They come and they go...

I walked by Khartoum Place today and was very disappointed to see
that the pieces on the light pole and “I dare u” were removed...

Sad, isn’t it?

I walked up the steps and at first glance it looked like the bike stands were not
stripey anymore. But when some of the people that were standing there moved, I saw
that they had been squished down to the bottom. Well, at least they were still there.

I can’t help thinking about something; the Open Art day and our knitty happening
coincided with the opening of the Auckland triennial. This year it’s called
“LAST RIDE IN A HOT AIR BALLOON
- An exploration of the ongoing possibilities for adventure and risk in art.”

Hmm, risk in art?
What happened when we took a risk in art?
The art was removed...

Or maybe they were not removed by the council or the gallery?
Maybe someone liked them and took them home?

Anyway, pieces come and go, that’s the charm of knitted graffiti!

Let’s stitch up Khartoum Place!

Some art galleries around Khartoum Place here in Auckland
have founded Auckland Art Precinct,
and today they had a special Open Art day.

The invitation to a knitted graffiti happening in a post below,
was to show support for the Auckland Art Precinct.
(Hence the black and yellow colours.)

Today the gorgeous pieces I have had sent to me, were put in place.

Khartoum Place
Yes, it’s right outside Auckland Art Gallery,
where I put up Awesome a couple of weeks ago!

If you walk up the steps you come to Upper Khartoum Place,
where we decided to prettify two bike stands.

450 silver beads leave a challenge to whoever wants to pick it up.

Big thank you

to all the knitters,
to Laurel for helping me putting it up,
and to Mira for taking the fab photos.

The greenest green

An amazingly fluorescent green piece was in my letterbox today!

Eeeek!

Thanks Yvonne!

And I have finally finished my own piece

This is a sneak peak of another piece that is going up on Sunday.
Probably the best one I’ve done so far...

Stay tuned

Woolly mail

Woolly mail have started to arrive in my letterbox.

Look at these amazing pieces!

From Glennie in Devonport, stripy and stylish.

From Megan in Tauranga, a beginner but has still sent me 2 pieces!


Sarah from CottonKiwi made this fab Jolly Rogers. So cool!

Sarah also made this one, a bit curled up now but will look great when put in place.

Sarah’s mum has contributed with this amazing piece full of yellow “knots”!

The Gritty-Knitter in Whanganui sent me 3 funky pieces!

Thanks guys!

On Sunday they will decorate...

To be continued

The Queen

Today there’s a Kid’s Treasure Hunt here in Devonport.
It's organised by friends of mine and they asked me if I wanted to knit a clue for them!

“ The Band Rotunda behind the library has musical notes around the bars.
What is the tune? Find a clue on the banister.”

New addition

It’s quite amazing, one of my first pieces
I love knitting
that I put up 9 months ago, is still there!

But someone has added three little knitted teddies.
Once again, I have no idea who did it...
But I’m happy to see that there are more people
who like to decorate our neighbourhood!

Join in!

I’m planning a new knitted graffiti happening and this time I would love it to be big!
It will be at a central location and will hopefully attract a lot of attention.

Would you like to join in?

Knit a piece that is 36cm wide.
Any length, pattern or yarn.
Preferably black and/or yellow but any colour is fine.

But, please knit fast!

I need your piece by the 10 March!

Since I have the bad habit of not asking the council for permission,
I’m not gonna give out any more information here. But send
me an email to the address in the column to the right and I will send you
more information and details regarding where to send your beautiful piece.

Happy knitting!

Removed...

The Auckland City Council follow their rules...

From todays article in Sunday News:

The following day, the piece was photographed and carefully removed.

Although the Cut Collective and gallery were delighted by the work,
spokeswoman for the Auckland Art Gallery Kate Orgias said
the council rules dictate that any street art must have consent.

Read the article in Sunday News or here

Oooops...

A few days ago, I was contacted by a journalist from Sunday News.

She wanted to do an article about street art and asked if I wanted to be part of it.

She was also going to interview the street artists from Cut Collective, who have an exhibition, Public access, opening at The Auckland Art Gallery today.
(Check the link, it looks really cool)

I walked by the gallery on Wednesday, the guys were busy spray painting
the walls outside the gallery and it looked so cool! And then it hit me
I’m gonna tag them!

Last night I met with the journo and a photographer outside the gallery, a tag in my bag.
I put it up while he took some photos. When we had just finished, the doors to the gallery opened and a grumpy security guard put his head out and asked me what I was doing!

- I’m a street artist and I have just put up a piece of art.
- Have you got permission for that?
- No...
- You can’t put up something like that without permission from Auckland City Council.
etc, etc, etc...

To Auckland City Council

I’m a street artist and I have a head buzzing with ideas.
I put a lot of love, effort and time into my pieces and I only do it to make people happy.

I’m not causing damage to property and if people don’t like my work
they can just pull out a pair of scissors.

I’m sorry but I’m not going to ask for permission, the time involved
in the process would kill my creativity.

Please, take a seat

Tomorrow starts the annual Food & Wine Festival here in Devonport.

Thousands of people come and many of them catches the ferry.

A brilliant occasion for an installation!

One of the park benches outside the ferry terminal has now been
turned into a sofa and the cushions have woolly messages.