SpokeGuards has entered into a new and exciting collaboration with artist and illustrator, Rainer Kalwitz. Rainer is an artist often employing pencil or acrylic on illustration board. His own web site kalwitz.daportfolio.com shows many examples of his unique work. Rainer Kalwitz has designed album covers for a variety of bands and record labels over the last few years. A full list of his album and CD cover art can be found at Metal-Archives.com.

Rainer Kalwitz worked for three years as a technical illustrator for Ford in Cologne and started his freelance art work in 1994. He has held various teaching positions and since 2008 has been a lecturer in the Department of Illustration at Kunstakademie Wetter on the River Ruhr near Dortmund in Germany. Rainer Kalwitz also designs bags and mobile phone covers as well as selling his inspired poster designs through Amazon.

New Rainer Kalwitz SpokeGuards

In addition to his own web site, Rainer’s designs can be seen on many other web sites including Deviant Art, Amazon, and his own Facebook page.

In March 2019, Rainer Kalwitz and SpokeGuards started a conversation regarding using Rainer’s unique designs on spoke guards. We are proud to announce that as of October 2019, a new page on the Spokeguards web site will be dedicated to Rainer Kalwitz designs. Initially there will be 14 different designs available, which will increase over time. This is a progressive collaboration generating a lot of excitement from viewers of the designs.

Whether you are into heavy metal bands, graphic novels or simply like a unique type of design, have a look at the Rainer Kalwitz page coming soon to the SpokeGuards web site. As usual, these designs are available in the standard format spoke guards, with a 104mm hole in the centre and the full cover version.