Winter is Coming

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CoLor mega wall, gettin’ trippy with it! Ogosh x Alas really like this.
Trik9 x Kisk X CoLor x Dose,staking a colorful claim to another spot with this awesome collaboration. Quite an old Phlegm this but one I’d never got up close too till now.                          Phlegms’ Green Man, again not new but I hadn’t had chance to make the trip out to it, rather different to his usual style, love it though and the location is fantastic.                                                                                                        Corpse character and a Llama! (?)  Sire x DeapStunner from Jean13 whoever she is 😉Cracking piece from Solo, but who is Ronnie Pickering?                                                  Foundry has been evolving his and Pawskis collaboration, it’s becoming quite organic.                       No idea, sweet though.Bokor, very fruity.Coloquix, lost his vowels, or maybe just changed his name to Clqx!                                     Sour x Marcus Method, so clever it hurts.                                                                                                              Cheeky little character from Xhastexo. Bob the wizard.  Wall by Skint with a dedication to a close friend who passed away recently.                                                    I met Tracy only a couple of times but I will remember her like this. RIP  Tracy x

Still Brightening The City Wall by Wall And Board By Board

Izal, king of his own Castle!  Eug – Neatness aint my weakness, but f**k me it gets boring! First world problems 😉 No idea who did this but it’s really rather good. Marcus Method x STOG wall for Fifty Shades of Spray, probably looked better without the varnish or whatever it is thown on it, but the quality shines through. Dmak x Cynik Trik x STOG x Hyro x Kisk x Marcus Method, glorious! Dyson, he’s a Full Metal Brother. Rocket01, brilliant part of a wall that will be amazing when it’s all finished. Tofu, probably New banging piece from Form.Skam, new to me, much like 🙂  Bob x Skint x Suek, painting them awkward to photograph places, again!Beautiful Peacock by Moenipulation, part of what is going to be, hopefully, a massive art project in the Sheffield Antiques Quarter. Grips, this is just awesome!Fishy Gums..?Stunner from Mars and Kode.Deap x Dese x Ensa x Narke loving the colours!

Visited a few places I haven’t been in a while recently, some had changed more than others,but all change is good(hopefully), noticing a few new spots appearing too, fingers crossed they keep appearing as fast as the old ones are being demolished!

Goodnight Mr Heathcote

Once upon a time there was a woman who made an amazing discovery ( to her)… 0f an artist called Phlegm… and the rest, as they say, is history…

A very important part of that history evolves around one building A. R.Heathcote…                                                                    my first urbex….. .         my first hidden Phlegm and Rocket01…      my first Fauna…      It could even be Phlegms first painting spot, got to be a very early one anyway.

Teas and Booms (I hadn’t got a clue at the time)

Early Clem Alice

Tekonta Secta, yes really.                                                     Following a partial demolition of the site, the place became a little more airy,but at least it was easier to photograph the ‘Beauty is a Beast’ in all it’s glory 🙂                                                                   The walls were still quite bare, I would visit regularly just to see if anything new had appeared.

Kid Acne was quite a regular visitor too.

But Phlegm was the busiest I think.

More artists began to visit the site, Perms went large.

The Phlegm and Rocket wall was painted over, initially with a Kid Acne x EMA x Drot collab  (there were tears, I can tell you!) and then this appeared by… mmm ..I wonder…

Dscreet painted one of his signature owls, I was quite giddy about this.

  Absolutely loved this, it was ages before I knew who did it, Jay Sharples.

 Mr Wolf, used to be all over the place.

 Kid Acnes’ woolly mammoth looking at home in the snow.

Colourful collaboration from Mila K and Color Art.

  Never knew for sure, but think this was by Misred.

Two Bob

 Mila K

 There was an attempt to shut the site off, Color  registered his disdain, it was open again in no time.

Prone                                                       Mr Wolf                                                 Kaze

Foundry and Fauna Graphic

Xhastexo and Coloquix

 Zoo

Kyle Hughes Odgers x Kid Acne

Petro                                                   Leeks                                                  Bine x Xhastexo                                       Eugene Booms x Tekonta Secta x CoLor x Phes

Eugene booms biggest character piece to date.

Kid Acnes’ touching tribute to Okie Dulo, a local club owner who died suddenly.

? x Miso                                             Ryder

Boaster from Nottingham paid a visit as did many others from out of the Sheffield area.Even though the place was renowned as a crack den, it remained a very popular spot.

 Angry Face

Xhastexo to the left with an unusual portrait of the Moors Murderers by CoLor and Nameless Nat.

KRSN , from Paris.

Color, EMA, Skint and Sour.

Coloquix                                                                       Marcus Method                                                                                                         Nymph x Sico

Eugene Booms

Skint

J Davies Arts

Xhastexo

Ogosh

Skint

FMB boys

Kosh

Simon Kent

  ? x sico x Skint xSuek

CoLor                                                     Bob                                                               

Kresh                                                                              Teml x Rambo                                            Asap, from the North East.

It was a nightmare going through photos for this, my biggest ever post, I’ll be bound to have put someone out and I apologise for that. I have 6 years of photos from this place, literally thousands. I really had a connection with it, rats,crack heads and all, and I am gutted at it’s loss.

  

I haven’t included pics from the boards or the Niche wall, they’re worthy of a post on their own though, if anyone’s interested.

Below is a link that tells you about the industrial history of Heathcotes, includes pre-graffiti pics http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/a-r-heathcote-cutlers-sheffield.t21572

Sleeep well Mr Heathcote, I for one will miss you.

Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman. Then always be Batman.

Bit of a delay between posts,mostly because of this wonderful piece by Bob x Skint x Suek, which was an absolute pig to photograph, very good though, and really rather clever.  🙂  Dmak, reclaiming what is seeming to be one of his regular spots.Managed to catch the man himself, Rocket01, just putting the finishing touches to this beauty, stunning.Brayk, we can fix you…we can make you fit in. I read this wrong initially as ‘we can fix Ada’, but we can probably fix her as well..Cheeky little chap by Rateone, love this…..and I didn’t fall off the makeshift ladder I had to climb to get it… result!Fox2b, a visitor to Sheffield perhaps, I don’t know, loving this style though. Something a little different from Trik9, the Oak Elephant.  Marcus Method x Eugene Booms. Ventured into a spot where I wouldn’t normally go on my own to capture this awesomeness, needn’t have worried, place was full of photographers!Ghost Patrol paid a little visit to Sheffield, nice to see. D7606 x Martian Code, an international collaboration which I really like. Little rays of sunshine. Becoming a real fan of Ogosh, not such a bad apple at all 🙂Kode x Bern, Suicide Bear fantastic, if slightly disturbing..Looks like Coloquix lady is turning to the bottle,not surprising really…

I had wondered if there would be any implications following the demolition of the so-called ‘crack den’ as the regulars there would need a new place to go. On entering this site to visit the tipsy lady above, I bumped into a group of four men, who were just leaving, all looking rather spaced, one clutching a carrier bag and another one of them dressed ….. as Batman…..

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?

Urban Ramblings

Saki x Teml, lethal combination.Kid Acne has been busy with a new batch of stabby women, now they’ve got legs!Trik9 with a lovely lady.Dese x Ensa, been quite busy recently. May the 4th be with you, Trik9 x STOG x MethYo Birdskulls…..no idea… Foundry x Pawski, these guys work so well together, marvellous stuff.Kaze x Sore, on one of the fastest changing walls in Sheffield, lasted about a fortnight, which is probably a record.Kid30 x Boaster, glorious,unexpected find, The Lurkers, absolutely love this, they have a blog that’s well worth a read 🙂 http://www.the-lurkers.co.uk/travel-sheffield/#.VV0PCflViko  Tekonta Secta, luscious in lemon.Sour, glamour puss 🙂Begins with a ‘W’, beyond that I’ve no idea, but I think it’s great…..Ahem!… I give up I really do, the W is a C for Casper, although the word is Corpse, just to confuse me, it worked!Cracking piece by Rambo.Seen a couple of these quirky characters about I think they’re sweet.Derp, like this a lot, it’s a dog thing.Brayk, an upstanding member of society….of course he is  😉 Bubba 2000 has placed various wheatpastes around the city, I’ve found 2 so far.Bob, with bit of Snoop dog.A grand piece from Solo.Deap x Mila K, fantastically colourful.Xhastexos placard  clutching creatures are lurking in all manner of strange places.Syke x Skint x Old x Bob,probably looked better before the goalposts were painted on but still a cool wall.Beautiful part of the magical window painting at Rare and Racy Book shop on Devonshire Street, by Magda Boreysza I chose this shot as there are plans well under way to demolish this wonderful row of shops that are the heart of the Devonshire Quarter, but there are ongoing campaigns to get the decision overturned. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-162-170-devonshire-street-sheffield?action_object_map=%5B842371122478661%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22indiegogo%3Acontribute%22%5D&fb_action_ids=10155564321015725&fb_action_types=indiegogo%3Acontribute#/story

Spring Is On It’s Way!

A BOK production, featuring Kisk, Trik, apologies for the piece I chopped off, it just didn’t work with the joiner, my fault, bloody useless with a camera.This is the one I couldn’t fit on.Big BobCoLor, Eug X Espre, with a little D7606 too.Coloquix , got his ladies playing a dangerous game.Little Bob and a big Gums, really like these, is he local?https://youtu.be/ScaQts1Q41c  Kid Acne playing the lyric round again, I’d never have got this one in a million years.Xhastexo, good to see the monsters still get out every now and then 🙂Dyson. one for his boys.CoLor and Tekonta Secta, not new, but I’d not got up close before and it probably won’t be there much longer.Very fond of this little chap, no idea who made him.Taken me years to get to this place, it’s old and well battered, but I though it was ace. Riseone and Wolf can be seen amongst others.Olds, samurai master?Skint, pastel foxyness or foxy pastelness. Mila K, From My Cold Dead  Paws Pt2,at the end of the rainbow, literally.Brayk with a very dark character.Kaze, not seen this fellow in a while,glad to see he’s still on it!

Looking forward to  bit of decent weather, it’s always better for painting!

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….

I’m Still Here, Honest!

Well, I’ve been trying to work on this blog for almost a fortnight, but due to my internet going all nostalgic for the days of dial up, it’s been a fairly hopeless task! Anyway in other news, saw this lovely octopus by XBN7.Rateones’ monster has had an interesting makeover . Cat v Dog, Mila K and Kosh, my moneys on the cat, she’s got a gun!.I do like Sours pieces, always a treat.Coloquix version of Rapunzel perhaps?Tekonta Secta x Corpse, this awesome collaboration is huge, this photo doesn’t really show it’s scale.CoLor, looks like he’s been on some interesting pills….. 😉 MilaK piece for Run The Jewels.The family Stick  🙂Cantastic Art, getting in touch with his dark side.Zinc x Skint great wall with that pesky little fox getting in on the act.Pawski’s on form, nice view from the sun terrace! Liking this from Solo.Ogosh, love the Bender!Slightly mental piece by Rambo, Toys ‘r’ Them!

If my internet gets back to this century any time soon, I’ve got loads more to post!

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!