Olek hits London with some crochet
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Olek hits London with some crochet


Olek We bumped into Polish-born, New York based artist Olek on Tuesday afternoon in East London.The yarm bombing guerrilla artist was installing one of signature crochet piece on Sclater Street in East London. The small step ladder has been wrapped in crochet yarn by the artist and then chained to a lampost! We expect we will see more of the artists work over the next few days. Olek Olek

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