukilau Resturant)

Friday August 13th, 2010 @ 7PM

Music provided by DJ Sig-O, Dj Shortkut and D-Styles!

This is but a small preview of the many designs we will be dropping. Enjoy!

Come and join us at imagiNATIVES. We will be showcasing art & photos from Sam Rodriguez, Orly Locquiao, Sean Boyles, Dee Jae Paeste, Kenta Shimbo, NOA, James Garcia, Gem Mateo with a live art session from the HB crew.

Goods from Shorty Fatz, GEMS, Konscious Klothing, Sean Boyles, JRG Photography, The Art of Paperfolding.

Live music:
Rome
Dj Dranal
Troy Joseph Curtis

Friday. August 6th, 2010 – 8PM
South 1st Billiards
420 South 1st Street
San Jose, CA
21+ | Free Admission

Come out and support!

Getting inked. Met up with Chris from Karmaloop / Kazbah. Super cool cat, he wanted to get a new tattoo a chest rocker, some reverse script on his upper chest. Chilled with him for a bit grabbed some sweet aloe juice from the Japanese grocery store and showed him a sneak peak at the cukui store. Have a safe flight back to Boston homie and take care of your tattoo. Thanks again to Ryan from Breezy for linkin’ us up! Good lookin’ lil bro!