7684. Cumberland Basin

Tera and Kid Crayon, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2026
Tera and Kid Crayon, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2026

You don’t often get to see winter-themed pieces in the spring, but if anyone was going to challenge the viewer in this way, it was likely to be Tera and Kid Crayon. I can imagine them being rather pleased with themselves when they came up with the theme for this collaboration. Their contrasting styles really come across in these pieces.

Tera, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2026
Tera, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2026

Tera tends to have quite an edgy take with his street art work, favouring demonic representations, which he has followed through with this icy combination piece. The cool letters (which I can’t read) are accompanied by a sinister skeleton snowman character holding a spray can in his right hand. The suggestion being that he has just written the letters.

Kid Crayon, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2026
Kid Crayon, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2026

On the other hand, Kid Crayon’s take is much more cuddly, with a fun polar bear drinking a slushy next to his CRAYON letters looking like ice cubes or an iceberg – altogether a softer look. What a superb collaboration from the pair.

Shards

Ice crystals, Redland, Bristol, January 2026
Ice crystals, Redland, Bristol, January 2026

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Crystallisation

miniature ice formations

encrust frozen leaves

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by Scooj

Call out the guard

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The people fight back

discredit and crush them all

validate response

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by Scooj

Ice

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A perfect circle

skimmed from a gardening trugg

smashed to smithereens

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by Scooj

2494. M32 roundabout J3 (172)

Grrrr. Dappled shade. It drives me bonkers.

This great piece, if you can see it, is by Hypo, whose work pops up every now and again, and although not the most prolific of Bristol artists, his work is always worth waiting for.

Hypo, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2019
Hypo, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2019

This ‘HYPO’ has an icy feel to it, which is perhaps exaggerated by what look like icicles hanging off some of the letters, and the red and yellow fills have a translucent look to them like ice lollies or stained glass. A fun piece wallowing in late summer sun.

Icy

 

Perilous flagstones

outside Bristol cathedral;

stairway to heaven.

 

by Scooj