St Werburghs – Natural adventures

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Mr Klue, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2026

Mr Klue has returned and taken up one of his favourite spots at the entrance to St Werburghs tunnel. To me, this one looks a little different from many of his recent pieces. The letters KLUE look much more chunky and slightly compressed.

The familiar scrolls are larger than usual and feature strongly in this piece of abstract writing. Towards the top of the piece it looks like there are vapours rising skywards. Some tiny bursts of orange hint at something going on in the piece, almost as if it is about to burst into flames. Nice work from Mr Klue, king of the tunnel.

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Logoe, St Werburghs, Bristol, March 2026

On his most recent visit to Bristol, it would seem that Logoe had enough time to play with his letter forms and designs. The outcome was some really excellent pieces, like this one at the entrance to the tunnel.

His script letters, filled with colour-matched vertical stripes, are accompanied by a delicious pink drop shadow, bordered with a thin white line. A purple spotty background and oval spots through the letters round it off nicely. The words ‘ontological whirlwind’ have been added to it – you must make of that what you will. Very easy on the eye.

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Stivs, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026

The letters DSC give away the fact that this epic chrome monster is by Stivs. I guess, from time to time, if you are going to go big, you might as well do it loud and proud. To give you some sense of scale, these letters are probably about 11 or 12 feet tall – that is a lot of chrome paint!

I apologise for the poor photography – my iPhone doesn’t seem to like this section of tunnel and often turns out blurry images (note to self – sort it out). Stiv’s enormous letters are written in a calligraffiti style, but being so large are a little less sophisticated than some of his normal-sized pieces. A big bit of fun in the tunnel.

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I would describe Cort’s graffiti writing as unconventional, both in its conceptual design and also in its unusual selection of colours. These are, in my view, good attributes and what contributes to his ‘quirky’ work standing out.

Cort, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026

This piece, spelling KORT, is so off the wall that it is quite difficult to critique, other than to say I really like it. One of the unusual features in this particular piece is the cut away squares in the letters, that provide that very distinctive look so peculiar to Cort. It is good to see more of his work appearing at the moment, as a great balance to the volume of conventional graffiti art we are so lucky to see in Bristol.

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Hire, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026

It has been a very lean start to the year in terms of new street art pieces, which I attribute to the appalling weather that we have had so far this year. It isn’t only difficult to spray paint in the rain, it is also rather unpleasant. The tunnel has provided some refuge from the weather, and this is a nice recent piece by Hire which was painted alongside Sait Bare.

These days, it is more common to see the letters ODIAH than it is to see HIRE from the artist – perhaps it offers him more scope to play with form and colour. In years gone by, Hire used to create much more jagged and spiky pieces, and this feels like a softened version, showing his transition over time. I love the colours and love his work.

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Daz Cat, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2026

Daz Cat has painted another one of his tall ‘sentinel’ pieces guarding the entrance to St Werburghs tunnel. In this case, it is a rather lovely dog holding a toolbox that seems to be full of plants and spray cans.

The contents of the dog’s box might be a commentary on the people often seen in and around the tunnel, including, obviously graffiti and street artists and allotmenteers who have a selection of plots nearby. I may have missed the mark, but that is what this fine piece says to me. Great work from Daz Cat (dog).

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3Dom, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026

Not so long ago, this huge chrome piece by 3Dom appeared alongside one by Stivs in the tunnel. It didn’t take long for someone to run a black line through them, but it didn’t do too much damage to the overall look of the piece.

I am going to break from tradition and say that I don’t really like this piece, there is a first for everything I suppose. For me it is just too big, and reduces any impact of the fine details and nuances that 3Dom has made his own. The skull, with a galactic space for a cranium, has cone walls for eyes. Obviously, there is some symbolism here, but I am not too clear what the story is. 3Dom’s catchphrase ‘call in sick’ makes an appearance alongside the piece. Not his best in my opinion.

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Sait Bare, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026

Sait Bare is an artist I haven’t yet met, so I can offer little insight into him or his motivations, but his unusual work is constantly developing and improving. Recently he has switched things up a little and changed from writing the letters SAIT to writing the letters BARE, as in this case.

The colours he ha selected for this piece have a wonderfully rich quality, with the two tones of deep red and the reversed out spots contrasting really well with the sandy yellow. . The letters are set in a grey buffed wall with some nice pink and blue (that winning combo) spots. This is a lovely looking piece from Sait Bare.

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Kool Hand, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025

This was a piece from a little while ago by Kool Hand, celebrating his own birthday with some friends in the tunnel. For some reason, my iPhone was playing up that day, and my photographs a little blurry – some kind of auto-setting might have kicked in because of the low light levels.

The combination piece has the letters KOOL accompanied by a trademark orangutan head, and the whole thing is very nicely presented. Kool Hand is an artist whose work just keeps on developing gradually but consistently. A very nice birthday present to self.

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Fasho, St Werburghs, Bristol, February 2026

For quite a while now, I have been photographing Fasho’s writing, but held back on posting any pieces due to the fact that I know nothing at all about the artist. It seems that until I meet them, I’ll not find out any more, so I thought I’d go ahead with this nice green piece in the tunnel.

Fasho has a rather unique style of writing that includes exaggerated rounded ends to all the letters, giving the writing a soft appearance. This combination piece (which I am assuming is all by Fasho, although the character might be another artist’s work) contains the letters FASHO and a gun-wielding soldier on the left. There is good definition between the green fills and patterns and the white and black borders, keeping the piece tidy. A peace icon in the position of the ‘O’ indicate where this piece is coming from. Much more from Fasho to come from my archives.

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