SMASH RACISM Graffiti Mural Hove Lagoon
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Proud to be part of the team that was part of making this 150 ft smash racism Mural at Hove Lagoon, Brighton happen.
This graffiti mural was painted to send a very clear message that Racism of any kind will not be tolerated and we should be ashamed of a society where its even an issue. We all need to stand up against the disgusting acts we have seen from police forces, members of the public and governments all over the world. This cannot continue.
We cannot ignore it or stay silent. Action is the only way we can get change.
The most important thing we can is stand up to discrimination when we see it, whether that’s in the workplace, in public, online and so fourth. The colour of your skin should not effect your safety, your chance of employment or your quality of life.
Artist involved includes Aroe, Sprite, Skatin Chinchilla, Solveig Maseyk, Dj Format, Anna Barnfield, Eden Maseyk, Fox-Cat, Corekt, Reece Gayler & Danny Big Beach.
There are lots of amazing charities, resources and campaigns out there which you can support including:
-George Floyd memorial fund https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
- Black Lives Matter
- Minnesota Freedom Fund
- Show Racism the Red Card
- Black Thrive
- The Runnymede Trust
- National Bail Out
-Belly Mujinga Memorial fund https://www.gofundme.com/f/rip-belly-mujinga
-United family and friends campaign - Uffcampaign.org
- Lcapsv.net London Campaign Against Police and State Violence
- Stop Hate UK
If you are in a financially difficult situation there are some YouTube videos which you can watch which all ad revenue created from views is donated to different great causes. I highly recommend Zoe Amira’s video https://youtu.be/bCgLa25fDHM for this which is filled with art of black creators.
SNUB23 BRIGHTON GARDEN MURAL COMMISSION
It’s been so great to start off the new decade with two fantastic different garden graffiti murals in Sussex. The first being for a wonderful couple in Brighton Gordon and Allyson and their lovely dog Tilly. They had seen our graffiti and street art pieces around Brighton as well as our previous garden commissions online and had totally fallen in love.
They have a beautiful house and the garden was the one last pieces of the puzzle to be completed and we were happy to help make their dreams come true. Before we started we paid them a visit discussed what the client loved about our work, their desired colour palette and some ideas about how we could create a unique piece of art which also interacted with their garden space. We all agreed that a really great idea would be for the top of the wall to be painted a sky blue to give the illusion of the cubes floating off into the sky. As soon as we got back to the studio we were so excited to get started on a design.
As well as a computer generated design based on the dimensions of the wall we also created a colour sample for Gordon and Allyson so they could see how the colours would appear in real life. Tilly the dog was especially happy with how the colour sample turned out!
Once everything was confirmed with the colour and design all we had to do was wait for some sunshine so we could get our spray cans out. Which was harder than we expected especially with storm Ciara and Dennis looming over us.
The first day was spent repairing and priming the wall before we could even think of applying spray paint. Working whenever we can in between breaks in the storms we finally completed the wall in 3 days. The piece was particularly challenging as we had to work around different curves, steps and platforms in the wall. We tried to make a seamless design which would make the wall appear to be one flat surface.
As you can see from the pictures below it was quite a the transformation from the original wall. We feel so lucky to have got the chance to paint our artwork in such a prominent space in someones home and bring so much joy to a couple. Thank you so much Gordon and Allyson for being such fantastic clients.
“Thank you for transforming our dank, gloomy courtyard into a jewel of glittering colours - it’s more fabulous than we ever imagined it could be!
It was really a pleasure having you painting here - you’re so super clean, tidy and well organised - and seeing you create the work has been a joy in itself.”
Thank you as always to Kobra Paint our spray paint supplier.
If you would like to commission our work feel free to contact us HERE.
SNUB23 x PRHBTN 2019
This adventure began like many with an email, which at first sounded too good to be true. ‘Please come to Lexington, Kentucky and paint a massive mural. With each further contact our excitement grew, a personal but professional attitude from the organisers reinforced our determination to make this wall special.
We knew it wouldn’t be easy, but also knew that with a bigger wall and more time than we do at most of the weekend events, we could really leave our mark in this faraway place.
“PRHBTN is an annual celebration of art forms that have been criminalized, marginalized, and under-appreciated in the mainstream, featuring public murals alongside an exhibition of street art works in a space that complements the raw, powerful nature of the message and artistry of each piece.”
Our design took plenty of planning, from calculating the amount of each colour we would need to the scale of each cube. We built a model, tested colour combinations, setting our scale and worked out a schedule.
As with all our painting trips, this one started with a long journey, London to New York then on to Cincinnati, we had totally lost track of what day it was already. From the moment we met John (one half of the mighty PRHBTN duo) we knew that we’d get on, good sense of humour and sarcasm always help. The drive to Lexington flew by and we arrive at what to us looked like a big house from an old American horror movie.
After a day of unpacking kit, cutting stencils and fighting jet lag our first night out was a VIP PRHBTN Launch party at Oracle tattoo shop. Sipping our first real Kentucky bourbon the rollercoaster began, it seemed that everyone we met from that point was someone we’d get on with. We saw the artwork of Patrick Smith, who was exhibiting there, then met the man himself, he is now a good friend. Free tattoos were available, we resisted. That night was a sign of things to come, late nights with good people followed by happy days in the cold and sunshine painting.
No sooner had we begun, than visitors and local business owners visited, all with smiles, some with treats and one woman with the comment "I know what it is... it’s a chicken!" Followed by her own raucous laughter.
Day two of painting marked the arrival of Alex, a wandering art warrior who we met at Art Basel, Miami last year. We are so lucky to meet such great people, Alex is easy to like and it wasn’t long before he became a big part of our trip, even coming along to our fancy dinner at Tom Fielders home. He is now back on the road and leaving his art and happiness wherever he goes.
As you can see from the progress photos, the start was slow and the size of the wall daunting, all that white space seemed endless. But step by step and cube by cube Sprite and I smashed into it, focus and determined.
PRHBTN set up the project just right, taking us to and picking us up from the wall, feeding us delicious food, laughing at our Englishness and putting on a beautiful exhibition in a deluxe location Loundoun House. We saw great art and again met more good people, Sprite met her double and I met ‘Flash Gordon’ well not really but turned out Pat Armstrong is just as much a hero as Flash. We had one day off in the 12 days of painting and we spent with Pat, he drove us to his land in the mountains, we learnt about and fired a bunch of guns while talking about gun control and the land his family left to him, then we hiked across that very land. Then on the way back we took the sky lift (cable car/ski lift) to the natural bridge, a giant chunk of sandstone the formed a bridge across a canyon, we saw it from afar, walked under it and across it. The whole day is one neither of us will forget.
We would like to thank John and Jessica, team PRHBTN for inviting us, supporting us and all the other artist who have been lucky enough to be part of there vision of what a city can look like when it embraces large scale murals.
And a big thank you to the support and generosity of everyone we met.
Clay
Graham and Geoff of Square Pegs Studio
Alex
Rolling oven pizzas
Mirror Twin Brewing
Eppings on Eastside
Blue Door Smokehouse
Paul our Air BnB host
Patrick and Katelynn
Pat Armstrong
Nick and Michelle Hardesty
Kobra paint USA
SNUB Ballistic v1
‘Son of a screwdriver’
Collaboration with ED209
This project has taken plenty of prep but we are proud to finally show you all the latest project collaborating with master craftsman Ed209. The results are all we hoped for and more.
Resin cast figurine robot head, adjustable jaw.
Custom painted box with a stand, nested in wire wool.
Limited edition of 23, each hand painted.
Made to order.
Head: 12cm high, 8cm wide, 10cm deep
Box: 16cm high, 11cm wide, 10cm deep
YANKIN' CHAINS x HIGH VIS BIRMINGHAM
YANKIN' CHAINS
Painted over 2 days in sunny Digbeth, Birmingham. Alongside my mighty Sprite.
Painted as part of the High Vis Festival at “The Custard Factory” in Digbeth in September alongside some other fantastic artists including Paul Monsters and Philth
We chose to make ABC Warriors Mongrol the robot from 2000AD the main feature of the wall to celebrate “Day of Dredd” and after finding out legendary artist Phil Winslade from 2000AD, DC Comic would be there at the event.
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Good people, good times
“We bring you High-Vis Festival! Its a celebration of all things Street Culture, from street art to street food, graffiti to graphic novels, skateboarding to breakdancing and much more. On Saturday the 8th of sept 2018 in and around The Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham UK over 200 artists, dancers and musicians will be showing off their skills, all for free. If you get bored with watching giant pieces of art coming to life in front of your very eyes by 80+ Aerosol artists, then check out a full-on breakdancing battle brought to you by the world famous Break Mission, a Sneakers and Street apparel market delivered by SneakerHawks, live music by the leading local talent with the help of music uni BIMM, and top draw street food from Digbeth Dining Club on Lower Trinity Street.”
GRAVITY FLUX at Artbase
GRAVITY FLUX
Escape this reality.
Painted over 3 days at a decayed mental institution the Domjüch, near Neustrelitz, Germany.
Commissioned by Art Base Festival with support from Preh.streetart
Photography by Roland Klaffke
