Letter from the Editor:
I can't say when I first realized the impact Von Dutch
has had on the Kustom Kulture and especially art of
"Pin" Stripping. He has always been apart
of the hot rod custom scene. My father who has been
pin stripping since the late 50's would always point
out a good strip job to me. A car or motorcycle
always
had to have a good stripe job. In our case this went
right on down to the family ride.
Von Dutch was the example that all others would have
follow. I believe there was so much more than pin
stripping
coming from Kenneth Howard. An artist with an ingenius
way of personalizing almost every object in every medium
he worked in. He machined and tooled mini cannons,
guns, and knives. Invented several unique items like
a steam
powered television, powered skates and countless wigits.
There are also several known canvas paints in private
collections.
With that in mind I was
shocked by negative stories of a lonely soul living
out a very modest existents in a transit
bus behind a shop just outside of Santa Paula
where he maintained a car collection owned by the
Brucker Family. Why was Kenneth missing from the vary scene
where he is one of the three wise kings?
In interviews with Pat Ganl, Rod and Custom. Von said
"He didn't want things
written about him, but rather about his work".
He explained that he created much of the weird and wild
persona, especially when he was young, as assort of
a cover-up- a distraction- for his talent. [more]
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| Final note from the editor: There's an upside down winged eyeball hand painted in the splash pan of the Rumpsville Roadster, it says R.I.P. ...enough said. |
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