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Eyeballs

This bear has raised £26.00

971 visits

The Bear

Artist Fos is a skateboarder and he originally created the graphic used for the design of his Bear for his skateboard. He created it because his skateboard often gets stared at, and he wanted a design that stared right back. He then decided to apply this fun thinking to his Bear design, Eyeballs, and the result is truly eye-catching. Visitors can look at this Bear who will look right back!

 
Location
Meadowhall, Orange Car Park
The Artist
Fos
Fos is a skateboarder and artist whose artwork has appeared on thousands of skateboards over the past 20 years. Born in Lancashire he started skateboarding when he was 14, and attended Goldsmiths College gaining a BA in Design Studies. After college he immersed myself in the world of Skateboarding and was a sales director at Slam City Skates in London. Whilst there he started his own brand, Heroin Skateboards. In 2003 he left Slam City and started Landscape Skateboards, and in 2006 he helped to start and became the art director of Altamont Apparel. In 2011, he moved to Los Angeles where he is still based. He started hosting a radio show called Fos FM and has done artwork for companies including Toy Machine, Real, Foundation, Zero, Black Label, Creature, Baker and Deathwish. He's also designed five collaborative shoes with Emerica footwear.  
The Sponsor
One Stop Stores Ltd
One Stop decided to sponsor a Bear as the Children’s Hospital is very close to the hearts of many of their colleagues and the communities they serve. Over 40 stores have been involved in fundraising for their Bear, from Sheffield, Lincoln, Newark, Boston, Peterborough, Kings Lynn, Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster Leicester, Derby and Nottingham. This passion is greatly lead by Gemma Milnes the Store Manager of their Southwell Store who engaged her whole area in fundraising. Here’s what she said; “I really wanted to get involved in this fundraising project as a thank you for all the support the amazing teams and the Children’s Hospital have given to my son, we cannot thank them enough for everything they do and I’m proud to be able to support in this was with the support of One Stop. My Son has even been inspired to do the same with his school and they are hard at work on their Little Bear too.” One Stop Stores Limited is a retail convenience business with over 900 company and franchise neighbourhood stores across Great Britain. It employs more than 10,500 colleagues. The majority of its stores open seven days a week from 7am to 10pm and offer local communities a range of convenience food and household goods. For added convenience many stores offer additional services including free cash machines, Post Office, PayPoint (for paying utility bills), lottery and mobile electronic top-up. One Stop is a subsidiary of Tesco which acquired the stores in 2003. It operates as a separate business from its Store Support Centre in Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands and services its stores from 3 distribution centres in Brownhills, Nursling (Hampshire) and Wakefield (West Yorkshire). https://www.onestop.co.uk/community/local/