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Waking dreams shatter
any illusion of sleep
the tiredness remains
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by Scooj
7219. Brunel Way (337)
The DoorDie club have painted a few collaborative walls this year of which, this might be the best. We are familiar with Kid Crayon and Tera’s work but perhaps less so with the remaining collaborating artists, Umbrelle, Emchoux and El Ruby Tatoo.
We start with an eye-catching black and white vampire portrait from Umbrelle, which includes a fine pair of bat wings. Alongside this character piece is a smaller vampire by Emchoux. Both artists are tattoo artists, which explains their work as resembling tattoo flash sheets.
Next up are two pieces of writing from Kid Crayon in a Gothic style, resonating with the vampire theme, which spell out ‘do’ and ‘die’, he didn’t have room to paint the ‘or’. It is unusual for Kid Crayon to write letters like this, but he has done a great job.
Taking up centre stage is a satanic piece by Tera. It is worth noting that Tera has only been spray painting for a few months, and is already turning out epic pieces like this one. There is a bit of glare in the photograph which is a little unfortunate.
The final piece in this collaboration is by El Ruby Tattoo, featuring a character who looks like a female fawn, complete with horns and pointy elf-like ears. A perfect end piece to this impressive collaboration.
7218. Lucky Lane (13)
This is another gorgeous piece from the Bristol Mural Collective paint jam in Lucky Lane. It is by Zubieta, who is no stranger to Natural Adventures. There is a door in this wall that gives a sense of scale to the piece, which is quite large really.
Zubieta has painted a Japanese lucky cat (maneki neko), one of two in the Lane, the other one was by Paper Walls. This particular cat is sending out love to some rats and a caterpillar, I’m not too sure why, but it makes for a nice scene. A night sky with stellar objects and a flower complete the composition. I love the door in this piece, and Thursday Door lovers will see this photograph again in due course.
7217. St Werburghs tunnel (528)
Fishing calls. Very quick one.
Mr Crawls and Mote have been at it again with these tunnel-end pieces on each side of the archway. The pigeon by Mr Crawls is his latest character favourite, and is getting better with each rendition.
On the other side, Mote has painted this unusual moustachioed character. I haven’t seen too many people portrait pieces by Mote, and it is interesting to see how his style comes through. Looking forward to seeing more of these sophisticated pieces from him.
7216. Stapleton Road.
It has been great to see a small burst of activity from Zase in recent weeks. Zase is arguably Bristol’s best anamorphic graffiti writer and here he has collaborated with friends, Real143 and Mysobastarts.
To the left Real143 and Zase have painted two extraordinary anamorphic pieces that are set on a red background, both with extraordinary detail and elements that deceive the eye into thinking the letters are popping from the wall. Both anamorphic, each in a different style.
To the right, Mysobastarts has written some flatter letters filled with three horizontal colour tones and decorated with magnificent splashes of red and blue colour, consistent with the other half of the collaboration. I am not certain what the letters spell, but it looks like ‘mic hag’. All in all, the whole collaboration is as tight as it is possible to be. Fabulous.
7215. M32 roundabout J3 (720)
Another fabulous piece from the ‘high-end’ paint jam honouring Ulow’s birthday a little while back. This one is by Rusk, a graffiti writer whose work I love, but who has been rather quiet over the last couple of years. I expect he is bus6 in other areas of his life, but he still has the skill and patience to turnout superb pieces like this one.
The letters spell out Ulow, and are set on the grey-blue buffed wall, which was the same for all of the artists. This is a very special and technically brilliant piece in which the letters appear to be like a hollow framework, into which the colours have been ‘poured’. The two halves in different colours have been separated by a black horizon line, making a landscape effect. Shading on the letter edges provides depth. What an outstanding piece of graffiti writing. Bravo!
7214. M32 roundabout J3 (719)
I am a little weary. It is late, last night, and I have been fishing all afternoon, with some success. I will be fishing again tomorrow which means that I have had to write this post in advance. I was lucky enough to catch Inkie and Mr Riks as they were putting the finishing touches to this collaboration.
Inkie has painted some classic letters in gold which pop out from the wall with the help of a deep 3D drop shadow. The colours work perfectly and the whole piece shows off the incredible skill of an artist at the top of his game.
Alongside is a superb piece by Mr Riks which contains letters spelling RIKS, which diminish in size from left to right. The writing is probably best viewed from the right, bringing the letter sizes into some king of regularity. Using the same letter colours as Inkie, Mr Riks’ piece also stands out from the crowd. A wonderful collaboration from two awesome artists.
Oysters
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Steadfast attachment
oysters for tea anyone?
fruits of the ocean
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by Scooj
7213. Lucky Lane (12)
This is why I love the Bristol Mural Collective so much. This piece is unlike anything you are likely to see on the streets very often. It could belong on a sketchbook page and never be seen, but here it is in the middle of a quiet lane displayed as a piece of public art.
I haven’t seen any work by Amber Bardell before, and I’m not sure whether she has painted murals before, but this is a charming illustration mural of a bird pecking up four-leaf clovers, in keeping with the luck theme of the paint jam. There is a child-like quality and simplicity to the piece, which is nicely painted. A great contribution in Lucky Lane.
7212. Dean Lane skate park (872)
It would appear that the Asre comeback is complete. Although he is concentrating his efforts on his graffiti writing, Asre has also left us a couple of his character pieces to enjoy in recent weeks.
What I hadn’t realised from his last stint in Bristol, was that he is rather a talented writer. It is interesting that he keeps his writing and his character separate, and I’m not aware of any combination pieces from him. It might be that his large character faces simply don’t lend themselves very well to accompanying letters and are better left as standalone pieces. This writing, in pinks, purples and blues, is very neat and tidy, demonstrating great can control. The reversed-out stars and spots are nicely done. Lots more to come from Asre.
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