Soon the temple of enthusiasm will open its doors to the to the prying eyes of the public. With the gallery having it’s first exhibit this weekend, its only a matter of days until we are well and truly open for business. The Bengkel is in full swing, with beautiful motorcycles taking shape as each day passes. The brand new ‘Deus Cafe’ kitchen is up and running, whipping up fantastically flavorful nourishment in preparation for the upcoming opening. Our early starts and long nights would not happen with out the help of the refined brown liquid that our beloved coffee machine produces. The age old substance that oozes out of that stainless steel masterpiece gives us well needed energy in … View More

If you enjoy highly toxic fumes, floating particles of polystyrene and all around general hazards. Join the club. A surfboard factory may be fraught with things that are…well lets just say less than healthy. For me though its a giant playground. I don’t know if its the massive power tools, flammable liquids or untapped creativity that calls to me. Whichever it is, I’m glad it does, because a day in a surfboard factory is a day to remember (or not, depending on how long you spent without a mask.)  The Smokin’ Skull and Luke Studer have been tag-teaming some boards, cleverly combining both applied art and fine art in ways that would overload the senses. Luke has been working on … View More

The kitchen at the Deus Temple of Enthusiasm received a blessing today as part of its completion. Good luck and fortune are in the books, so that’s a plus!  Everyone involved, from head chef to dishwasher gathered at the Temple today to take part in a traditional Balinese blessing. Things went well as far as blessings are concerned, the event fell on a full moon which is as good as it gets.   Now that the Deus Temple has its kitchen blessed its time to start gettin’ down and dirty behind the stove. Expect some top notch Pan Asian cuisine in Canngu in the near future! Head on down to the Deus Temple of Enthusiasm from September to November for … View More

Have you ever had a crazy idea as you go about your day, and then think about it later and actually go over the logistics of it, and  come to realize that as crazy as it sounds, it’s well within the realms of feasibility? Ladies and Gentlemen I am very proud to present to you the brand spanking new ‘Deus Kite Cam 3000′…a crazy idea that came to fruition (with a little help from the locals.) The Deus ‘Temple of Enthusiasm’ needed to be documented from the air, and now its as easy as flying a kite. No more do you have to spend stupid amounts of money leasing helicopters and planes to capture great aerial images. With Deus Kite … View More

So after quite a heavy Saturday night I awoke to the one cloud sky of Bali and decided that I wanted to start something on such a fine day. Something I could continue for more than a few hours here or there. As I struggled through my second helping of mie goreng the idea came to me – a portrait series on people and their bikes. My feeling is someone’s bike, when customized, is pretty much a representation of themselves. Some say owners look like their pets, I think the same applies to some extent in the custom motorcycle scene. Now since I wanted to make this a long term project, I thought I would take things slow on the … View More