Cnr Old Street and Great Eastern

Came across this new piece the other night. Fantastic technique - almost 3-d. Not sure who the artist is, but would love to see some more of their work.

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New in Shoreditch

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Jen shot this on her way to work on friday. Caught her eye as it had all the elements she likes - American indians, newsprint (musical manuscript) and nice stencil work. It was fresh up and intact when she went by, but won't last long in this area. Thanks Jen xx

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new piece in whitehouse street, London EC1

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Was working at an agency at the lower end of Old Street the other day, and happened along whitehouse street for a spot of lunch when I came across this wall. Liked it a lot - great simplicity and style, and minimal palette. Not sure who the artist or business is, but nice job...
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Netta mural at 333 Mother bar, Old Street

Netta on-site at 333 Mother (click on image to enlarge)

Netta on-site at 333 Mother (click on image to enlarge)

The finished wall Old Street side (click on image to enlarge)

The finished wall Old Street side (click on image to enlarge)

Detail of the Old street wall (click on image to enlarge)

Detail of the Hoxton Square side (click on image to enlarge)

Detail of the Hoxton Square side (click on image to enlarge)

Netta on-site at 333 Mother (click on image to enlarge)

Bumped into Netta Peltola, a lovely young Finnish artist in Old Street about a month ago. She was doing her first commission - a mural on 333 Mother. We had a rave for a while and she told me she was just about to start a design school course. I was bowled over by this girl - an obvious abundance of natural talent and the confidence to sit on Old Street by herself for the whole weekend (she told me she'd been approached by more than her fair share of weirdos) doing this fantastic mural. I'm guessing Netta will be subsidising her course fees with a healthy dose of commissions. Good luck Netta.

I have chucked some more pics of the 333 Mother mural and her Cargo mural up on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamstar/sets

To see an interview with her: http://www.cargo-london.com/blogs/category/art/

Netta's flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42899506@N03/sets/
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Elbow-Toe from the archives

Poppy Medusa - Elbow-Toe

Ha! Was flicking through Elbow-Toe's website when I came across one of his pieces from '07. I recognised it from my flickr archive (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamstar/455081318/in/set-72157600064219416/), and sure enough...

He has a new exhibition opening in NY this week, but some truly lovely street pieces from the last few years on his site:

http://www.elbow-toe.com/street_2007.html
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The human CCTV on Brick Lane

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CCTV was a street performer on Brick Lane Sunday avo. Was a great concept, and he was attracting more than his share of attention. There's a lot of CCTV around that area now, so it's good to see some nice street art going around there despite the added attention.

New plague of rats in London

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A new plague of rats in town it would appear. Shot this one (if that's what you do with rats?) in Old Street yesterday. Banksy it aint, it's Zulu. The stencil is rather crude, as is the technique, but it had pride of place on an entire, freshly white washed wall just along from Curtain Road. Shot it with my phone, so the quality id somewhat ropey, but I like the way you can see the runs and scratches on the textured concrete.