The Alpha Jet is the first 1/1  NFT by Black Box Collective and Mint Gold Dust. This NFT comes with Alpha Class Membership to Black Box Collective, unlocking exclusive utilities for the holder like fractional ownership of our jets.

Alpha Jet

If you wanna make it to the top you have to stay hungry and hustle hard. But the journey there is all about Balance, so always be sure to have fun and do your best to impact and inspire those around you on the way. 

This piece was created May of 2021 during the Cryptic gallery ‘May mural jam’ 
The mural was later captured and animated by the Cryptic team in collaboration with Q29 studios.

Take it to the TOP

This is the genesis image in the series entitled "Occurrence,",based on the story below. All the works in this series are evolutions in the stages of the story.  Each image works on its own, but together and in context they tell a tale that leaves room for the imagination of the viewer to complete. 

The Occurrence: Part I

Out of the blue of an otherwise perfectly ordinary day, it came careening down from the sky, crashing in a spectacular and seemingly endless cloud of shimmering ash that spread throughout the land, sparing nothing. No one could possibly have known what would ensue. When the dust finally settled, it was onto a world that would be forever transformed. 

Some say it began on the day that The Child first noticed an almost imperceptible difference in the colors on a snake. But it was still the Before Times, and no one yet understood.

What All agreed on, in retrospect, is that there is a dark side to seductive beauty that at first remains unseen…

Occurrence: Species 1 / Transmutation 1

Exchanging the business aspect to another is often common in a infrastructure once you know the rule of both trades. One that is understood. Weigh the risk factor, time & longevity that it provides. The conclusion. It pretty much all equals out to................  

BlockXchange

Part of the Four Seasons Series.
This artwork was inspired by the vibes and feelings of the spring season. 

I breathe in the Spring from my window.
 See Mother Nature winking. 
Flowers yawn at dawn.
 And I smell them.

Spring

This piece is a first-person journey into the anxiety that permeates so many casual encounters. This is where I go when I can't find the words.

Created live using Tilt Brush at Originator Studios for East Austin Studio Tours, 2019.
Soundtrack: "Low Energy (Instrumental)" by Elliot.Wavs and Black Wands


i tried to say hello, but all i did was stare

FAST_10 is paired with an oscillating tri-tonal frequency. The continuous cycle of movement paired with the continuous oscillation of sound create a portal to a mediative state.


FAST_10

FASY_09 is paired with an oscillating tri-tonal frequency. The continuous cycle of movement paired with the continuous oscillation of sound create a portal to a mediative state.


FAST_09

Two days after the murder of George Floyd, I posted an Instagram story asking the Austin community if anyone knew of a wall upon which I could paint a mural in response to the news. Within 5 minutes “Native Hostel”, located in East Austin, replied with an emphatic “YES”. Within two days of the green light, I began composing and painting “If He Cant Breathe, We Cant Breathe”. I already knew that I wanted to do more than simply depict George with angel wings, a halo, and “R.I.P.” because this was a powerful moment, a pregnant pause spring loaded with an opportunity to not, pay homage to victims of Police brutality, but more importantly, bring as many different people together as possible to step forth into OUR truth and ultimately heal.
This Mural GPS located using Illust.space on the street corner of the I-35 frontage rd. and E. 4th St. Visitors to this physical location can use Illust.space to claim a proof of presence token. 

If He Can't Breathe, We Can't Breathe

I love it when the abstract textures I apply to the inside of 3D spheres resemble  landscapes. This one looks like a coastal tide pool to me. Close inspection reveals blocky voxel-like shapes which confirms the scene's digital origin. Creating it in the 32 bit color space allowed for more shimmering gradients reminiscent of mother-of-pearl sea shells.

Tide Pool

Deep Sleep

I lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for fifteen years. This piece is like the mental map I had in my head of my neighborhood. My apartment is in the largest center building, and all the places I went to are in the periphery. I created this scene inside of a 3D sphere by creating hundreds of copies of a box with windows and placing them on the vertices of the sphere which was then made invisible. I added lights inside to create shadows and shapes, and captured the scene with a spherical camera which created a flattened complete image of the sphere's inside surface.

The Neighborhood

Future sustainable development is about technology taking care of nature. We have to see Universe as a whole system we all are connected to, and therefore, we are all one.

Flourish

From the Connection Series.

In this series i have incorporated some images from parts of my body that I no longer have and new parts that have been built to keep me connected. I appreciate movement, I appreciate my experiences, I appreciate my body.

From The Roots

Another piece from my Connection Series.

In this series I use images of my body, bones and pieces I no longer have, or what has been put in its place.

As a young child, one form of treatment for my JRA was to inject gold into my body weekly (this had to be injected in my hip area .. I did not have JRA in my hips) the drug worked and then it didn’t. Doctors would always stop my treatment when I was showing signs of remission, but I would flare up soon after and each time worse than before …and we would have to start treatment all over again… this went on for many years even into high school.

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with a gold mixture. I like to think that is what they were trying to do for me.

I no longer have my hips. Remembering how much pain they caused me, how much grief & sadness, falling down unexpectedly in the middle of an intersection, or getting stuck on the subway stairs in rush hour..is something that is 

Keep Going

From Rakkaus' Connection series. 
This piece uses an x-ray of one of her hips that caused much pain and grief for a very long time.  Growing up with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis this was an area that was injected with medication every week for years, it eventually deteriorated from so much wear and tear. This is a part of her body that no longer exists, just here now on the blockchain. Choosing to focus on the good and gratitude and always seeing things in a different way, Rakkaus decided to find the beauty beyond the pain and make art.

I AM

If you become still enough, you can hear your soul speaking your truth... take the time to listen. Your soul is your inner light, it wants to shine. Let it.

In Stillness

The idea behind this piece is color and movement. I have been painting abstract on canvas for the last 12 years. With a background in Graffiti Art, it was a natural transition to paint abstract on canvas.  My good friend Rusty Willard (RIP) made the frame. This is the last piece I have left from our collaborations.

"Looking Up From The Bottom"

The Cadillac of aerosol caps, this NY Fat capped off my "Tools of the Trade" series depicting vintage and contemporary spray paint cans in mosaic glass pixel art. Cementing into the millennia-old historic mosaic art lineage, this artwork is important to those in graffiti and street art culture, as well as the worldwide mural movement.

Made of 12,100 individually hand-placed vitreous glass tiles, the original artwork weighs in over 50 lbs. with the dimensions of 125cm x 125cm x 7cm, framed in ebony-stained poplar. 2021.

This artwork is a digitally-scanned, 3D rendered and animated hybrid version of the original artwork, available here as a unique 1/1 NFT.

The New Yorker

“Cryptographic Power” is a manifestation of my own personal need to express new forms of interactive storytelling. Hidden messages are embedded within her, only viewable in augmented reality. As a NATIVE Austinite, I’ve placed this figure glyph at a special location in Austin, Texas. Using the “wallet to world” technology on the site the.illust.space, a unique GPS location is assigned to this NFT. You can visit her in front of a mural by Chris Rogers. Can you find the mural and the hidden message inside her?

This is one of the first mixed reality NFTs built into a play to earn blockchain game based in Austin. Each NFT acts as a time capsule preserving what otherwise would be lost to future generations. Players can claim POP (proof of presence) tokens as they complete challenges within the game.

A companion NFT of this work can be collection as a 3d animation under the title of "Collision Resistance" found on the Foundation.app marketplace. 

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Cryptographic Power

New Horizons is a voyage to the inner child within us. The playful sense of curiosity, amusement and joy come through the turn of a swivel. 
As one embarks on this journey, the boat on top of the waves travels to uncharted territories. Hidden creatures of a far mysterious world await, observing the brave explorer.

This piece is inspired by the work of kinetic artists and other creators who have been keeping our curiosity and our sense of wonder alive.

By purchasing this NFT you will get the physical piece/original artwork made of wood, resin, wire and paint. I incorporated as many old recycled materials as I was able to gather from the studio. 

Shipping will be arranged between purchaser and artist. 

New Horizons

Part of the first SearchLight Atelier & Gallery in Cryptovoxels 2022. Vessel is an original work of art exploring the figure by incorporating typography, text, and visual poetry – integrated into representations of the body. Vessel compares the relationship we have with ourselves and our body. Living with an autoimmune disease and chronic pain my whole life others have often put boundaries on what i can do, and I listened, the more I listened the further I floated from myself. The more I sat with my inner being and connected to my body, the more present and limitless I have felt and the less I have allowed a condition to define me.

Vessel

This collection of eight digital sculptures is inspired by Dia al-Azzawi’s grandson, Freddie, whose enthusiasm for playing and interacting with the world around him is a source of constant joy for him. The work captures this enthusiasm in the form of a toy that any young child might want to play with, which also reflects the energy and passion of youth itself.

In Dia’s own words:

“I wanted to create a body of work that captures a young child’s energy using the traditional shapes and colours I grew up with. By embracing this connection between the old and the new, the (Freddie collection) allows me to leave a piece of my childhood in the metaverse for future generations to enjoy.”



Freddie 1.0 #8

This collection of eight digital sculptures is inspired by Dia al-Azzawi’s grandson, Freddie, whose enthusiasm for playing and interacting with the world around him is a source of constant joy for him. The work captures this enthusiasm in the form of a toy that any young child might want to play with, which also reflects the energy and passion of youth itself.

In Dia’s own words:

“I wanted to create a body of work that captures a young child’s energy using the traditional shapes and colours I grew up with. By embracing this connection between the old and the new, the (Freddie collection) allows me to leave a piece of my childhood in the metaverse for future generations to enjoy.”


Freddie 1.0 #7

This collection of eight digital sculptures is inspired by Dia al-Azzawi’s grandson, Freddie, whose enthusiasm for playing and interacting with the world around him is a source of constant joy for him. The work captures this enthusiasm in the form of a toy that any young child might want to play with, which also reflects the energy and passion of youth itself.

In Dia’s own words:

“I wanted to create a body of work that captures a young child’s energy using the traditional shapes and colours I grew up with. By embracing this connection between the old and the new, the (Freddie collection) allows me to leave a piece of my childhood in the metaverse for future generations to enjoy.”




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