So, Upfest today then, that odd egalitarian mix of people painting, from people fairly new to basic stenciling to some of the biggest names, certainly in Bristol, over the last 20 years or more.
Was a fun day, tons going on, and there will be photos from it all over the web anyway. In some places the only people not painting were those taking photos of people painting. So, this blog just concentrated on Bristol related people, and in some of the less popular spots a bit too. One of the good things about this year was the number of different places to paint, from the Tobacco Factory itself, to a disused garage nearby, to a pub and some boards put up alongside the new cut, complete with occasional steam train.
Here’s some of what went on (if you click on the picture twice you get biggerness)
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- Kato painting
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- Lots of paint
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- Acer painting early on
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- Sepr painting
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- Epok painting
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- The painting indoors during the day
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- Painting on the garage
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- Inkie at paint
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- Avian security
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- Inside the garage
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- Inside the garage. Is this post-modern, post-post-modern, or just really odd?
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- General painting inside the garage
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- More painting inside the garage
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- Inside the garage again – big space.
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- Two at work inside the garage
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- Outside the pub early on
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- Jody outside the pub
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- Jody’s piece with added hair
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- More Jody outside the pub
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- Boards on the right hand side of the bridge
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- Closer up on Paris and Milk right hand side of the bridge
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- Boards on the left hand side of the bridge
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- Paris and Milk close up
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- Paris close up
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- Milk close up
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- 3rd eye painting
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- Long shot of Boswell’s side
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- Zase painting
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- Painting and the steam train
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- The guy painting next to Paris’s piece
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- Boswell painting trackside
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- Garage painting further on
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- Inkie’s piece finished
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- Acer’s piece finished
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- Couple of pieces in the Tobacco Factory courtyard
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- Nik Ill’s piece finished
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- Sepr and Haker’s pieces done
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- Epok finished
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- Some of the art upstairs indoors
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- More art indoors
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- Soker still painting
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- LL Brainwashed
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- Jody still at it
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- Boswell at paint
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- Bit more detail on Boswell and 3rd Eye
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- Boswell detail shot
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- Dog Waste tag…
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- …and Dog Waste’s doodle
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- Pen’s piece
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- Boswell head
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- 3rd Eye finished
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- The finished production
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- Last shot of Jody head
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- The work outside the garage finished
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- Soker and Kato finished
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- Cheo finished
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- Epok finished long shot
Some work’s not finished yet (there was still a load of unpainted board by the river towards the end of the day for one), and some pieces are well worth going back to get finished photos for. Possibly more soon then…
