PYROGRAPHY (WOOD BURNS)




Jay Shells x Emilio Ramos



Jay Shells x Chris RWK

Jay Shells x Danielle Mastrion

Jay Shells x Paul Cooley

Jay Shells x One Tooth





Taco Truck
16" x 20" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood


Mailbox
20" x 20" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood

Newspaper Box
12" x 12" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood

Power Box
9" x 12" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood

Sticker Wall 2
6" x 10" (combined) Pyrographic pointilism on basswood

Sticker Stump 1
Approx. 11" x 13" Pyrographic pointilism on birch

Sticker Stump 2
Approx. 11" x 13" Pyrographic pointilism on birch

"Dunk" Shoe Trees
Pyrographic pointilism on vintage shoe trees

Cost & ENX
12" x 16" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood
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Cost Crop
5" x 5" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood
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Katsu Remix
6" x 8" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood

KA Remix
6" x 6" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood
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Smart Sticker
8" x 8" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood

SD Sticker
8" x 8" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood

Obey Remix
8" x 8" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood

Baser Remix
4" x 4" Pyrographic pointilism on basswood
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Old Gold Box
9.25" x 13.75" x 5" Pyrographic pointilism on repurposed wine storage box

NY Pizza Icons
Pyrographic pointilism on used pizza piel

ACAB Crash
Each 13" x 9" (Dyptich) Pyrographic pointilism on basswood

Skate Decks
Vans, Nike & Adidas Footprints
Pyrographic pointilism on skateboard decks
Do What You Want City is an ongoing series of wood burns (pyrography), inspired entirely by the streets of New York City, that are meticulously rendered by hand, dot by dot. They are portraits of charged objects—old mailboxes, smashed police cruisers and the collaged graffiti, stickers and scrawls that cover almost every surface in every major city. Many of its inspiring elements are probably buried under fresher layers of graffiti and the constant forced collaboration. But here, in this series, they are preserved permanently. The works have been exhibited in the 2013 Fountain Art Fair, New York; "Art on the Edge" at Vered Gallery East Hampton, New York; and "The Great American Summer Show" at Burkhard Eikelmann Gallery in Dusseldorf, Germany. Currently, multiple collaborations are in the works, which will introduce color and the hand of many other artists to the series. You can read/see a little more about the process on AnimalNewYork.com