Duckies and Rebels

PTP came back to visit again! Here are some photos from the mandatory pasting session with two of the Rebel guys on Tuesday 3rd April:

March is a rubbish month anyway.

I don't really like March and the March that's just finished was very busy, here are some photos from it:

 Lisk

AsOne

Rebel Gunslingers, Bint, Bass Ape and Lisk

Rebel Gunslingers

Rebel Gunslingers

Tempo33 and Wah

The Return of PTP

On Valentine's day, PTP, Lisk, RebelB and Mew spread some pastey love on the street of Digbeth. Here are a few snaps from the night:

I've also made some delicious homemade .gif's (moving images) of the night, check the links out on my facebook.

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On Friday 17th, the lovely Lisk showed off his drawing skills at The Edge:

I conducted some drunken interviews with RebelB and C3 on the same night but I haven't had the courage to listen to my own voice and transcribe them yet...

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New on the streets this week we have:

 Newso and Gent of the 48s, Green Street

 Madam,  Alcester Street

Case closed

The mystery paster has been found!!

Well... turns out it's two people; VoidOne is responsible for these:

And Nicola Rose is responsible for these:

Thanks to Slobs (art guru) for sharing the knowledge, I can now sleep at night.

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On to business; the streets have been decorated by Hijak85 from Rotten this week, saw him out pasting Green Street but didn't go and introduce myself; pasters are skittish creatures.

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C3 and the Rebel Gunslingers have been spreading the love for Valentines with glitter in their paste buckets and hearts all round:

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P.S PTP's back in town! Prepare for the ducky invasion!

Flames and Ladies!

This week C3 and the Rebel Gunslingers were on a joint pasting mission:

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An unknown artist added a pretty birdy to the white boards on Bradford Street:

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This is on Wednesday, see you there?

Everywhere!

On the streets this week; Rebel soldiers and the result of Tempo nearly falling off a ladder:

Rebel Gunslingers, Moat Lane

Tempo33, Birchall Street

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Birmingham (well, Wolverhampton)'s own; The Toasters, have achieved worldwide legend status and are now releasing a film. Here's what they had to say to (the excellent) VNA about it:

So the film 'Everywhere' is about to be released. Could you tell us a bit more about the film?

TOASTER D: It's a rollercoaster of a novel packed with sizzling gypsies... ha ha. No, it's really an insight into the Toaster project. 99% of the footage will have never been seen before and there will be some new work that the public did not know existed. Running through the film will be people's reaction to our work, from other artists to the man on the street.

TOASTER A: Typical of the Toaster project, it is not just purely about street art. For me it's also a part of the project not just a documentation of the project. The aim was always to get our image up and releasing a film is another way of doing this.

How different is it documenting your work in video form compared to still photography or have you always tried to do both?

TOASTER A: D and B are the filmmakers.

TOASTER B: With photography we have tended to document the piece when it is finished. With filming we tend to shoot the whole process, which has actually helped us analyse our painting techniques and improve our work.

TOASTER D: Well, this film started as a book as we have millions of photographs. Then we thought we've got a story to tell. Making a film and putting it out online would make it far more accessible. Filming the new pieces we've done this year has been really challenging, particularly on the bigger productions. Just the logistics of balancing the camera, framing the shot, getting the piece still looking good and not attracting attention!

- Words by George Macdonald and Geoff Whitehouse

I will be at the Wolverhampton screening, attempting to talk to one of The Toasters without melting. See you there!

March 2011: The Toasters with Space3, Zime and Tempo33, Adderley Street

 March 2011: The Toasters with Space3, Zime and Tempo33, Fazeley Street

June 2011: Toaster and Zime stickers, Park Street

Happy New Year

It's 2012! The world will be ending soon so lets get it covered in some pretty art, shall we?

If you look up there, you'll notice I have a new blog title! Lisk finally got 'art' done for me, I think you'll agree it was worth the wait:

He also now has a Facebook, go like him.

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The streets have been fairly quiet since I last posted over a month ago over the festive period; I was lookout for Vom on 12th December:

 Bradford Street

Meriden Street

Fazeley Street

He also now has a Facebook.

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Golden Boy was out in December drawing attention to our oral hygiene:

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The Rebel Gunslingers have been busy (unlike me, who has still not conducted the interview with them or even written the questions) throughout December and into the new year. I think the flames are my favourite:

Bradford Street

Green Street

Bradford Street

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Wah (another person who now has Facebook) and Tempo were out together and separately in the new year, hitting some nice spots:

 Bradford Street

 Green Street

Floodgate Street

Alcester Street

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Tempo's mate Mustard Tiger has a paste up on Birchall Street:

Their 'Disconnected' piece in Liverpool was mistaken for Banksy earlier this year, more in Brum please!

Photo by Col Armstrong

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Before Christmas I was making knitted leaves to decorate the streets because I felt Digbeth was missing out on lovely autumn-ness, here they are:

All finished and sewn into five strips

Green Street

Birchall Street

Floodgate Street

I've only got on-the-night photos of the other two because they've now disappeared!

Floodgate Street

River Street

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Floozy's New Year's Resolutions:

1. New blog post every Sunday
2. New blog post up before tea time
3. Interview some interesting people
4. Use and put interesting things on my Twitter and Facebook
5. Organise a summer Street Spotted that is even better than the last two
6. Get some knitting on the streets in London or Europe