Stroopers

... 'nuff said.

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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Paris summer part 1

We recently went to Paris for a 4 day break with our friend Simon. Whilst there we snapped some pretty fine pieces of graffiti so I thought I'd share some with you, here goes...

 Distressed girl

 Blind test

 Tightrope walker

 Now I'm not usually a fan of rubbish tagging, but this one caught my eye as my name is Hame and my twin sister's name is Heather (Hev) - we didn't do this tag though!

 Hobo

 Ph. Herard

   Ph. Herard

   Ph. Herard

   Ph. Herard

We were walking the streets on sunday morning when we came across three pieced that had been done on cut door panels. I really liked this one, and was tempted to bring it back to London, but it was too bloody heavy. Great idea though, so I think I may use it later...

acrylic on door panel

 Invader across the canal from our apartment

  Ph. Herard

 Sign modification (for Mark)

 Wonder woman (now)

 This was a really nice paste-up but unfortunately if had been dogged by the time we came across it

 Interesting stencil in gay town

 Stencil

 Super Mario in tiles

 B&W paste-up

 Large B&W hand painted past-up

 Paste-up

 Invader down toward Notre Damme

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Paris summer part 2

On a recent trip to Paris I took a bunch of snaps of what was happening over there. This is part 2:

Love the continuated messaging on this piece near Hotel Du Nord 

Invader 

Flouro  phallis

Not sure who this is, but it was very well done 

We came across this guy on our first day, and even saw the artist putting one up near our apartment in broad daylight... No two are the same so it's always a pleasure to see the next one.

 Ph. Herard signs most pieces. Can't find much info on him, but here's a link (from a french site): http://www.loveonthewall.com/2012/05/ph-herard.html

Dickey Mouse 

 Ph. Herard 

 Ph. Herard 

Stickers 

 Woman paste up

 Woman paste up. There were a number of these life size stencil/paste ups around the city, all individual, ann very well done, great style and technique, and mostly all ver high up 

 Hiding

Tile cow 

Cast painted face

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Amy Winehouse in Camden

Amy Jade

Came across this nice Amy Winehouse stencil on a doorway on Camden Road on our way to the Shapeshifter gig at Electric Ballroom.

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Pics from Paris

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Just returned from 4 days in Paris, so over the next little while I'll chuck up some of the pics. Some great stuff going on there. Saw plenty of Invader, but unfortunately no C215 :-(

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It's been a while...

Sorry folks, been a long while since I posted up anything, and I'm not gonna make any excuses except for I was away in NZ for a month, then in Wales, then working full-on on a magazine for a friend, but in the meantime, here's a few nice pics from some friends around the world...

New Banksy on the streets of London 

Great modified street sign 

Fag break - unsure whether it's Banksy or not? 

Trim the grass... 

Be the first to like my post - brilliant! 

Skeleton drain 

Fantastic vehicle signage for USS (United Sprayer Service)

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GHG Xmas party this year kicked off with a graffiti workshop hosted by Graffiti Kings in a studio in a wicked photographic studio Shoreditch.

K-dawg in action 

Someone needed to introduce the team to stencils! 

The GHG team

A great time had by all, even those who thought they'd hate it. The afternoon started with lunch and a demonstration, then all the staff spent the afternoon honing their skills and getting drunk. Then the GK pros tidied up our shabby work with some skilled black line-work and highlights. The studio team then painted over the masterpiece while we had secret santa, and we left the studio as we had found it (pristene). Dinner at Boundary in Redchurch finished up was was a very enjoyable and memorable xmas party.
Link: http://www.graffitikings.co.uk/
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