Bewarefest

What can't BEWARE do?
He's done slaps, stens, pasteys, free photos, a deck and the odd throwie, not to mention both his sites of images and goss. If there were jobs in Grafland, he'd be getting a promotion and payrise before he even started.

What I'm getting at is that people like BEWARE who live/breath/do/share graf are such good advocates for the scene. He's always helping out writers, supporting and encouraging them, putting their stuff up on his sites, visiting them, going to their openings, texting them when he sees something new of theirs, putting people in contact with each other (not just in New Zealand by the way) - the list goes on.

If you've read the book The Tipping Point - you would know that BEWARE is a Connector - and in graf speak, he could be classed as Paste. He quietly contributes to binding all the chaotic haphazard multi faceted aspects of the Wellington graf scene together. Of course, some would say who the fck is he again? But I could almost guarantee the 1 Degree Of Separation rule would apply to anyone with a can or posca in their back pocket and there wouldn't be a tag or cap of hate to be found...

HAPPY | STIX

Happy used to write HAPPY because he so wasn't. Recently one of his best friends' (graf supportive) fathers offered to have him live with them and lets just say his new digs suit him. Could his graf have worked as a philosophical 'fake it till you make it' manifestation of happiness?

What I like about Happy's style is that he doesn't have one yet. Every week he experiments with new ideas.
The first Happy stick I got an image of (over there) could only be described as naive, but within days the eyeball one went up and I was so impressed with the progress I had to nab it for the wall of fame at home.

And dare I risk the Big Boys hate and wrath when I say I think it's bitchin to see Happy experimenting with characters, which not many toys do. Yelz, DRYPNZ, BMD, Cracked Ink and a few others have got it going on but it's keeping it fresh to have a new player dip his toes in the Mutey Character pool.

It's hardly Berlin, China or Pink Floyd but here's some of the aforealludedto wall...

The elections haven't happened yet so, until they pass a law against it, feel free to send us your stix or pasteys to:

Leftbank
P O Box 7363
Wellington 6242

And I'll find some more wall...


PS: The majority of the above were donated and the rest were only removed in accordance with the strict guidelines listed on page 13, Section E of the Graf Pilferers Manual.

Stuck Up

You know how SIN did the SIN throwie, then, a few days later Mount Cook and the Tui? I was impressed but not surprised that he carefully lifted this stick and painted under it both times...do unto others?



FTL's a mystery that is on the GFC file (Graf Forensics Crew) yet to solve ;-)

Slaps Around the Hood...

Yep - you just know I'm going to thrash that SLAPS word and put it in as many sentences I can until I either lose all (ok - both) my friends or get arrested - whatever comes first...

It was all on down the alley this weekend. In fact, there were so many writers, and their girls, and their hanger ons and homies that Beware couldn't even get any pics of the wallage. I went down after playing pool all night but they were in the non lit area of the alley so you'd need an army issue infrared viewmaster to make out anything.

I'll get some images today and get them up tonight for you...

You're welcome ;-)

Slap Stick

Beware told me today that stickers are called Slaps in the States - dunno why but I really like that - I suggested that made him a Slapper...


Here Lies SIN Gone To Hell...This has got to be the hardest thing I've ever tried to take an image of!

Ich Gehe Schlafen...

Remember the story I told you about my German couch surfer Sarah and how I ripped off Dusk on Ghuznee St and gave her to her to take back to Germany?

And do you remember that I told you she made the sticker Eye Opened that went onto the Lefties Sticker Window of Fame (then got tagged over)?

Well - she sent me an email last week and toward the end she asked if I'd seen her other stickers. I said No - that I thought there was only the one.

A few nights ago I was walking home in the dark and rain and for some reason I looked up suddenly and right in front of me was one of Sarah's instantly recognisable stickers. I looked at it closer and burst out laughing because it said Ich Gehe Schlafen.

The whole time she and Theresa stayed with me, the only piece of their language they were able to get through to me was Ich Gehe Schlafen which loosely translates into I'm tired - I want to go to bed now (or similar). This is exactly what I would say every night when I had been editing and posting here for hours until I got too cold or went cross eyed - whichever came first - and it didn't take long to become our In joke.

So - seeing a random sticker on a random street that hundreds of people must have walked past and knowing immediately it had been specifically made for me and had just been biding it's time until I finally discovered it was trippy! On a cold winter's night, this was an ultimate treat which made me feel strangely special and I could almost feel Sarah smiling at me as I peeled it off for my collection, grinning and giggling like a crazy thing all the way home ;-)
Gute nacht Sarah!
xxx

STIX

The above window is what Sin refers to as the Sticker Wall (Window?) of Fame. About now you'll be thinking that the bar anyone has to reach for that fame would be, oh lets see...knee high?! Yeah. To an ant ;-(
It used to be worth the effort to go see. And sometimes we'd see the Gen Pub (and Walkwise) browsing over all the different styles but a month or so ago taggers started spraying over the window and no-one's bothered to put anything up since.

The lack of pasteys and stencils has also been noticeable but I'm thinking that's about to change...

BIG TIME ;-)