8025. Lucky Lane (28)

Every day is a learning day, it really is, and while researching this piece, by pettyimagesbriz, I discovered what it is all about. The theme for the Lucky Lane paint jam, organised by the Bristol Mural Collective, is always about luck, but I had difficulty understanding what these pigs have to do with luck. Google to the rescue.

I read that there is a whimsical folk tradition that involves carving a mouth on a lemon, putting four wooden pegs for legs and cloves for eyes. A coin is placed in the open mouth for good luck. Knowing this, the piece makes perfect sense, here we have a couple of lucky pigs. I understand that this was the first time that Pettyimagesbriz has used spray cans, and I have to say they have done a great job. I think that the outlines mighrt have been done using marker pens of some variety. Great piece and so good to learn something new.