6432. Dean Lane skate park (765)

Fade, Pekoe and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024
Fade, Pekoe and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024

Every once in a while I go back a month or two into my archives looking for pieces that get missed or overlooked but that deserve to be published on Natural Adventures. How I let this one pass me by I’ll never know, but it is a wonderful collaboration between Fade, Pekoe and Dibz.

Fade and Pekoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024
Fade and Pekoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024

Fade and Dibz paint this wall a lot, and I mean a lot, so it is really nice to see them hook up with Pekoe to collaborate with them. There is a strong spider theme coming across in the collaboration, and Fade’s letters have webs suspended from them and forming part of the fill. The dark letters are topped with a nice red colour for variation, and he has painted a tidy 3D drop shadow. Nice stuff from Fade.

Pekoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024
Pekoe, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024

Pekoe has painted a small portrait centrepiece between the two writers, of a woman with a red face and spider hair theme going on. I don’t know if this is a fictional Pekoe character or whether is is meant to be some kind of spider woman character, but it is nice and tight and beautifully presented (a rose between two thorns?)

Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024
Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2024

The Tryptich is completed with a fine example of wildstyle writing from Dibz, whose letter fills, decorations and colours reflect Fade’s on the other side. I would have liked to have known more about the spider theme, but my curiosity will have to remain unresolved until I next meet one of the artists. A nicely finished themed collaboration.

6431. Cumberland Basin

Mr Klue, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Mr Klue, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

This is Mr Klue a little outside his comfort zone, painting at a location other than St Werburghs tunnel. It would seem that he was somehow persuaded to venture away from BS2 to join in the World Wall Stylers challenge ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’, and he has kept to the theme colours, although his writing isn’t especially on message.

Mr Klue, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024
Mr Klue, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, August 2024

Mr Klue’s writing can be difficult to read sometimes and you have to take it on trust that he usually writes KLUE, but in this piece it is much clearer and you can make out the letters quite easily. It is great to see that he has managed to get out into the sunlight before retreating to the comfort of his tunnel.

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Vozie, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2023
Vozie, Frome Side, Bristol, November 2023
Vozie, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2023
Vozie, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2023
Vozie, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2023
Vozie, Dean Lane, Bristol, May 2023
Vozie, Greenbank, Bristol, May 2023
Vozie, Greenbank, Bristol, May 2023
Vozie, Elton Street, Bristol, April 2023
Vozie, Elton Street, Bristol, April 2023
Vozie, Greenbank, Bristol, April 2022
Vozie, Greenbank, Bristol, April 2022
Vozie, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2022
Vozie, St Werburghs, Bristol, December 2022
Bnie, Vozie, Pekoe and Evey, Upfest 22, Bristol, May 2022
Bnie, Vozie, Pekoe and Evey, Upfest 22, Bristol, May 2022
Bnie and Vozie, Upfest 22, Bristol, May 2022
Bnie and Vozie, Upfest 22, Bristol, May 2022
Vozie, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2022
Vozie, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2022
Vozie, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2022
Vozie, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2022

6429. Jamaica Street (28)

Vane, Jamaica Street, Bristol, July 2024
Vane, Jamaica Street, Bristol, July 2024

When I first came across this piece, I really wasn’t too sure what it meant, but photographed it anyway, because it is a clean and classy piece of writing with an important message. It turns out that it is by Vane and is a get well shout-out to his friend Holly, AKA Mena – regular readers will know that she is a Bristol writer who had an accident in Thailand recently and is currently recovering in the UK.

Vane, Jamaica Street, Bristol, July 2024
Vane, Jamaica Street, Bristol, July 2024

This is a heartfelt and touching piece by Vane, who, although he is a Bristol artist, hasn’t appeared on Natural Adventures all that often. I think it says much about the graffiti/street art culture in the city that so many artists have rallied around Mena and painted messages of support for her over the last few weeks. I hope her recovery continues well.

6427. Cumberland Basin

Sait Bare and Zake, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2024
Sait Bare and Zake, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2024

I think that Zake is not only incredibly prolific, but is also one of those artists who is happy to collaborate with anyone. Some artists are quite particular about who they collaborate with, but Zake, it would seem, just loves to paint with other artists. In this piece he has teamed up, to great effect, with Sait Bare.

Sait Bare and Zake, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2024
Sait Bare and Zake, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, July 2024

The writing, spelling SA(I)T, is by Sait Bare and is typical of his non-conformist letter shapes and cloudy fills, a style that takes a little getting used to, but which is really growing on me. The ‘i’ is supplied by painted by zake in the form of one of his distinctive cartoon portraits, whose body makes up the stem of the ‘i’ and whose head is the dot on top.  This is an unexpected and rather successful collaboration, and I suspect not the last from this pair.

6426. Brunel Way (296)

Werm, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024
Werm, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024

Sometimes wildstyle graffiti writers can be guilty of overthinking their work, and I feel that Werm went through a phase where he did just that, and while his pieces were technically awesome, they were, for my taste, just a little too over-complex.

Werm, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024
Werm, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024

This one is a recent work in a series of bilaterally symmetrical graffiti writing pieces that Werm has been focussing on. He tends to work in themes and ideas which he runs with for six months or so, and then moves on to some new concept, constantly evolving and improving. The colours palette is very ‘Wermy’, and by that I mean contains reds and cream, which he uses a often as a combination. This is a nice piece, and well worth buffing the wall to provide a clean background.

6425. Dean Lane skate park (764)

Risky, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024
Risky, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024

I have been aware of Risky’s writing about the place for some while now, but I would say that in the last six months or so he has really upped his game, and is turning out some rather nice writing and some interesting fills, where his earlier pieces were perhaps cutting his teeth or practising.

Risky, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024
Risky, Dean Lane, Bristol, September 2024

This one in Dean Lane follows a fairly basic formula, and has been executed really well. The letters RISKY are in two tones of red giving a basic light/shadow effect, which provides depth to the letters. The writing has a contrasting green drop shadow and the whole thing is bordered with a dark blue line. There is lots of thought and care that has gone into this piece of graffiti writing, and I look forward to this continuing evolution from Risky.

6420. Upfest 2024 (52)

Jimmer Wilmott, Upfest 24, The Tobaccco Factory, Bristol, September 2024
Jimmer Wilmott, Upfest 24, The Tobaccco Factory, Bristol, September 2024

Somehow this piece by Jimmer Wilmott passed me by at this year’s Upfest, and I only got to see it recently during a visit to a few spots with Paul H, including the Tobacco Factory. Sunday is the best day to visit this spot, because there are no cars in the parking spaces, which are immediately in front of the wall. Saturdays would also be good, if it weren’t for the market, which clogs things up a bit.

Jimmer Wilmott, Upfest 24, The Tobaccco Factory, Bristol, September 2024
Jimmer Wilmott, Upfest 24, The Tobaccco Factory, Bristol, September 2024

Jimmer Wilmott has been working in the studio on canvass with his ‘alphabetti spaghetti’ pieces for quite a long while now, but this is the first wall I am aware of that he has decorated in this way. The concept is simple and brilliant and somehow he achieves a photorealistic presentation, which causes many a double-take. Spelling ‘Jimmer was ere’, this is a creative delight from one of the most creative talents in Bristol.

6418. Brunel Way (295)

Kosc, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024
Kosc, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024

I am still a little under the weather with Covid this morning, so only short posts today. This is a wonderful piece of chrome graffiti writing from Kosc in a spot that he has painted before, but I don’t usually associate with him.

Kosc, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024
Kosc, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2024

The letters are made up in the style of riveted sheets of metal, a device used by many writers and one that is very effective. Kosc has perfected this style.

6416. Cumberland Basin

Soker and Sled One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2024
Soker and Sled One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2024

When the best get together, small miracles happen. And when I look at a collaboration between Soker and Sled One, I find myself asking (again) how do they do this? Of course, I know how they do it, but technically and creatively it becomes unfathomable.

Soker, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2024
Soker, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2024

The writing to the left is by Soker, and I would like to add that it is wonderful to see him out painting a little more often these days after a prolonged quiet period. The beautifully crafted letters are filled with a stunning combination of colours that work perfectly together. This is wildstyle graffiti writing at its best.

Sled One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2024
Sled One, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, September 2024

The character piece is by Sled One and features a young man (self-portrait?) gazing into a lava lamp filled with trippy smiley faces that bleed into the rest of the collaboration. Sled One not only creates these marvellous characters and scenes, but tells a whole story, which the viewer is challenged to piece together. This is a very special collaboration.