Now- are you ready for my favorite part of the trip with Birgit Koopsen to Birmingham? Well ….lemme show you :)
this awesome fox put together with different parts of plywood was around the corner of our AirBnB. We went one of the two days we spent in Birmingham to explore the neighborhood of Digbeth, which we had heard was fun.
We entered Streetart and Graffiti Heaven – we couldn’t believe the many many awesome and different inspiring walls !
Loving the colors here and the lettering
Look at Birgit going :)
Wherever we turned there was something
This one was ne of my favorites – the colors the background- LOOOOOVEEEE
The patchwork fish – such a great inspiration to use collage paper
The colors again!
Look at the amazing giant stencil below
beautiful
More awesome stencil work!
And this one …another patchwork- so so so amazing!!!!
Funky stuff – also very inspiring colorwise
I mean come on…..stooooooopppp it
This one in different grey tones and pink and magenta- LOVE
weird attempt of a selfie- but there you go ;)
old warehouses and parking lots
This one is funny
These were everywhere
Loe the color blocking and the face
Hilarious with the open door
Can you tell we already had fun …but wait
We found this little graffiti store and they offered workshops – so we went in and asked how long in advance you have to book to take a graffiti workshop. The answer was one week. We made a very sad face and told them we were leaving the next day …and so they took pity on us and arranged for us to come back a couple hours later and we slipped into these painting overalls and learned lettering with a spray can ….
Look at me…I look like a bumble bee hahahaahaha- it was hilarious and so much fun!
We learned a lot- including that we need a LOOOOOOOOTTT of practice – and that working on a large scale with your spray paint can and trying to control it makes your hands hurt.
Our teacher had us battle too – we had to both write color in 10 Minutes – we almost lost it laughing because he would yell out “POLICE” every couple minutes. Be assured though, this wasn’t an illegal action, we were in a little outside shop that belongs to the store.
OH man – look how sad this looks LOL
But I still love it
BTW …Birgit cheated she sprayed with two cans – -hahahha- just kidding.
It was such a fun and great afternoon with this spontaneous workshop – I will never forget it. I think you can easily see why this was my favorite day in Birmingham.
Thanks so much for joining me on this little Inspiration trip- hope you enjoyed it :)
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Textile Ranger
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Last year I got to go to Fort Smith, Arkansas, and they are starting to build up a collection of murals. I think they want to be Birmingham when they grow up! :) I was sad this wasn’t about Birmingham, Alabama, because that would be easier for me to visit. But I was glad to see so much great art. Thanks for putting them together in this post.
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Sue Clarke
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Love the tie one as it made me smile. How fun to get to do the workshop at the last minute. POLICE!
The Native American one is my favorite as well. I can reach in and feel the rocks.
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Jill
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Wow! So much fun. Looks like the two of you had a great time. Amazing place.
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Joanne Howard
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Wow! So much to look at! The two of you were hilarious! Nat you look like a gansta with your arms folded in your red coveralls! So cute!
I have to go back and look at the pictures again since there was so much to see in the details. Thanks for posting these!
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Laura Weed
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WOW! There are some serious artists in Birmingham! Some of those just blew me away! This has definitely become a “must see” vacation spot now! The graffiti class looks like the MOST fun! That writing style is so unique and those pieces just always look like so much work. Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful pieces with us!
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Bea
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I enjoyed this a lot. Creepy, hairy hand spider…
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