Pretty Pretty

Luke Chiswell’s Trophy series transforms worn skateboards into powerful sculptural relics, honoring the relentless cycles of creativity, failure, and perseverance. Etched with Chiswell’s signature asemic script, each piece bears phrases like Begin Again and Last Try, marking the thresholds of effort and renewal. Skateboarding, his earliest medium of transformation, becomes a metaphor for the endless rhythm of trial and reinvention. Through these sculptures, Chiswell distills the essence of making—capturing the pursuit, the fall, and the rise—as both an artistic process and a way of being.