5683. Dean Lane skate park (665)

Mr Crawls, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023
Mr Crawls, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023

I love this door in Dean Lane, it creates a nice frame for character pieces and is definitely a candidate for the occasional feature on this blog, One Wall Many Faces. This time around it is the turn of Mr Crawls to occupy this space, and he has done a very nice job of it indeed.

Mr Crawls, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023
Mr Crawls, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023

As the year has progressed, Mr Crawls has become more productive, his pieces appearing all over the place, and more recently in collaborative form with Mote. I am not entirely sure what kind of bird this is. The hooked beak would suggest it is a raptor, but the colouring and characterful expression has gull written all over it. Of course, it is fictional and not a bird we recognise, mostly on account of a fine pair of horns. Great fun from the effervescent Mr Crawls.

Thursday doors – 7 December 2023, Perugia, Italy – leftovers

Doors 246 – Perugia doors, Umbria, Italy (Part IV)

I am a little behind with posting this week’s Thursday doors, so this is likely to be a short one. The doors and archways in this post are the final selection from Perugia, photographed during a family holiday to Umbria last July. Some architectural features to enjoy as well as doors – I hope you enjoy them.

Layers of history, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Layers of history, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Some cheeky doors, but it was the archway I was photographing, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Some cheeky incidental doors, but it was the archway I was photographing, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
More cheeky doors in this alleyway with structural arch braces, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
More cheeky doors in this alleyway with structural arch braces, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Plain door to the thinnest house? Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Plain door to the thinnest house? Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
I'm not sure if his window had once been a door, the frame might suggest so, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
I’m not sure if his window had once been a door, the frame might suggest so, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Church door and impressive stone work, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Church door and impressive stone work, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Double doors within doors and an impressive stone archway. Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Double doors within doors and an impressive stone archway. Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Stunning studded door and stylish stone surround, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Stunning studded door and stylish stone surround, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Wonderful old door perched on a wall with a wreath crest, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023
Wonderful old door perched on a wall with a wreath crest, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, July 2023

So that is really it from Perugia. I have many more Umbrian doors to share, although I will take a break from Italy for a while and next time will post doors from an as yet undetermined city location in England, something for me to think about between now and next time. May I wish you a very happy weekend. Arrivederci!

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 Thursday Doors post.

by Scooj

Door logo, Thursday doors

5682. Leonard Lane (43)

Ejits, Leonard Lane, Bristol, November 2023
Ejits, Leonard Lane, Bristol, November 2023

Ejits is an artist I associate more with legal festival murals and commissions than with a paint jam in Leonard Lane, and yet here she is rubbing shoulders with all sorts of artists in this central Bristol spot. I suspect that it was painted as part of the recent paint jam in the Lane.

Ejits, Leonard Lane, Bristol, November 2023
Ejits, Leonard Lane, Bristol, November 2023

The stylised cartoon face is typical of Ejits’ work, characterised by dark outlines and solid fills, with no blending of colours. In this piece she has added a whole load of yellow doodles surrounding the face and adding interest to the piece. Annoyingly, the piece has been tagged, although it is not entirely unsurprising in this spot. I would love to see more of her work on the streets in addition to her commissions.

5681. Frome Side (24)

Bbygwya, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2023
Bbygwya, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2023

Sometimes she writes FLUX, but on this occasion she has written LUXE, that is how Bbygwya rolls. Although she hasn’t painted a character for her piece, her letters are very well executed in this contribution to Bnie’s birthday and Vozie’s Baby celebration paint jam underneath the M32.

Bbygwya, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2023
Bbygwya, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2023

Bbygwya has done a great job with her fills in this piece, that I don’t quite know how to describe, magenta squiggles on a purple base I guess. The stars are very clever, giving off a kind of yellow glow or aura. A nice contribution from Bbygwya on what must have been a great, fun day.

5680. Brunel Way (248)

Dibz, Fade and Smak, Brunel Way, Bristol, November 2023
Dibz, Fade and Smak, Brunel Way, Bristol, November 2023

Here we have yet another classy collaboration between Dibz and Fade only this time they are joined by Smak in this Halloween extravaganza. The wall, as I have mentioned several times in the past, might be great fun to paint, especially if it is raining a little, but it is a devil to take decent photographs of unless the light conditions are perfect.

Dibz, Brunel Way, Bristol, November 2023
Dibz, Brunel Way, Bristol, November 2023

On the left, Dibz has painted a creepy ‘zombie’ hand clutching at a spray can, putting a finishing touch on the writing to the right of it. The letters are beautifully worked, and Dibz has adopted the traditional colours of Halloween pieces, namely, Orange, purple and black.

Fade, Brunel Way, Bristol, November 2023
Fade, Brunel Way, Bristol, November 2023

In the middle section, Fade has kept things simple with sticking to writing only with what looks like FADER, but could be something else altogether. All is neat and tidy with the piece as we’ve come to expect.

Smak, Brunel Way, Bristol, November 2023
Smak, Brunel Way, Bristol, November 2023

On the right-hand side, Smak has joined in with the festive fun with some very fancy letters and a skull character peering over the K to the right. The backdrop to the whole thing is a wonderful spooky silhouette of dead trees and towers, finished off with some autumn leaves sweeping across the entire length f the wall. A classy collaboration from three fabulous writers.

A new dawn

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Passing through fog banks

glimpses of sunrise between

train trip to London

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by Scooj

Flat

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Early winter mood

represented by flat tyre

on nearside front wheel

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by Scooj

5679. Dean Lane skate park (664)

Abbie Laura Smith, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023
Abbie Laura Smith, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023

On the side of a bin in Dean Lane, we make a return to the lone wheatpaster operating in Bristol, Abbie Laura Smith with her distinctive style of single black line drawing. The portrait piece is simple and beautiful and sits well in its location.

Abbie Laura Smith, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023
Abbie Laura Smith, Dean Lane, Bristol, November 2023

There is a lot of thought that goes into wheatpasting in both the composition of the piece and deciding on the final location, and some consideration has to go into the formulation of the glue too. Abbie Laura Smith has managed well on all counts with this paste-up. I would definitely like to see more from her, and will be keeping my eyes peeled.

5678. M32 roundabout J3 (532)

Mind49, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023
Mind 49, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023

Well this one took me a little bit by surprise, because it is a piece of graffiti writing from Mind 49 who doesn’t usually major on his writing, in fact I think this is the first writing only piece I have seen from this talented artist. Some of his portrait and other pieces have included a few letters, but nothing on this scale.

Mind 49, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023
Mind 49, M32 roundabout, Bristol, November 2023

Everything that you’d expect to see from a good graffiti writer is here… nice letter shapes, great colours and fills. The only thing that I think he needs to work on, and I am being super-picky, might be his outer border, which can be really unforgiving if the line is very thin. All in all, great to see something different from Mind 49, although, to be fair, all of his work is different from piece to piece. The piece fits a time context, with the ‘Free Palestine’ shout out.

Unrelenting

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Heavy rain all day

streams either side of the road

the stuff of flooding

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by Scooj