Thursday doors – 2 October 2025 – back to Marrakesh doors

Doors 326 – Doors of Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025 (Part VI)

Things have returned to something resembling normal this week after our wonderful week away in Madeira. I have found a little time to resume with some doors of Marrakesh. These doors were photographed during a solo doorscursion in what was the only wet morning of our trip to the red city.

At first, when I look at these I think that it is all a bit repetitive, and then I see that each of these doors is unique. Nothing mass-produced here. It is as if the industrial revolution never happened. I hope you enjoy this week’s selection.

Riad door, Ksibt Nhass, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Riad door, Ksibt Nhass, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Gateway, Tinsmith’s Square, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Gateway, Tinsmith’s Square, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Door and gateway to El Badi Palace, Rue de Berrima, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Door and gateway to El Badi Palace, Rue de Berrima, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Door and gateway to El Badi Palace, Rue de Berrima, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Door and gateway to El Badi Palace, Rue de Berrima, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Classic keyhole door with flowerpots, Rue de Berrima, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Classic keyhole door with flowerpots, Rue de Berrima, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Large doorway, small door, Deer el Kheir, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Large doorway, small door, Deer el Kheir, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Narrow passageway leading to doors, Derb el Harrar, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Narrow passageway leading to doors, Derb el Harrar, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Folding shop doors, Taoulat el Miara, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Folding shop doors, Taoulat el Miara, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Studded door, Deerb el Harrar, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Studded door, Deerb el Harrar, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Keyhole gateway, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
Keyhole gateway, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025

More doors (sounds Tolkeinesque) from Marrakesh next time. I wish you a happy weekend.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s weekly Thursday Doors post.

7193. St Werburghs tunnel (526)

Butch and Solar, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2025
Butch and Solar, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2025

Thinking back, it is quite unusual to see any work from the PLB (Placebo) crew in St Werburghs tunnel, but here, breaking the trend, is a two-piece collaboration from Butch and Solar. I suspect that there is a third artist involved in this piece in the form of the cat character in the middle, but it is unsigned, so I can’t be sure.

Butch, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2025
Butch, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2025

To the left is a really lovely piece of writing by Butch. I love his choice of letters, they really work for me, and the way he lays them out in a higgledy-piggledy fashion appeals. The letter fills in red are good and bounded by a strong orange line, all neatly placed on a white cloud background.

Solar, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2025
Solar, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2025

To the right, Solar has painted his customary slightly wibbly letters in striking red, with black decorations and an uplifting yellow drop shadow. The whole thing is vibrant and eye-catching and, from my perspective, shows great development and improvement/confidence from both artists. Who did paint the cat?

7192. Lucky Lane (7)

Mind 49, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025
Mind 49, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025

What a stunning piece by Mind 49 painted at the Lucky Lane paint jam a couple of weekends ago. The theme for the mini-festival, organised by the Bristol Mural Collective, was luck, although I’m not sure how Mind 49’s piece plays into this, if at all.

Mind 49, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025
Mind 49, Lucky Lane, Bristol, September 2025

The obscured portrait, a feature of Mind 49’s work, shows the eyes of a person peering through what appears to be a floral balaclava or headdress. It is an incredibly powerful piece, which is not only painted beautifully, but also conveys a raft of possible emotions – grief? contempt? sadness? resignation? stoicism? – there is certainly something downbeat about it, and yet it is surrounded with beautiful flowers. Lots to think about in this amazing portrait piece.

Goosey

Domestic goose, River Avon, Bristol, September 2025
Domestic goose, River Avon, Bristol, September 2025

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Where shall I wander?

to the banks of the Avon

a taste of freedom

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by Scooj

  • on seeing a domestic goose feeding free on the banks of the River Avon – an escapee? certainly not something you see all that often.

Dun Sum

A superb gallery of wonder-beasts by Lawrence Weston artist Dun Sum.

Instagram: @dun_sum

All photographs by Scooj

Dun Sum, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2025
Dun Sum, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2025
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, June 2025
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, June 2025
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, June 2025
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, June 2025
Dun Sum, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2025
Dun Sum, M32 roundabout, Bristol, May 2025
Dun Sum, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2024
Dun Sum, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2024
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, October, 2024
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, October, 2024
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, August 2024
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, August 2024
Dun Sum, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023
Dun Sum, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, August 2023
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, August 2023
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, July 2019
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, July 2019
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, January 2020
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, January 2020
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, January 2020
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, January 2020
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, January 2020
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, January 2020
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, October 2019
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, October 2019
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, July 2019
Dun Sum, L Dub, Bristol, July 2019