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Our project to revamp the RE room at Hope School Liverpool has advanced in it’s developments.
Pupils have been working to create the main concept of the artwork and came up with 4 main words..3 of these words will be made into traditional letter graffiti pieces..with the final one being a first for us, creating either a layered perspex piece or a 3D light box piece …Today we made a couple of simple mock ups…to try out the idea.
Here are examples of light box signs in the street in Liverpool. Now we have the opportunity to make our own…just fresher!
Here’s images of the guys creating the mock test versions:
Creating the simple letter shapes.
Cutting out the letter shapes.
Mock spacers:
Mock box piece: In total the dudes took 1 hour to make this!
The group also worked on picking colours from the IRONLAK site for their work…..(Maybe the will become the first youth group in the UK to use Ironlak paint!? Let us know!)
Next week we get busy!
Watch this space….and check out the HOPE WALL main blog…play your part in the creation!
Children from class 8 at this Liverpool school planned and produced a mural based around the school name with the help of Zap Graffiti Arts….
Here are some images of the guys and girls at work!
More tommorrow as we’re back in for another session!
Young people from across Liverpool have been working over the last 4 weeks on the “GRAFFITI AT WORK” training programme with ZAP GRAFFITI ARTS and LIVERPOOL YOUTH SERVICE.
Today the group worked on silhoutte and faded backgrounds….and came up with some pretty fresh work onto canvas.
SKETCH PLANS:
For more on the project PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR EARLIER BLOG ENTRY here..
We’ve just returned from a really nice weekend in the lovely town of Ashbourne in the Peak District, where some of the team got busy painting 2 huge murals as part of the various events at the towns 10th Anniversary Streetfest.
A really positive response from the public and a great time had by us both painting and after hours with the other artists, performers and organisers..folks from all over the globe…
“It all happens in ashbourne”: Artist: BETA
Artist: Pois
More info:
http://www.ashbournefestival.org
Here’s some more flicks!
The Great Dave:
Bryon Bertram escape artist!
IZ THE WIZ, NEW YORK GRAFFITI PIONEER PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK.
Here is a tribute piece to the great man himself by artist BETA at the ZAP GRAFFITI ARTS studio
Here is Iz the Wiz website for more info on the man himself.
THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION
ZAP GRAFFITI ARTS are currently working with pupils and staff at HOPE SCHOOL in Liverpool, alongside artist educator SOPHIE BOWER to assist the young people with the redecoration of their RE room.
When the artist, Sophie, consulted with the pupils over what they would have in the RE room if they could choose, a lot of the answers involved interactive things such as PS3, x-box, go karts. Pupils were also keen to produce something they felt was of a high quality. They said that they got bored if they had to do things they had done already.
We decided that an RE mural by itself wouldn’t meet these needs of the pupils so we chose to create a more interactive wall that could be changed regularly. We hope that it can be moved around the school too, so that it can be used for other subject areas!
More info on the project and each step will be documented here and also on the main blog below.
http://hopewall.wordpress.com/
http://www.sophiebower.com/page2.htm
HERE ARE PICTURES from our initial introductory taster session on Thursday 18th June.
READY FOR ACTION!
DAN AND CARSON GET THEIR SKETCH UP
TEAM WORK!
ANTHONY ROKIN’ THE OUTLINE!
HOPE WALL BANNER: THE KIDS DID THEMSELVES PROUD ON TEIR FIRST PIECE AND NOW KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT BUILDING A PIECE…WATCH HERE FOR HOW THE PROJECT DEVELOPS!
Just a little note to say a huge thank you to all who contributed to our succesful project at this years HUB FESTIVAL at the Wellington Dock in Liverpool, UK…23rd and 24th may 2009
WRITE4GOLD, THE WORLDS BIGGEST GRAFFITI BATTLE: West Europe heats:
10 crews from across the Europe came and rocked the city.
AND THE CO-INCIDING……HUB GRAFFITI JAM
With a total of over 120 artists from across Europe doing their do ..Both parts combined made a MASSIVE 500 METRE spectacle for the record crowd of 27,000
Whilst we build our official commerative blog for the event…here is..
More news and feedback from our friends
at write4gold:
http://www.write4gold.info/2009/05/26/write4gold-west-europe-2009-results
http://www.write4gold.info/2009/01/01/write4gold-uk-2009-gallery
at Molotow:
http://www.molotow.com/magazine/molotow-and-friends/teamwork/soten-x-alfa-x-towns/
heavy artillery:
http://heavyartillerycrew.com/hub-festival-23rd-24th-may-liverpool-uk
Susan Whitehead: Senior Events Manager, Culture Liverpool, Liverpool City Council sent us this message:
“This year was definitely our biggest and best to date and we reached an attendance of 28,000 over the 2 days which is a huge achievement for everyone involved. We hope to build on all our relationships and continue to work with you all for HUB Festival 2010!”
Email: susan.whitehead@liverpool.gov.uk
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR CONTINUED UPDATES AND EAR MARK THE START OF SUMMER 2010 FOR MORE…as we will be aiming for even bigger and better!
videos: check em! (Video credits to SEEING NAMES)
Here’s some action from the weekend!
WRITE4GOLD WESTERN EUROPE WINNERS: RT.
ZEMO
ZME
Here’s some randolm footage taken from the net:
EVEN MORE SOON!
We’ve just returned from an evening in Netherley, Sefton where Zap Graffiti Arts did a series of workshops with local young people from the Bark and Daley Estate as part of the launch of STREET GAMES in the area with Sefton Leisure.
Street Games is a new national initiative to engage young people in sport within neighbourhoods that normally miss out on quality sporting opportunities. Street Games is established as a registered charity and announced a national expansion programme in January 2007. Street Games works with a range of partners to create exciting opportunities for young people and connects through to local community opportunities to enable young people to continue being active.
Street Games believes that sport can contribute to healthy living, can support personal development, build self confidence, develop leadership skills and install a sense of community pride.
MORE SOON!
CONTACTS:
SEFTON LEISURE: TINA PILKINGTON: tina.pilkington@leisure.sefton.gov.uk
ZAP GRAFFITI ARTS: KIERAN GORMAN: kieran@zapgraffiti.co.uk
STREET GAMES: http://www.streetgames.org
Zap GraffitI Arts are currently getting busy with Liverpool Youth Service engaging 3 groups of 16-19 year olds in our GRAFFITI ART WORK training programme. So far the guys are doing well!
Here is the course outline.
Development of existing skills
Learning of new skills
Personal development
Team and individual work
Practical tasks and experience
Folio preparation for future use in further education / varied employment opportunities.
Though the following activities:
Learning about the global culture of graffiti as an positive art form:
Graffiti mis-use and the law…And the alternatives!
Health and safety issues and the importance of safe working practice
Basic through to advanced skills and techniques of the professional Graffiti Artist.
Learning to price and propose projects to varied clients inc. risk assessment awareness.
Research and field trip.
Planning, design and production skills.
Sourcing clients
Working to a brief within the working environment.
Computer,and mixed media skills.
Documentation of projects and processes.
Working with the community.
Sharing of skills.
Public Exhibition.
Retail experience and skills.
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR UPDATES
or email graffitiartwork@zapgraffiti.co.uk for more info or if you’d like your group to get involved in one of our programmes, any where in the UK
ZAP GRAFFITI ARTS: 00 44 (0) 151 708 7073
