Consistently brilliant and brilliantly consistent, Trafficity manages to paint the exact same structural form of letters spelling ZIOM. As I have said in previous posts featuring his work, I suspect there is a hidden smaller word running along the top of the letters, but until I next meet him to ask him, I cannot be sure.
Trafficity, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2023
There is something very reassuring about Trafficity’s work, a constant landmark that reappears, when all else around us in in complete turmoil and chaos. The colour selections and transitions are near perfect, and the border and outlines clean and tight. It is always great to find a Trafficity piece.
Phew! Today has been a bit of a beast, and I haven’t had any time to post my doors until now, and just as I had settled myself to write this post, my wife called to say she had a flat tyre and as I have just renewed the insurance, could I call out the breakdown recovery. All done now, and I can resume.
I have not photographed any doors recently, so this is a bit of a throwback to 2019 and some doors I encountered in Fowey in Cornwall, dredged from my doors archive. I hope you enjoy them. I have a favourite, I wonder if you can guess which one:
Blue door and anchor knocker, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019Short green door, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019Frosted door doorfie, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019Grey door and granite step, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019Grey door with no handles or furniture, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019Door to the old police house, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019Front door and stunning gate, Fowey, Cornwall, September 2019
That really is all for this week – wishing you a happy weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
The colourful nature of the Stokes Croft area is perhaps best represented by this little alleyway, known locally as ‘Crack Alley’. Although the drug dealing that used to be the USP of this corner of Bristol has moved on, the graffitied walls continue to be a feature, and every now and again an absolute beauty appears. This collaboration from PWA artists Face 1st and Zake is just such a beauty.
Face 1st, Hepburn Road, Bristol, April 2023
The PWA writing is by Face 1st, and is quite a rarity, as he usually writes FACE. The orange is really striking in this dark alley, and the depth to the letters really helps them to pop out from the wall. There are some nice shout-outs to Nightwayss, Soap and Chill too.
Zake, Hepburn Road, Bristol, April 2023
The character piece from Zake is brilliant and seems to portray a young tagger looking rather upset – maybe he got caught spraying walls. The shorts and t-shirt are a stroke of genius, and the body position suggests a lot of forward movement from the character. I absolutely love this, it makes me laugh, a lot. Altogether a superb collaboration from this pair.
It is a remarkable thing, but I continue to ‘find’ graffiti writers and street artists, only to discover that they have been around for years and that they just haven’t been on my radar at all. One such artist is Still, who I met about a week ago, and since meeting him I have found two of his recent pieces. How does that work? And how many do I have in my archive?
Still, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, April 2023
Still is obviously an accomplished writer, and when I met him, he was coaching Maes, another artist I haven’t yet featured on Natural Adventures. This is a very busy piece, spelling out STILL, with a great overall shape and dynamic fills, finished off nicely with a clean red border. Watch this space for more from Still.
Tack Jucker, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, April 2023
Tack Jucker has been a little bit quiet over the winter, so this early spring piece was a nice surprise. The piece resembles a study more than a complete piece, and perhaps gives us a little glimpse of the design ideas of Tack Jucker, and maybe something he is working on.
Tack Jucker, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, April 2023
He has slapped this giant eye over the top of a Face 1st piece when perhaps the polite thing might have been to buff the wall out completely before starting. The eye itself is nicely done, and the reflections work really well – an aspiring My Dog Sighs perhaps?
This is a rather unusual piece by Stivs, and I have to say I’m really not very sure what it all means, so I decided to do a bit of a Google Interweb search. I think that the piece splits into two. On the left is a reference to an Australian film called Chopper and a character called Mark ‘Chopper’ Read who I assume says at some point in the film “Neville Fuck’n Bartos”. One for a quiet evening maybe. The other half is some stunning calligraffiti spelling out Jules.
Stivs, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2023
Stivs has been pushing the boundaries recently with character pieces and portraits, mostly linked to films, and his portfolio is about so much more than just his outstanding calligraffiti. The writing looks like it might be a tribute to Jules – I don’t know much more than that about it. My only reservation about this piece is the background, I can only guess that it has some significance.
Soker is an artist who has definitely slowed down a little bit in terms of his graffiti writing over the last couple of years, but he has certainly made up for things with this immense piece in Norfolk Place, replacing one of his own pieces there.
Soker, Norfolk Place, Bristol, April 2023
This is a top-notch piece of classic wildstyle graffiti writing, spelling SOKEM. The colour selection and progressions are superb, as is the 3D drop shadow in purple and lilac with its central vanishing point. The whole thing oozes class, and one can be pretty sure that the piece will remain untagged and intact until such time as Soker chooses to repaint it (probably years).
Mudra and Saor, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023
This narrow section of the M32 Cycle path wall that is difficult to photograph, even with a wide angle capability, which is exacerbated when there is a collaboration from two writers who like to spread themselves out a bit. To add to the difficulties, the light conditions are particularly challenging in this section – I think I did ok though.
Mudra, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023
To the left of this NTS rhapsody in blue is a classy collection of letters by Mudra, spelling MUDRA, as you would expect. Mudra specialises in using a different design for each letter in his work, and then bringing them all together through clever colour selection and some style element that is unique to the artist.
Saor, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, April 2023
The right-hand side of the collaborative wall is by Saor, whose work is always as tight as it is creative. His goofy monster character is the centrepiece to the letters SAOR, which is typically rather cryptic. This is a wonderful piece and part of a really great collaboration.
Lee Roy, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, September 2023Lee Roy, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2023Lee Roy, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2023Lee Roy, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2023Lee Roy, Brunel Way, Bristol, June 2023Lee Roy and Waste, Brunel Way, Bristol, June 2023Lee Roy, Brunel Way, Bristol, May 2023Lee Roy, Dean Lane, Bristol, April 2023Lee Roy, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, May 2023Lee Roy, Brunel Way, Bristol, February 2023Lee Roy, Moon Street, Bristol, February 2023Lee Roy, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, February 2023
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