STREET ART – 3dom takes part in Southbank street art festival

Bristol based street artist 3Dom took part in the first Southbank Street Art Festival held around the Southbank area in the heart of London. Other artists taking part included Dan Kitchener, Zakok, Spore, 3DOM, Pref, Ben Murphy and the Lost Souls Graffiti Crew with vast contributions from Roa and Phlegm. Here 3dom has created a […]

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STREET ART – Lordship Lane house in Dulwich

A rather large detatched house lies proudly on Dulwich’s Lordship Lane – but due for demolition soon this structure is not bowing out quietly! It has been totally covered in street art both inside and out as part of a very unique project entitled, “Baroque The Streets: Dulwich Street Art Festival” which took place throughout […]

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GRAFFITI – Plin face in London

Amid my latest trek to the Shoreditch area of London there was one face that kept popping up again and again, everywhere I went…. I didn’t instantly know whether they were all by one artist or by a whole host of different people but I’m assuming they are all by the artist PLIN. A quick […]

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STREET ART – Shoreditch work in progress

There’s really is just so much to see on a wander around Shoreditch in London and on this visit it was great to catch an artist at work on his piece. The artist Milo Tchais didn’t mind me taking some pics and chatted throughout. Hopefully I didn’t put him off his stroke whilst he worked […]

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2012 – The best graffiti and street art

Time to look back and see what amazing pieces have been created for our enjoyment on walls across the world. These are just a small selection of the many thousands of original pieces that created yearly. I’m sure it’s becoming more commonplace for large murals to be adorning walls on all major cities on every […]

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FIREWORKS – Happy New Year 2012

Firework displays around the world began to usher in a brand new year – beginning in Sydney, Australia. Quite a subdude start to the first major firework display of the New Year ceremonies – but it did improve when it featured the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge. Courtesy of Sydney.com Around 100,000 people gathered to watch […]

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GRAFFITI – Pedley Street, Shoreditch

A short walk from London’s Brick Lane and off the beaten tracks – to – under the tracks. A concrete subway leads you to some derelict land sandwiched between two railway lines. Security fencing has been compromised and the area has become a target for graffiti artists (not street artists!) to decorate the surroundings with […]

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ART-Shepard Fairey exhibition and street art

First of all I hear you ask – who is this Shepard Fairey chap? Well street artists like Banksy are now widely accepted into the general public’s knowledge in this area but I would like to think that Shepard comes a close second – with most people not even being aware that they have seen […]

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JAMES BOND – Skyfall Premiere at Royal Albert Hall

Preparations began in London early on Tuesday 23rd October – ready for the World Premiere of the latest James Bond film – Skyfall. The premiere was being shown at The Royal Albert Hall within the huge dome-shaped structure with the whole surrounding area being taken over for the the guests arriving at the event. Hundreds […]

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GRAFFITI – Tributes to Whitney Houston

Back in February 2012 Whitney Houston was found unresponsive in suite 434 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, submerged in a bathtub. The cause of death was not immediately known but was later ruled by the coroner to have been an “accidental drowning” The news that the talented singer Whitney Houston had been […]

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OLYMPIC ART – Adain Avion airplane art installation

Adain Avion is a mobile art space created from the fuselage of a DC-9 airplane, discovered and transformed by Spanish sculptor and designer Eduardo Cajal. His idea was to recycle the fuselage, creating a vehicle for cultural and artistic exchange, re-inventing the object as a space for contemporary creative action and communication. As part of […]

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OLYMPICS – Postbox painted GOLD for Geraint Thomas

The Royal Mail has decided to issue a set of stamps commemorating each Gold medal winner at the London 2012 Olympic games this year but more interestingly they have also decided to paint a Royal Mail postbox gold in the hometown of each winner. As Geraint Thomas was part of the winning Cycling Pursuit team […]

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OLYMPICS – Cardiff ready for Team GB

Around 70,000 people packed Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium for the latest Men’s Football game featuring Team GB against Uruguay as part of the London 2012 Olympic games.

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GRAFFITI – Leake Street

First of all what an amazing name for a street! 😉 I could see it on Google Maps but all I could see in front of me was the huge Waterloo Station – I took a wander around to see if I could discover it but found all the other streets listed on the map […]

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STREET ART – Phlegm

On my graffiti trawl of Shoreditch, London a local artist recommended I take a visit up a certain road to discover the latest work by Phlegm. I was totally unaware of what to expect from ‘Phlegm’ but the local artist did seem quite excited just telling me about this piece. Walking down Heneage Street and […]

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