2764. Upfest 2018 (175)

One of the most stunning collaborations of Upfest 2018 was this magnificent piece by Nuno Viegas and Tymon De Laat on the side of the Coopers Arms, where the polar bear piece by Andrew Burns Colwill was painted the year before.

Nuno Viegas and Tymon De Laat, Upfest, Bristol, September 2018
Nuno Viegas and Tymon De Laat, Upfest, Bristol, September 2018

This piece was painted in two halves separated by a horizontal strip, a feature of the wall which was put to good use by the artists. The bottom half which features the gloved hand of the character tossing a spray can fat cap is by Nuno Viegas. The detail in the latex glove with paint on it is simply breathtaking.

Tymon De Laat, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Tymon De Laat, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018

The top half of the collaboration is by Tymon De Laat and presents us with one of his superb trademark portraits, where the face is divided up into different shaded areas in a symmetrical pattern almost as if the subject is wearing face paint. This is such a strong design idea and makes his work istantly recognisable.

Tymon De Laat, Upfest, Bristol, September 2018
Tymon De Laat, Upfest, Bristol, September 2018

This was truly one of the best pieces of the whole festival, and if you don’t believe me go down and take a look while you still have a chance and check out the detail.

2763. Upfest 2018 (174)

Dibz is a Bristol graffiti writer whose work is always first class and beautifully tight. It is unusual to see his writing outside the confines of Dean Lane skate park, but at Upfest 2018 he ventured a little further afield and sprayed the side of the mock railway carriage with one of his beguiling pieces.

Dibz, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Dibz, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018

Dibz tends to keep quite a low profile with his work, which is often unannounced, and hey presto he works his magic. This upfest piece, by his high standards, I would say is not his best work and I suspect it might have been somewhat comprimised by the changeable weather experienced during the festival. It is however a great piece.

Thursday doors – 20 February 2020

Doors 97 – Some small cellar doors in Bristol

In some of the older commercial buildings in the city there are cellars, and the quickest access to these cellars was from the roadside via doors that opened directly onto the pavement. Perhaps we are most familiar with these cellar doors outside pubs, where the barrels of beer are still delivered through them.

This is just a little selection of these doors, and another little door thrown in for good measure… a little extra if you like.

Here we go:

Cellar doors with the addition of a metal strip and a tag by tagger Pi who seems to have tagged every street in Bristol, November 2019
Cellar doors with the addition of a metal strip and a tag by tagger Pi who seems to have tagged every street in Bristol, November 2019

This first door is the same one as the feature image, photographed a few months afterwards. Spot the difference?

When old meets new cellar doors, Bristol, December 2019
When old meets new cellar doors, Bristol, December 2019
No getting away from 'street furniture'. Cellar doors nicely keyed-in with the stone pavement, Bristol, December 2019
No getting away from ‘street furniture’. Cellar doors nicely keyed-in with the stone pavement, Bristol, December 2019
Cellar doors including pavement doors for deliveries, Bristol, December 2019
Cellar doors including pavement doors for deliveries, Bristol, December 2019
Heavy-duty cellar doors, Bristol, July 2019
Heavy-duty cellar doors, Bristol, July 2019
Old wooden and less old metal cellar doors, Bristol, December 2019
Old wooden and less old metal cellar doors, Bristol, December 2019
Old and probably no longer used cellar doors, Bristol, December 2019
Old and probably no longer used cellar doors, Bristol, December 2019

And finally a little bonus door, with the emphasis on little.

Small door to under stairs store, Bristol, December 2019
Small door to under stairs store, Bristol, December 2019

So my friendly doorsters, that’s it for another week. Have a great weekend whatever you get up to.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors and you ought to take a look at the Norm 2.0 blog – the originator of Thursday Doors where there are links to yet more doors in the comments section at the end.

 

by Scooj

DNT

A gallery of extraordinary characters and writing from Bristol artist DNT.

All photographs by Scooj

DNT, Montpelier Park, Bristol, May 2024
DNT, Montpelier Park, Bristol, May 2024
DNT, Tymb and Mr Klue, Gloucester Road, Bristol, December 2022
DNT, Tymb and Mr Klue, Gloucester Road, Bristol, December 2022
DNT, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2022
DNT, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2022
DNT, Nine Tree Hill, Bristol, April 2021
DNT, Nine Tree Hill, Bristol, April 2021
Mr Klue and DNT, Turbo Island, Bristol, February 2020
Mr Klue and DNT, Turbo Island, Bristol, February 2020
Kid Crayon and DNT?, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2017
Kid Crayon and DNT?, Stokes Croft, Bristol, May 2017
DNT, The Carriageworks, Bristol, October 2016
DNT, The Carriageworks, Bristol, October 2016
DNT, Turbo Island, Bristol, January 2020
DNT, Turbo Island, Bristol, January 2020
DNT, Richmond Road, Bristol, February 2020
DNT, Richmond Road, Bristol, February 2020
DNT, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2020
DNT, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2020
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, January 2020
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, January 2020
DNT, Grosvenor Road, Bristol, July 2019
DNT, Grosvenor Road, Bristol, July 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, July 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, July 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, March 2019
DNT, Thomas Street, Bristol, June 2019
DNT, Thomas Street, Bristol, June 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, May 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, May 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, April 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, April 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, April 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, April 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, April 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, April 2019
Hazard and DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March 2019
Hazard and DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, February 2019
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, February 2019
DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, December 2015
DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, December 2015
DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, December 2015
DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, December 2015
DNT, Thomas Street, Bristol, February 2018
DNT, Thomas Street, Bristol, February 2018
DNT, The Bearpit, Bristol, September 2018
DNT, The Bearpit, Bristol, September 2018
DNT, The Bearpit, Bristol, September 2018
DNT, The Bearpit, Bristol, September 2018
DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, April 2016
DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, April 2016
DNT, Nelson Street, Bristol, November 2017
DNT, Nelson Street, Bristol, November 2017
DNT, Hepburn Road, Bristol, August 2017
DNT, Hepburn Road, Bristol, August 2017
DNT, Hepburn Road, Bristol, April 2016
DNT, Hepburn Road, Bristol, April 2016
Object000 and DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March 2017
Object000 and DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, March 2017
DNT, Akarat and Sheva, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
DNT, Akarat and Sheva, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
DNT, The Bearpit, Bristol, January 2016
DNT, The Bearpit, Bristol, January 2016
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, January 2016
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, January 2016
DNT and Akarat, Nine Tree Hill, Bristol, August 2016
DNT and Akarat, Nine Tree Hill, Bristol, August 2016
DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, June 2016
DNT, Stokes Croft, Bristol, June 2016
DNT, Mr Klue, Akarat, Hepburn Road, Bristol, January 2016
DNT, Mr Klue, Akarat, Hepburn Road, Bristol, January 2016
DNT, Jamaica Street, Bristol, January 2016
DNT, Jamaica Street, Bristol, January 2016
DNT, Jamaica Street, Bristol, January 2016
DNT, Jamaica Street, Bristol, January 2016
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, December 2015
DNT, Moon Street, Bristol, December 2015

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Emily Joy Rich is a Bristol-based graphic designer and lettering artist. For anyone interested in letters and typeface art, I strongly recommend a quick squiz at her Instagram feed @emilyjoyrich – you will be in for a treat.

Emily Joy Rich, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Emily Joy Rich, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018

This Upfest 2018 piece is a good example of her typeface skills and she has combined them with an uplifting design and some cloudy kind of things. All that was really needed to set this piece off perfectly was a nice sunny day, but these were in short supply during the 2018 festival.

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Another look back to Upfest 2018 with this magnificent mural by The London Police. I know little about The London Police and have only seen their work on social media, but is appears that they have been an outfit since 2002, and comprise two central artists with othhers joining and leaving the collective over time. Ther is more about them in their Biography on their website.

The London Police, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
The London Police, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018

I take my hat off to them for tackling this wall, because in my view, this is one of the trickiest walls and most annoying to photograph at Upfest. The best shots are from the roof opposite or from a drone, and guess what, I don’t have one of those.

The London Police, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
The London Police, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018

The design is reasonably simple and clean which makes it easy to look at and enjoy. It is consistent with their work over many years and I believe the character is called LADS who forms the central part of all of their work. A fine piece.

An epiphany

.

Realisation

that the people I work with,

my colleagues, are friends.

.

by Scooj

2580. Upfest 2018 (171)

Well I don’t know about you, but I am getting rather excited about the return of Upfest which will be running in Bristol from 29 to 31 May, although some of the premium walls will be painted during the week before the festival, to make sure they are completed when the main pulse of visitors come.

Sake One, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018
Sake One, Upfest, Bristol, July 2018

So (I hate anyone who begins sentences with so) just to whet your appetite I thought I’d take a little look back at Upfest 2018 and some pieces I haven’t yet got round to posting, starting with this beauty from Sake One. In the WIP photograph the artist was taking a break with his (I assume) family, which was lovely to see. Quite a lot of artists had their families and children buzzing around which made the whole thing feel a bit more inclusive.

Sake One, Upfest, Bristol, September 2018
Sake One, Upfest, Bristol, September 2018

I didn’t get to see the completed piece until some while after the festival, mainly because I think he finished it after I had left. Alas, this is another one of those spots that seems to have a car permanently parked in front of it, so you’ll just have to make do with these pictures. A fabulous piece from a fabulous artist.

2579. Gloucester Road, CoLAB

I was on a mission to buy a couple of birthday presents a week or two back, and was running out of options (and time) so I took a stroll up Gloucester Road to see what I could find, as my usual ‘sure thing’ the Guild on Park Street had somewhat let me down. One of the shops I visited a couple of times was CoLAB, a shop that sells art from local artists. This particular shop also has strong links with the street art scene and stocks a range of books published by Tangent on the subject.

On my second trip into the shop, which sealed the deal on a rather nice print of the Carriageworks (with the Iconic Sweet Toof and Rawdy crocodile), I noticed this little alcove that looked a little bit like an ex-changing room (not an exchanging room, that might be something completely diffierent). Hurrah, the unmistakable work of Andy Council.

Andy Council, Gloucester Road CoLAB, Bristol, February
Andy Council, Gloucester Road CoLAB, Bristol, February

I don’t usually post indoor art in Natural Adventures, but just occassionally…

I suspect, looking at the wear and tear on this piece it might have been done some time ago. In true Andy Council style it features a bunch of dinosaurs that are constructed out of small houses and includes the Clifton Suspension Bridge, just for good measure. His work is inextricably linked with his home city and his identity can be found all over the place. A great find in a great shop that I will visit more frequently I’m sure.

Remember me

 

Curiosity

drew me to the flower girl

frozen in sadness

 

by Scooj