While It’s Raining…

Dusto x Foundry x See, loving this 🙂 TBC 142, they may buff it off but they will return.Trik9 x Deap, looking good.Spade, visited for Tramlines, left his mark. Bob – The Urine Infections, ’nuff said… Kaze, not seen him about for a while. Sour, not seen him for a while either 😦 Mace x Gzos, staggering collab, brilliant work as always. Rocket01, stepping up a gear at the moment, bring it on!Lovely Gums, not met him but I’ve got a soft spot for his cheeky characters. I dunno….. made me laugh though. Misc…..mmmm…. very similar to…? Eugene Booms, feeling blue, made my day though, somehow managed to not see this on Insta, so was a wonderful surprise! Bine x Haste, the boys are back in town, didn’t think they’d ever left 😉 ABC x Peachzz psycadelic stairs. Wizo, seeing this around more and more. STOG has a clever eye for colour, lush!

Keep thinking there’s not a lot happening on the Sheffield Scene at the moment, but it is, there’s just a little more legwork to catch it all, oh well, I guess I could do with the exercise!

It’s Alive (and Kicking!)

Hopefully I’ll be back up to date with my blog (don’t hold your breath) just had my internet repaired for the third time, so for the moment it’s back to being rubbish as opposed to none existent. This is some of what’s been going on in Sheffield. Well he’s definitely back, Hungry Horace rides again….Hooray!!  Dala pasting pretty ladies everywhere.Yabba Dabba Doo! Love it, can’t read it though…. although I am informed it’s Deap. (thanks to my secret mine of graff information)Touching tribute wall by Byne for his dad. Dealt x Kosy, homage to Viz. Nice to see Kosy in the city again.Ogosh x Alas much like.  Pfog M4 buzzing colourscheme.  Gums, very fond of his cheeky characters. Quite like this, Toefoo.   Little ray of sunshine, seen a few of these now, always make me smile. STOG x Meth A Trik9, a rhapsody in blue, fantastic! Double Rocket01, does it get any better than this?  😀  Brayk Graff, kind of cute , kind of creepy, a bit like me 😉Coloquix’s lady is beginning to write…and so is her cat, lovely.Osim x Jonas, a cracking combination, always good to see.Mace, absolute banger! JDavies (Kame) 4 pieces to melt your mind. 4eyes, always consistent but seems a bit more active recently. No idea, but I like the colours,some one should give me a job as an art critic…….I’d be absolutely useless! Ha! 😀

Summer is Coming!!

Haste, got the bird, think she’s a bit horny! Mace x Surge, Mortal Kombat, Finish Him!! Epic as always.  Jd Arts (Kame), I do love these, brilliant work. Brayk, diverse as always, and quite busy as of late.Dese, been busy at this place, this one’s my favourite though.Rateone, wouldn’t like to spend time in his head!  😉Cres….. This is probably the first time that Cres has featured on this blog , I’m not a great fan of most of his work but this is impressive. What a spot!Ogosh x Alas x Skint x Syke, hopefully not the last collaboration on this wall. Casper maybe?, but particularly liking the BilsMist1 , old school legend and a bit of a comedian! 🙂Burn x Kode, brightening car parks in the city, but unfortunately often a pain to photograph because people keep parking cars in front of them…Prone. Saw the man himself in the middle of painting this, he said I’d like it, he was wrong, I think it’s fantastic 😀  Bint and Tekonta Secta walked into a bar……… I’m sure there’s a joke in there somewhere, but anyway, great to see them in one of our more salubrious hostelries.

I’d been thinking things were a bit quiet in Sheffield, but if you have a good look around, it’s as busy as ever, thankfully, don’t want my garden too tidy do I?

Still Going!

Seem to have got myself a little behind of late, I blame my crappy internet, (3.5 hours to upload 60 photos!), my garden, it’s a jungle out there, really it is, and also the fact that so much work is so widely documented that there really doesn’t seem to be any need to rush…. so I won’t. 😉 Suek always nice to see work by this talented guy. Meth, the cheeky leg was covered over quickly, glad I got to see it. Coloquix, lady in the lake, well brook actually, had a longer than expected walk to find her, worth the effort though. Foundry, Caught this handsome chap busy on this beautiful tribute piece for sweet Ruby who was only here for eleven days but her memory will live on with her family always. Took me several attempts to get a shot of this due to cars parked in front of it. The piece was completed shortly before Rubys funeral. Another lovely tribute for Ruby by Mace, Surge and Mars. Aero x Dose, they don’t get as much coverage as some artists, but are constantly keeping on it. I’m guessing not local, but my what a wall!? x Ask x Dyel, great set of blokes who don’t get out as often as I’d like 😉 Riseone x I don’t know, but I really like it. Kisk, another fellow who needs to get out more, although I do know he’s often busy with community projects. Slew x Orin, not seen these guys in Sheffield before, they can normally be found lurking further south.Vintage Teas, goodness knows how old it is!Booms, I like to think this is based on me apart from the tattoos, the bald head and the beard 🙂  Broker, long time no see, perhaps I’m just going to the wrong places…

Whatever The Weather

Along came a Spider, so happy that Phlegm paid us a visit, love this so much, it was worth the brambles and everything. D7606, ready to use wheatpaste, my favourite shade. C3, these ladies are developing nicely,gorgeous.  Eug, got a strange taste in underwear, like the tattoos though. 🙂  Rialto and Earth, getting busy, which is a good thing I think.Brayk Graff  ‘The coldest flame in Sheffield’, know the feeling.J Davies Arts, eye popping letters.007, old piece ( the writer sadly died in 2000) uncovered by clearance of vegetation on railtracks, very well preserved.Mila K, looking good, as always, fun to find, as always… This Alex Ekins Raven wheatpaste is definitely one of my favourites. Stunning Lord of the Rings themed wall from Mace, Surge, Gzos and Shadyone Amp.Evo, Pawski and Shoe,very handsome portrait of a fellow in the middle there 😉Coloquix, seeing double and with the reflection almost double double!! Skint and Sico, way too cool for school. Class of 2015 by CoLor, I’m particularly fond of the little details on this.  Hungry Horace seemed to disappear altogether, but perhaps not,this doesn’t look new but it’s certainly not as old as his other stuff, the plot thickens….

Tis The Season….

Due to crappy internet, Christmas and bad weather, not got around to posting this even though I started it at the beginning of December. Luckily it has been a bit quiet recently so hopefully I won’t have missed too much out.Love this quirky little chap by Mikk Murray. Spotted this local legend putting the finishing touches on this.And Britney did it again. Meth producing lots of wonderful work at the moment. Eyepopping colours from Narke.Rateone, gone fishing 😉

Bine and Haste collab, boys gone large!J Davies, more lovely creations.My favourite of a series of Bubba creations on Ecclesall Road.Corpse, creating an ever expanding array of characters.Shoe and Pawski having a cheeky paint. (Do you see what I did there? 😉 )Coloquix to the left of me, Brayk to the right, here I am.Surge, Mars And Mace, having a Star Wars moment, awesome!No idea who, but really like it. Have since been informed that it is Form and Scar, thanks for the info 🙂Sico, in one of my least favourite spots, great piece though.

Assuming the snow melts before the end of the year I hope to be out and about, still got a few bits to catch up on.

Hope everyone has had a very Merry Christmas, thanks for your support over the past year!

Happy October!

After 2 weekends lurking in Birmingham and a broadband connection that keeps feeling nostalgic and replicating the golden age of dial up internet, I find I’ve got a bit of a backlog. So this is a larger than normal Sheffield post while I try to get back on track.

Stickers,some people hate them, I love them, especially when there’s little collections of them, this set includes D7606, C3, Rubix, Zabou and Greenz.Brayk, a man of many words. Double Meth, twice the fun!Byne, been a bit quiet lately, working on a new project perhaps.Like this, don’t know who it is though.Part of the wonderful Rocket01 and Mila K collaboration piece. I adore how Rocket01 portrays these dogs.Kode x Zero awesome as always.Kid Acnes’  ace contribution to the ‘Festival of the Mind’. Mental Mickey by Mars 🙂Pawski and a lady with attitude.Rateone, got a reight gob on ‘im that one! 😉Mace, Mars and Surge gone all skynet on us.Ogosh in glorious monochrome.23, in the style of…answers on a postcard please.. Earth,not seen one of these for a long time.CoLor stages a Yorkshire Referendum…the Arhs have it!Sico x Skint, lush in lilac.Mila K on the shutters of Spaceman, gorgeous.Broke and ? Hadn’t been to this place for ages, good to see it’s still being redecorated regularly.

Apologies for the loads I’ve missed, I promise it won’t happen again!

Greetings From Heidelberg

Rainbow Rambo!Sour taking it easy,yes I know it’s an old one,but I don’t get out much. 😉Wonderful piece by Rocket 01 and Faunagraphic, spent ages looking for this, in all the wrong places.I spied a Foundry piece on his all weather wall. Sico, Skint and Suek freedom wall for Fista. Some keeping it colourful.Found a cheeky little Corpse sticker.Surge, Pawski and Mace beautiful memorial piece.Body Snachaz, Mars alligator. Really like this quirky little fellow.Not a brilliant photo but I didn’t have my tripod, love this piece by CoLor. Handsome chap isn’t he?As if!

Oh and if you were wondering, I recently found a FB page for Street Art Heidelberg that had an H2i production, painted in Sheffield, as it’s banner, I never knew I was in Germany, did you?

Summer Sessions

All this damp weather is good for fungi apparently. Espre, lovely guy who doesn’t paint often enough. Meth, Trik9 and Rank in a blue mood.Mars goes big!Your Mum’s Your Dad (don’t ask, I’ve no idea!)getting up!Zero and Kode with an awesome tribute to the sad passing of King Robbo.Sour and friends.Brayk, what can I say…, definitely different, but didn’t last long.Sico, popping up all over the place.Surge, Britney, Pawski, Mr Jones and Mace, A stunning wall celebrating the new Planet of the Apes film. Absolutely love this piece by Rocket01, thought I’d show you a close up.Beautiful bird in the nest by Faunagraphic.

So happy that the local artists are keeping me busy, love my city 🙂

Shapeshifters in Tamworth!

So, that time of year again, me and my little dog boarded a train to Tamworth. Despite the weather the turnout was as always, amazing.

A new name to me Aems, love this character.Local ish artist Time,not seen him in action before.Akse P19, arrived even later than me, instantly recognised the emerging face of Tom Neville from Revolution.Cracking piece from Ziner.Rascal, one of the few pieces I’ve got finished shots of.Catch22, it was fascinating watching this guy work.I don’t know the artist, but I really like this. Since been told his name is Ments.Gnasher, forgot his earplugs and fell out with this character, great to see him and Mystique though.Parlee and Demane, was great to meet these guys,this was probably my favourite production. We had a fascinating chat about the early days of the Specials too! Kem, looking a little lonely as Mef was on holiday and Wingy working on a brilliant Rorschach piece.Skema, half the man he was last year ( 😉 ) but still putting up fab pieces and he managed to stick with one this year, unlike the three he did last year!.Zook, another brummie I think, liking his style. The master Title, stunning work as ever.Glimmertwin, just love it.Shab, lovely to see the man himself, I don’t think he’ll forget my little dog in a hurry! I’m very fond of the raven.Love this too.Very nice to see Mr. Steve Edwards, just keeps getting better.Don’t know the artist but I’ve been told his name is Toile.Mono, love this guy, that is all.Fidget, I think.Mig29, I hope, this wall was looking out of this world, gutted I didn’t get to see it finished.Leigh Irvine (Raze), the first or one of the first big jams he’s been to, can’t go wrong with the Mask..CoLor and Corpse worked together on this brain melting piece.Vomit, this just jumps off the wall, brilliant.There was dancing, and loud music, my little dog did not appreciate the music…or skateboards.Polar, not sure where he’s from, but was good to meet him.Freebee2, wonderfully bonkers 🙂The Rusty Alexander, most of the work covering this mobile gallery is by My Dog Sighs, simply stunning.H2i crew and Surge and friends, made a weekend of it, their blockbuster wall wasn’t completed until the next day.

A fantastic day once again which even the weather couldn’t spoil, although it had a good go. I managed to not get wet, although my feet did look like they had been to Glastonbury. It was good to see so many people I knew and meet many more, I think my little dog helped a little bit. Well done to Vic and New Urban Era for pulling it off again, I’m sure it’s worth all the stress!

My only disappointment with the day was that I had to leave before so much was finished, me and my little dog had to run to the train station, yes run, leg it up 3 flights of stairs to the platform, leaving us both in need of oxygen, to find that our train was delayed. It turned out that the lively weather had blown up a signal box in Derby and created absolute chaos. The delay turned out to be over an hour, I wonder how many of the walls had been finished by then…… On the plus side my little dog was no trouble on the train…