Custom Shirts

I was asked to make three shirts, one with for a lady who loves dogs and the beach, another one with an egyptian theme and lastly a shirt with a little latin flavor.

Bogota Dreams can be found at...

Check out WORLD here. (187 Chrystie St. & Stanton)


Peep Reciprocal Skate Shop here. (402 E. 11th & Ave A)


And see NYPULL here.(265 Lafayette Street & Prince)

So I have some of my designs in shops here in Manhattan! So help support me and go visit and pull out that cash and spend!! : ) Just kidding but do go check out not just my shirts but all the other hotness in the stores!

What you can do with a piece of Styrofoam!

My friend Edwin picked up this piece of Styrofoam about 3 months ago and left it in my house. For the longest I have looked at this thing sitting in my kitchen. I had to do something with it. It is like 3 x 1. Hopefully I'll do more... maybe saying NATA ; )

(sorry for the pics...they are off the celly, not the greatest, but definitely efficient)

Working on Scene

I painted a hat for Lupe Fiasco for two british BBC reporters going to interview Lupe Fiasco! They left me a link to their website where I found myself seeing pics of me on one of the reporters blogs. U guys like those stencils right?...all made by non other than Fresh Fred-Rico!

Your big brothers sneaker...

My uncle is amazing with a coat hanger, some tape and cardboard. Even after a stroke disabling his right hand and being right handed, one year later he is back at it! Big ups tio! I had to have him make the Pimp My Gear Sneaker, ofcourse with alil extra Guatemala Style! A spray can was placed beside it to show its size, but its about 3.5 x 2. It was created to place on the table in Times Square, but I might just save it at home. Its too fresh!

Bogota Dreams Logo

After a good talk with my buddy Mike Fey (great web design...check him.. http://www.mfey.com/) I went with the pimped out Fruit of the loom design, Colombian Style. Yep, no narcotics people...Colombia much more beautiful than that.

Line Sheet Complete

The line sheet is out and hitting the streets. I finally got it up as a .pdf and in print form! Contact me if any of these shirts tickle your fancy! make sure to check www.myspace.com/bogotadreams.

(the image should be animated, but i guess animated gifs dont work on blogspot..thats poopy..ha)

My father

In January 4th my father passed away after living an amazing life. His cancer was a tiny part of his life. It was something that only made him a stronger and better person. In Dec '07 my fathers cancer in his lung began to worsen. Shortening his oxygen count in his blood. He was eventually admitted in INOVA Hospital, FairFax, Virginia. He was there for about 8 days. They released him to go home and be under hospice care. 2 days later he returned to the hospital with a tube in his lung to help him with a lung that had collapsed. Is breathing worsened. With drugs to calm his breathing and anxiety he passed away on Friday January 4th at 9:40 am with me and my mother at his side. We had just arrived 40 minutes earlier, it was like he was waiting for us to pass.

His passing brought off much inspiration. For his service i created a collage (4 x 3) our of tissue paper and glue which we hung up in the reception area of the church. I also painted a canvas to give all friends and family their own opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings for my father. Lastly I wrote him a poem which I read aloud to the friends and family attending the service.

I want you to all feel the inspiration which he has given me and enjoy the creations which I made with the love for my father, Austin Pendelton Frum.





"A Little Something about my Pop"

Jogging down Nash with Carlos

smiles on them both

no clouds above shoulders

African sun touched his shoulders

Ille et Vilaine et La Rance

French canals crossed

not just the Seine

a calm man

he was his own boss

never paused for a second

this lawyer knew his textbook

could ask him any question

and taught many lessons

“Federico , never call somebody names,

but instead tell them how you feel”

and on my two wheel bike

he taught me how to ride

over life’s obstacles

from within

his memory will forever reside




- much love to all my friends and family that were there and are still there will all thier love and support...muchisimas gracias!

Been Busy....

Me and my partner Edwin are putting together "Pimp My Gear" and this is a peek of what we do. Take fashion... such as the ever popular I LOVE NY shirts and then tweek them out with a little graff and paint effects. I haven't been working on my blog lately but i have been working on our myspace page.. www.myspace.com/pimpmygearnyc
CHECK US OUT... and Let me know what you think! and if we dont speak before the holidays. HAPPY THANKSGIVING ~ FELIZ DIA DE PAVO!

Line Sheet 2

The rest of the new freshesT. Had to put this up quick so my lil cuz could see the I LOVE BK's. I HAVE ALL SIZES... and YES FOR WOMEN! well really youth sizes. The rib cut tees are coming sooon, promise. They are just alittle bit mo expensive.

Corner Store Not Forgotten

Today I got to pass by the old corner store that we would frequent alot when on our breaks at T-SHIRT EXPRESS. The owner of the corner store was this cool elder domincana lady. 4 dollars and you would be set for lunch! If she forgot something in her house she would go run around the corner to her apartment and come back. Was always cool to see her on the street. Sadly, they didn't want to pay the rent increase so they closed and now nuthin! Good thing I don't work there anymore. Somethin' kinda funny, right after I quit they closed...hmmm.

NY LOVES OBAMA

Supporting Obama, the latest on the political side of the tees. He was in the city yesterday if ya didn't hear.

Ofcourse the tweeked version. by my man EQ

The Freshness comin out of Colombia...

These are some of the designs that Im selling out here in NYCity. They are all designed and screen printed by your boy Federico. If you are interested in coppin' aka purchasing please give me a shout. Tees are going for $20, obo, ha. I do postal service or if your in the city drop bye Union Square. I try to come out with new designs every week so stay in tune for the latest and freshest styles. One love and god bless...

Federico

March on Washington!

I came back to Chocolate City to help fight for the cause with my Peace In Iraq Shirts. Thank you to all who purchased and supported my art AND came out on a very important day. Those who are visiting this site from having met me are probably 10% of the people that I met, being that I only had about 10 business cards on me. I hope you all made it home safe and enjoyed the day as much as I did. Thanks again for support my shirts and Peace in Iraq. And if you are a new comer to my page please leave me a comment saying hi. Thanks again... federico

(ps - the shirt posted is from the last march, dont be confused)

Toney Sketch

Something I sketched up of my little cuz Toney. His look reminds me of the Classic Che photo.

Colombia La Bella

Some of whats in the works to come...let me know what you think. thanks, federico

Darjeeling - Best Short Film - Shern Sharma

My boy Shern that I traveled off to India with, who lives in Australia, is a film maker and he entered one of his dope films Darjeeling in the RMIT Student Film Festival not to long ago. Not thinking that he was going to win, he stayed home on the night of the award ceremony editing a music video. Shern recieves a call from a friend telling him that he won best Short Film. He didn't believe. After about a ten minute talk with his friend, who had to persuade him that he really had won, Shern finally believed! He won funding for his next production, a shine award and golden class season ticket to a great film theater in Melbourne (his city in Aussie country.) Big Ups to my man!! PEEP THE FILM ABOVE! (I finally got your film on youtube fooL! ha)

my new fav. Mag - FRANK 151

If you guys haven't been buy Franks Chop Shop (19 Essex Street, LES,) you should! Franks (which is classic barber shop) is the only place I know where you can pick up these amazing pocket-size magazines. Each issue is curated by a different person and has a whole new power-punched theme. The theme is this issue is pretty much the LA life-style, curated by Mr. Cartoon and Estevan Oriol. I highly recommend that you pick one up or holler at me I'll give you mine (when I'm finished with it... ha)

Struggles of 43 bucks

Last night, I was super tired but like always, I got stuck working on the computah. Finally I took a minute to look out the window, you know, check out the block and I saw a new friend of mine, T., standing on the corner. I met T. about two months ago when I took a pic of him off Knickerbocker (pic above.) He sells incense, cds and tapes. He had just gotten back from selling his stuff in Harlem. He told me that he had made a sad $43 dollars in the past two days and that he was ready to go home because he had not gotten any sleep in 48 hours. "I dont know where the money is anymore," he told me. As Ive began selling on the street, I definitely know what he's talking about. Its tough out here. Making $43 dollars in two days is rough. So I just wanted to give you guys another perspective of what goes out there, especially if your making big bucks, cant forget the others.

Union Square Sales!

On Wednesday, August 15th I finally made my way out to Union Square to sell some of my tees! After learning how to lug all my stuff from BK to Manhattan I was a little tired, but somehow I got my act in gear and made some sales. I want to say thanks to all those cool people that I met that day. The group of chicks that were selling next to me, BIG UPS! You guys are gonna be millionares sooon! Thanks for telling me that I was selling too for too low a price... yea maybe Five Bucks is too low. ha. Big ups to Caser from Mexico who writes, the two school teachers who were straight DOWN FOR THE CAUSE! Click HERE to peep their website. Cant wait till their program pops off. And big ups to all those who were interested in my work and helped give me encouragement to keep getting out and selling my work! Below is what Im currently selling at the moment... Come find me at Union Sqaure or give me a shout right here...! Once again big ups to everyone.. please come and visit! - rico