Gavin McCrea

There comes a day for every surfer when they must turn their back on their favourite board. Experienced surfer Gavin McCrea drew inspiration from this dilemma, having faced such a decision more times than he would care to remember, and founded Soul Graphics. 

Soul Graphics is in essence a surfboard recycling service – with a difference. Utilising his design background and experience of shaping and working with the materials involved in surfboard manufacture, Gavin takes the old and unusable and produces one off artistic pieces, clocks, CD racks, coat hooks, signs and occasional furniture such as side tables,  coffee tables and benches.

Surfing from eleven and painting long before that it comes as no surprise that Soul Graphics’ foundations grew from a love of the sea and art.  Living on Leitrim’s small but stunningly formed coastline, Gavin is exposed on a daily basis to the negative affect human consumption has on Mother Nature. Whether it’s snapped, dinged beyond repair, the wrong length, thickness, shape or just simply too old to carry on, the decision must be made to let it go.

Gavin McCrea Gallery