6891. St Werburghs tunnel (490)

DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025
DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025

It is always a pleasure when DFC1848 comes to visit, and sometimes I even manage to catch up with him, but unfortunately not on his most recent visit, during which he dropped a few pieces about the place, including these ones.

DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025
DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025

He has become an accomplished character painter, coming up with a raft of different cartoon-style creatures for us to enjoy. I’m not sure what this little fellow is, a beaver? A meerkat? It doesn’t really matter. The animal is holding up a placard which simply reads ‘smile’. Unfortunately, yellow text on a white background is a real  ‘no no’ in the world of communications, as for many people it is difficult to pick out the writing.

DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025
DFC1848, St Werburghs, Bristol, April 2025

Not content with his first creature, DFC1848 also painted a ‘sticker’ character a few yards away, for good measure. Decent fun stuff.

5850. Brunel Way (256)

Mr Underbite, Brunel Way, Bristol, February 2024
Mr Underbite, Brunel Way, Bristol, February 2024

It is always great fun to come across the hapless Mr Underbite, looking as confused and ever so slightly miserable as usual. This is not the first time Mr Underbiter has appeared on this particular wall, which seems so very well suited to the proportions of the face.

Mr Underbite, Brunel Way, Bristol, February 2024
Mr Underbite, Brunel Way, Bristol, February 2024

The letters MUB refer to the artist and the character’s name. I suspect that this was a quick one, as the underlying piece (by Ryder, from recollection) is still partially visible, and it is a simple two-tone affair. I very much hope that we het to see plenty more of this fine character work as things warm up in 2024.

Mr Underbite, Brunel Way, Bristol, February 2024
Mr Underbite, Brunel Way, Bristol, February 2024

Just in case you miss the piece, a nearby slap (sticker) reminds us that Mr Underbite comes in many sizes and forms on our streets.

Thursday doors – 30 April 2020

Doors 104 – New York City paste up and sticker doors

Lock down continues and the weather has become a little unsettled, which adds up to a failure to find some new fresh doors for you this week, so it is a return to my archives and some doors from a family trip we took to New York in October 2017.

Each morning I would rise early and wander around the East Village area where out holiday appartment was and snap up some street art before the rest of the family got up – I combined shopping for breakfast with getting my street art fix, a win-win situation.

Many of the doors in the area were peppered from top to toe with wheatpastes and stickers. Here are a few of them to give you a flavour of the district:

Wheatpaste door, East Village, New York, October 2017
Wheatpaste door, East Village, New York, October 2017
Painted door, East Village, New York, October 2017
Painted door, East Village, New York, October 2017
Wheatpaste door, East Village, New York, October 2017
Wheatpaste door, East Village, New York, October 2017
Wheatpaste door, East Village, New York, October 2017
Wheatpaste door, East Village, New York, October 2017

You can spot a paste up by Phoebe New York to the right of the door buzzer.

Wheatpaste door, East Village, New York, October 2017
Wheatpaste door, East Village, New York, October 2017

There are two more Phoebe New York paste ups here, one above the boxer on the left and one at the bottom right of the door.

I hope you enjoyed this little tour, brief I know and I am sorry about that.

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

532. Upfest 2016 (71)

This was a lively piece created for Upfest by the curiously named Francois GotBuffed, who is based in Belfast. He works mostly with stickers and paste ups, creating playful cartoon characters.

Francois GotBuffed, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016
Francois GotBuffed, Upfest, Bristol, July 2016

I don’t have much more information on this artist/sticker maker, but you can see his Facebook page here.

523. Raleigh Road (4)

The second of two recent works by Voyder, following on from my previous post. This is a highly accomplished piece that on first inspection looks like a giant sticker that has a couple of kinks and tears in it, but take a closer look and it is just an illusion, the whole piece is sprayed.

Voyder, Raleigh Road, Bristol, November 2016
Voyder, Raleigh Road, Bristol, November 2016

I love this amazing attention to detail and deception, this really is a very clever piece, and demonstrates the versatility of Voyder. The work sits comfortably alongside Deamze on one side and a Beastie and Decay collaboration on the other. Both to follow soon.

Voyder, Raleigh Road, Bristol, November 2016
Voyder, Raleigh Road, Bristol, November 2016

I have to keep checking this piece to look at how Voyder has sprayed the crease. It really is masterful and creative. One of the best.