Street Arts
We headed out to Leytonstone during the week to check in with our friends at Wood Street Walls Project and to photography their latest project. Based in Wood Street, founder and local resident Mark Clack has been working for a number of months on this community art project with which he aims to brightening up the surrounding neighbourhoods by providing local and established artists with a platform to display their work. London based artists Malarky is the latest artist to team up with the Wood Street Walls Project creating this vibrant new 'Rents Too High' mural pictured here in Leytonstone.
Hookedblog have previous covered the project’s first piece of public art created back in November in the Ravenswood Industrial Estate, which featured the work of Tom Jackson and Craig Evans from WeLikeStatic, who also happen to be E17 residents (covered here). Further mural projects have seen Wood Street Walls work with stencil artist Teddy Baden, ATM and again with WeLikeStatic on their super sized ‘Game On’ mural (covered here). We have also covered the eye-poppingly colourful mural by The Toasters (covered here).
Wood Street Walls also plan to establish a new creative space for Wood Street's artist community. Mark has launched a crowd funding project which plans to raise funds to revive the disused Manual Instruction Centre building on Brooke Road E17, turning it into Wood Street Studios spaces. According to Mark “Waltham Forest only has 70 studios. In comparison the number in our neighbouring Borough of Hackney is 1124.” Alongside the much needed affordable studio space for artists in the area, they plan to host free monthly workshops for the local community to encourage the next generation of young artists in Waltham Forest and the surrounding area.
The crowd funding campaign has now gone live and you can show your support by donating to the project on their campaign website which includes all the details of the project.
- Woodstreet Walls Spacehive Fundraiser
With less than a week left in their Spacehive fund raiser, our E17 friends over at WoodStreet Walls have reached 94% of their target. They still need your help to raise the final 6% to begin the next phase of their project which will see them converting...
- Conor Harrington's Walthamstow Mural For Wood Street Walls Project
Hookedblog have been spending quite some time further East in Walthamstow since the start of this year as our friends at Wood Street Walls step up a gear. The Wood Street based community art project has been working to bring art to the neighbourhood...
- Dale Grimshaw's E17 Mural For Wood Street Walls
East London's Wood Street Walls Project continue to bring art to the streets of Walthamstow with the addition of their lastest mural featuring the work of London based artist Dale Grimshaw. Following a recent leg injury which saw the artist out of...
- Supersized 'game On' Mural In E17 By We Like Static
Last week saw street art duo We Like Static complete work on their largest mural to date and the second with the Wood Street Walls project out in E17. Located on the corner of Victoria Road and Fullbourne Road, the new mural saw the artists redecorating...
- We Like Static Mural With Wood Street Walls
Leaving the comfort of our local stomping grounds, Hookedblog left Shoreditch over the weekend and ventured further East. Hopping onto the Chingford bound train from Bethnal Green station, a 20 minute train journey and we arrived at our destination station...
Street Arts
Malarky's Rents Too High, London Mural
We headed out to Leytonstone during the week to check in with our friends at Wood Street Walls Project and to photography their latest project. Based in Wood Street, founder and local resident Mark Clack has been working for a number of months on this community art project with which he aims to brightening up the surrounding neighbourhoods by providing local and established artists with a platform to display their work. London based artists Malarky is the latest artist to team up with the Wood Street Walls Project creating this vibrant new 'Rents Too High' mural pictured here in Leytonstone.
Hookedblog have previous covered the project’s first piece of public art created back in November in the Ravenswood Industrial Estate, which featured the work of Tom Jackson and Craig Evans from WeLikeStatic, who also happen to be E17 residents (covered here). Further mural projects have seen Wood Street Walls work with stencil artist Teddy Baden, ATM and again with WeLikeStatic on their super sized ‘Game On’ mural (covered here). We have also covered the eye-poppingly colourful mural by The Toasters (covered here).
Wood Street Walls also plan to establish a new creative space for Wood Street's artist community. Mark has launched a crowd funding project which plans to raise funds to revive the disused Manual Instruction Centre building on Brooke Road E17, turning it into Wood Street Studios spaces. According to Mark “Waltham Forest only has 70 studios. In comparison the number in our neighbouring Borough of Hackney is 1124.” Alongside the much needed affordable studio space for artists in the area, they plan to host free monthly workshops for the local community to encourage the next generation of young artists in Waltham Forest and the surrounding area.
The crowd funding campaign has now gone live and you can show your support by donating to the project on their campaign website which includes all the details of the project.
Find Hookedblog on — Facebook — Twitter — Instagram — Bloglovin' — Pinterest
- Woodstreet Walls Spacehive Fundraiser
With less than a week left in their Spacehive fund raiser, our E17 friends over at WoodStreet Walls have reached 94% of their target. They still need your help to raise the final 6% to begin the next phase of their project which will see them converting...
- Conor Harrington's Walthamstow Mural For Wood Street Walls Project
Hookedblog have been spending quite some time further East in Walthamstow since the start of this year as our friends at Wood Street Walls step up a gear. The Wood Street based community art project has been working to bring art to the neighbourhood...
- Dale Grimshaw's E17 Mural For Wood Street Walls
East London's Wood Street Walls Project continue to bring art to the streets of Walthamstow with the addition of their lastest mural featuring the work of London based artist Dale Grimshaw. Following a recent leg injury which saw the artist out of...
- Supersized 'game On' Mural In E17 By We Like Static
Last week saw street art duo We Like Static complete work on their largest mural to date and the second with the Wood Street Walls project out in E17. Located on the corner of Victoria Road and Fullbourne Road, the new mural saw the artists redecorating...
- We Like Static Mural With Wood Street Walls
Leaving the comfort of our local stomping grounds, Hookedblog left Shoreditch over the weekend and ventured further East. Hopping onto the Chingford bound train from Bethnal Green station, a 20 minute train journey and we arrived at our destination station...