Bruises, strains, cuts, fractures - that's all is an essential part of the subculture. When you skate you always know you can fall and fall hard. But it is more important you stand up after every fail - that what skateboarding gave to me.

For some it becomes a form of religion. In Christianity the crown of thorns was an important symbol. Hawthorn itself was the favorite plant of my late mother I lost in 2010 to cancer. She was a Renaissance-kind of person who has taught me a lot about art and culture.

80 x 23 x 5

Hand-built

Black stoneware, Humade "Kintsugi" epoxy