Summer holiday

It's great that the weather is so beautiful, no one minds that I've not updated the blog in over a month. You guys are brilliant, just so understanding. And attractive too.

Zoot is back! He's plastered some classic designs on a few legendary spots, like this one on Bradford Street:

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Wah and C3 were involved in a open mic and live art event at The Coffee Room on Saturday night, my attention was mainly focused on drinking beer so I don't have finished piece photos...

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A new pub is opening on Meriden Street soon and so Mister Boogie Dave has enlisted the help of street artists such as Tempo33, Ouch, N4T4, Philth and Juice to get it looking Digbeth friendly.

You turn your back for one week...

I was away from my beloved Digbeth to see some family last week so I've had to quickly catch up on the many goings on and pretty things that have turned up on the streets.

Perhaps most excitingly is the brilliant Mr Penfold paying the area a visit. It seems he was looked after by Tempo33, here's what they got up to:

Fazeley Street

Warner Street

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AsOne was back in town for a few days and somehow fitted in painting and pasting:

 Floodgate Street

Floodgate Street

Alcester Street

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Miss150 and Wah added to the re-covering of the electricty box on Fazeley Street:

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The Rainbow held several events over the bank holiday weekend and one of them included complementary live art from Philth, N4T4 and Glenn Anderson:

 On display for the rest of the week on Lower Trinity Street

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The 48Sheet project has come to Birmingham; 29 artists have created designs using the 48 sheet layout of a billboard  and now they're on display in prominent spots all over the city. Technically it's art on the street and some of the artists involved are better known to me for their illegal exploits so here are a few photos:

Lucy McLauchlan

A piece made using objects found around the site of the billboard on Pershore Street

Tom Tebby

High Street, Digbeth

Glenn Anderson

Constantly being changed and added to by the artist (hence the scaffolding) on Fazeley Street

Matt Watkins

Pershore Street

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

Toasted

The biggest and best addition to the streets this week came from Insa who visited Brum and painted a massive mural at the Custard Factory:

Yayyyy!

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Another mystery paster has appeared, but they've found me! The Hores created this pastey goodness:

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Lisk was in the Birmingham Mail this week (31st Jan). Don't worry, he's not been arrested; a photo of his paste on Floodgate Street was the 'Reader's Picture':

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On Wednesday, I stood in the cold in Wolverhampton for 2 hours to get my hands on 1 of 20 Toaster popcorn boxes and then watch their film 'Everywhere', there was some tweeting (@gutter_floozy) during this:

The film itself was about half an hour of elegantly and artistically (but not pretentiously) showing the Toaster's different ways of getting up, literally everywhere. The film shows their journey from the beginning in Wolverhampton with hand-drawn stickers, to the banners at football matches, to painting a giant toaster on the road during the Tour de France and how they've constantly reinvented the Toaster image to keep it in people's heads. With fond and humorous interviews from the likes of D*face and Space3; the Toaster love was pretty evident on screen and in the room. The screening also meant an opportunity for some Brummy street artists to get drunk together; Lisk, Mew, Tempo33, C3, the Rebel Gunslingers and Vomit were all spotted being a bit rowdy (apologies to the pub and the train that got covered in stickers).

FAHQMT on the train, also spotted with Wah on Floodgate 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