Our writer finds a graffiti workshop in Bristol is a great place to brush up his (strictly legal) spraying techniques
Graffiti workshops around the country
*This article is a preview from the June issue of Do Something, free with the Saturday Guardian this weekend*
Sitting at a featureless desk in an underground room of a Bristol police station, Rob Wheeler asked me an uncomfortable question. "So," he said, "do you have a graffiti name?" I squirmed. I didn't want to admit it, but the truth was I kind of did.
It happened on my very last day of school. The girl I'd had a massive, unrequited crush on handed me a compass and asked me to scratch my name next to hers on a wall. So I carved the sickeningly cutesy pet name she'd given me.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 17 hours ago.
Graffiti workshops around the country
*This article is a preview from the June issue of Do Something, free with the Saturday Guardian this weekend*
Sitting at a featureless desk in an underground room of a Bristol police station, Rob Wheeler asked me an uncomfortable question. "So," he said, "do you have a graffiti name?" I squirmed. I didn't want to admit it, but the truth was I kind of did.
It happened on my very last day of school. The girl I'd had a massive, unrequited crush on handed me a compass and asked me to scratch my name next to hers on a wall. So I carved the sickeningly cutesy pet name she'd given me.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 17 hours ago.