City Report

Kosh, Skint and Sico, going large.Saul, a visitor from Leeds I think.Have a break, have a quick cat,glad I’m a dog person myself, Mr Eug.Mila K, outstanding as always.Who says clowns are scary, he’s a regular bundle of joy, by Kent.Like this, can’t read it mind.Space travel is in Dysons blood.Rambo,a vision in black and chrome.CoLor, I’m sure there’s a witty title for this but I’m blowed if I can think of it.Mars, loving these letters pieces.Bern x Kode x Zero, I do wish they got out more 😉Brayk wants his mummy.Suek a master of his craft.Sour in a purple patch.Miso maybe?Monkeys, because we all love monkeys 🙂

 

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 🙂

G’day! (Well 2 of them actually)

It’s always great to meet people as passionate about my hobby/ obsession as I am, so imagine how happy I was that one like-minded individual, was not only making the trip over from Australia to the UK (and Europe), but made it as far as Sheffield too! And it was my privilege to show her the sights over the two days she was here. Lady P as some of you may know is a graffaholic and I think it’s fair to say we have a lot in common. We tried to fit in as much as we could, but didn’t make it to all the spots I’d hoped. It was strange to realise how much I no longer notice, just because it’s there. It was good to see each place through another persons’ eyes.

Despite having never been finished the Phlegm piece above is still amazing.

This Mega Production by Kode, Lone, Gzos and Mars was one I’d not seen up close, looks pretty special.Bumped into some of the new crop of artists in the city,was good to put names to pieces, the one above is by Desmond.Lady P caught in action photographing Peachz at work.The latest piece of loveliness from Eugene Booms.Lady P was able to see CoLor Art and Narke creating this fabulous piece, I think she took a few snaps too.I don’t know anything about Anubis, but I really like what he does, this is my favourite so far.Spied a beautiful Coloquix lady.Lady P was quite taken with this wall by H2i.Solo, I hope I got it right this time! Really like it anyway.I’ve not heard of Purpz before, not sure whether he’s local or not, cool piece though.Sico, seems to be all over the place at the moment. 🙂 Rather fond of these little critters by ABC.A horned lady by Casino, love the style of these.Really like this combination of paste up and paint by Dala.Making use of the architectural features, Meth. Another making use of the architecture, can somebody tell me who it is please? I now know it’s Brisk 🙂Robo x Brisk, enjoying watching their styles and skills develop.Dyson consistently good.Paid a visit to the studio where Foundry works with his brother,and found this sexy lady on the wall.Lady P was keen to see as much as she could in her time with us, this piece by Rocket was the next to the last she saw on her trip.

It says a lot for Sheffield that someone like Lady P from so faraway, would be aware of what is going on here and want to come and see it for herself. I think we gave her a pretty grand tour, giving her a proper Yorkshire welcome and introducing her to a traditional English chippy and the questionable delights of dandelion and burdock!

It was a real pleasure to have her here I do hope she enjoyed it as much as I did…….Oh and by the way, she never said g’day once!

Yorkshires Top Graff Tourism Spot?

I read an interview with D7606 on New Urban Eras website, now there’s a guy who travels the country photographing graffiti, pasting his quirky telephone boxes on the way, and where’s his favourite spot? Sheffield! Hardly surprising really.

I’m guessing the paste up is another of the new batch in the city, all good.Rocket01s’ tribute piece to Neil Armstrong has been widely covered so I thought I’d post a close up, the facial features are amazing.Riseone and (insert name here), got a green thing going on here, I like. Meth,love this and the new big one I haven’t seen in the flesh is brilliant.I don’t know, made me smile though. 🙂This is just beautiful, I think it’s a real work of art, Foundry has excelled himself with this lovely lady. Solo, really like the colours and fill with this.Coloquixs’ lucious lady, gets about she does…Alex Ekins has been at it again, paste up Sherpas this time. This one’s my favourite.H2i have got the city looking lovely at the moment, this is a close up of  Maces’ latest in the centre.Pawski, definitely one with an eye for the ladies this fellow 😉 Evo and Mars, bangin’!Gzos with an ace piece to celebrate his mate Pete triumphing over cancer. Lovely tribute.

Perhaps I’m aiming too low with Yorkshires’ top spot, perhaps we’re the top spot in the UK, well nearly 🙂

City Centre Tootle

Love the positioning of this Kent piece.A friend of a friend bought a ventriloquists dummy from an antique shop on Abbeydale Road and every time they had friends round for dinner they would set a place for the dummy, not weird at all! I understand that this creation is being used as an album cover. The peregrines at St. Georges have laid 4 eggs this year, I wonder if they have seen this awesome piece by Faunagraphic.Rocket01 getting busy again creating this lovely lady. I still think the badges are a marvellous personal touch. Jaer, Mars and friends have redecorated some car park boards, they look really good but I’ve struggled to get a decent pic of the full wall without a car in front of it. I went back at the weekend to try my luck again only to find the car park owners have stuck signs all the way along it.One of Xhastexos  luscious ladies, he certainly has a variety of characters in his  repertoir…. Good to see this Booms piece is not lost forever, didn’t expect to see it in a tattoo studio though.Rayna, loving this letter style.Another masterpiece from Skint,he’s becoming quite adept in painting in bloody awkward spots to photograph, I’m sure he does it on purpose!

I met a very nice (business)man this weekend who tells me he has big (very big) plans for a charity graffiti wall on  a well known Sheffield landmark, I do hope it all comes together, it will be amazing!

It’s All Going On

Don’t know the name of this artist, but I know he’s got a beard, if that helps…Brisk, appropriate name, he’s all over the place at the moment, very brisk indeed. Health and Safety advice, ‘Try not to face plant’ !The legend that is Form been back around these parts recently.Enoesir or Riseone if you prefer.Rocket01, back with a bang, really good to see that he reclaimed this spot too after his previous piece was unceremoniously destroyed with a chainsaw.Bob with his little red devil, don’t know if the other character has a name.Trik9 and Meth got the moody blues in town, love it.C3 /D7606 pasteup collaboration in a rather random place.Evo and Mars H2i, BS production,strong with the force these ones are.Anyone who didn’t make it to the Mardy Arts Exhibition at Stripping The Willow, here is a taster of what you missed. the above wall was painted by Booms and CoLor especially for the event.

Just some of the loveliness available from Mila KA bit of a poor quality photo of a Mila piece and the jawdropping work from Booms.

CoLor Art put together a stunning collection, but the characterised gas bottles were my favourite. ( And it is my birthday soon, hint hint.  😉 ) Faunagraphic had these gorgeous canvases in the exhibition,and they looked much more beautiful in the flesh rather than in this pic. It was a great little event and hopefully there will be more to come. Nice to see local artists showing their work in this way. I’m gutted that I didn’t make it down to Phlegms exhibition in London, finger crossed I make it to the next one.

Just A Walkin’ In The Sunshine

Cheeky little hidden piece this, by Skint, worth braving the brambles for though.Took some pics of this awesome piece by Naked Mercury,who asked me not to post any shots of the piece before it was finished, well it’s finished now 🙂I worry about Coloquix sometimes, inspired by tarot cards or a fascination with bondage, you decide! Eug and CoLor Art, handy in any situation…Little sticky Tekonta Secta.4Eyes and Tony C**t, yes that’s what it says.Toupe, from the north east I think, has paid us a visit again, I do like his work.I do know who did this, I think, but I’m not sure of his name, love the skulls though. What I meant to say was, I couldn’t remember his name, but I’ve been reminded, it’s ne_illustration. Bob and the low winter sun.Rayna,quite an old one, clearly I don’t get out enough.Mars,not a new one, just took me ages to find it, and I only fell down one hole.I adore kid Acnes’ stabby women,there’s a new batch out and about, and he’s got an exhibition on here http://www.bandbgallery.com/future-exhibition-standard-practice-by-kid-acne well worth a visit.

All in all a pleasant day out even if I did look a bit of a prat with my one very muddy knee on the tram.