Ford has been a prominent surfer in the alternative realm for his whole life. He’s an artist and musician who played in several bands and toured around the world in Tomorrow’s Tulips. Eight years ago he started Spun Spirit which is kind of a brand but more so an outlet for creative expression and art through the medium of screenprinting where Ford forages vintage clothing to screenprint his artwork onto and sews alterations and modifications onto various garments.

He’s gone deep down the rabbit hole of painting, printmaking, collaging, drawing, and learning about art in a way that is obsessive yet somehow seemingly healthy. One of his favorite places to paint is at the beach where he forages for found objects to use as brushes, shells for watercolor palettes, sand and ocean water for thickening and diluting paints. To him, it’s an experiment in improvising and an ideal environment for creative randomness to flourish.

He has been locked away in his studio honing his craft and we are excited to be displaying what he’s been working on.