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Tag Archives: #StreetArt
The Joys of Miso Paste
Street artist Stanislava Pinchuk (aka Miso) creates life-size hand-drawn paste-up projects. Most of her work deals with story-telling myths and folklore. Her work shows influence from her Ukrainian upbringing and eastern European folk and craft traditions. She is often inspired … Continue reading
Christmas in Hosier Lane
This is left over from last Christmas in Melbourne’s Hosier Lane – entitled “I’ll Empty Your Sack.” I chose not to show it last year because I thought it too rude: but I haven’t seen anything Christmas-sy in the street … Continue reading
Posted in StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged #Christmas, #HosierLane, #Melbourne, #StreetArt, I'll empty your sack
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Doork or Dork Art
Street art – often also known as Graffiti (or singular graffito) is an art form whose value is highly contested. The following are some terms you might like to know (if you don’t already): Street art aka post-graffiti is distinguished … Continue reading
Posted in SprayCanArt, StreetArt
Tagged #StreetArt, #UrbanArt, piece, post-graffiti vandalism, taggers
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‘For the Meek Shall Inherit the Land’
Which is what The Bible says. Meek is also the name of a local stencil street artist. Meek (born 1978) in Melbourne specialises in stencil street art. He has hijacked billboards and used whea- paste and stickers. There is a … Continue reading
Posted in Stencils, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged #StreetArt, Meek, Melbourne street artists, stencil art, Stencils, StreetArtists
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Slaps and Posters
There’s a huge variety of items that can be covered in paste-up art. This includes posters,wheat-pastes or wheaties, or slap up or slaps. Here’s an example of how quickly you can slap up a piece. Website | About | … Continue reading
Posted in Stickers&Slaps, StreetArt
Tagged #Posters, #StreetArt, #UrbanArt, grafitti, slaps, stickers
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Guerilla Knitting
Yarn bombing and guerrilla knitting can be cool. Our suburb was recently bombed overnight and the outcome is fantastic. There are various forms of bombing. I’ve seen lace around trees, crochet and knitted objects surrounding parking meters and road signs. … Continue reading
Posted in Crochet, StreetArt, Textiles
Tagged #GuerillaKnitting, #StreetArt, #UrbanArt, #YarnBombing
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Yarn bombing
Yarn bombing is becoming very popular. Anything from knitted, crocheted, woolly, cotton, lace, all stitched and attached to street furniture and other novelty ideas. Website | About | Facebook | Twitter “Is It Art?”
Posted in QuestionableArt, TheBad
Tagged #GuerillaKnitting, #StreetArt, #UrbanArt, #YarnBombing
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