I came across the artist John Soukup/Kettle Art on Raz’s blog, his art style is quite unique and very popular. One of the things that
makes his work standout is because he is not afraid to use multiple mediums
together or to repurpose cards. Most of his official sketch cards are well
outside of my budget but I was able to take advantage of some late night
auctions and a mislabeled card.
I came across some very cool Boba Fett cards and jumped
on them. The first is a multi-medium repurposed card where Soukup painted Boba
Fett on a separate piece of cardboard and then attached it to the front of card
#210 from the 1980 Topps Empire Strikes Back set. The original card showed Boba
Fett in the carbonite freezing chamber but he was blurred a bit behind fumes so
this is an amazing upgrade over the original card.
The second card is amazeballs, I have never said that
about a card before but this one deserves it so I am going with it. Again he
repurposed a 2011 Topps Update Jose Batista card for what is really just the
coolest art card that I have ever owned.
The card is multi-layered, a 3D card, and Soukup is not
satisfied with just having multiple layers but he uses them for the best
results. Boba Fett’s body is painted on the top of the Batista card with the
solid red painted around it. Level 2 is the arm with the blaster and level 3 is
the boulder he is hiding behind. The arm is pinned through the card and moves
up and down. Taking a page from somebody from Boston’s South End, this card is
wicked-cool.
For the introduction to John’s work I have a package for
Raz. I don’t have your address and I tried to send an email to you but I don’t
know if it was the correct email so if you can contact me I will get the cards
sent your way.
