Just enough space at the bottom.

False is a Charleston tagger. This was taken downtown.

Here is a little one on the edge of a newspaper box. Look at the parallel sides on with his letter sizes.
some random stickers with those pleasant borders on a window.



The full text reads: "If trees could scream - would we still cut them down? unless they were screaming all the time and for no apparent reason. In which case we would kill the whinny trees"

If this is true, where is the advertisement?
"It's a goddamn beret." Kind of looks like a pancake to me.

Here is one of those eggs I was talking about! Someone has since tagged over it. What a shame.

Here is a better shot of this sticker and the gun sticker on the bottom that I posted last time.

A crazy bird thing on the curb.

right next to this. I don't know what on Earth it says but I like the arrow at the bottom.

Kanawha County

False! Accusation? Joe Wilson? Alas he is not our senator. If Byrd had a tag he would stencil a bird at hunch height.
Live every week like its shark week,


being who you are is its own punishment.

fractals. black and white maddness.

okay so this one was a bit weird to take but there is a gun on the one space. <-

Stickers in the golden city

Here was this door in charleston with a bunch fo stickers and a few quick tags on the top left. The robot thing was a god idea.

Elegant and simple. I wonder if they had to jump to get the back of this sign. I like how they did the back of the sign which doesn't make the message on the sign secondary.

Way up high but hard to take a photo of. Direct mail. They get mad when you take them from the post office and never mail anything but there is nothing they can do.

I don't know if it is a rat or a frog but I like it.

Owls. Who doesn't love a good owl? Good and unexpected use of color.

by the tracks.

Tape. what kind of tape? scotch tape? duck tape? masking tape? alright that jokes old. Very nice tag. A little drip on the "T" but clean.

A little closer we can see some Syker above.

Imagine the human hand moving to do this. Slow it down frame by frame.

A bit faded but this is only evidence of a tenacious color choice.
"Im going to tag... both boxes!"

A big meaty bit of news and something from Monongalia county

Artist puts his yolk on city.
I've heard about these eggs in Charleston. Someone went as far as to paint bacon with one. Oh-No is painting eggs. Everyone eats eggs... not too big... its brilliant. A good interview with the Artist in this.

The Herald Dispatch has an Editorial about punishing Graffiti offenders which boils down to this.
"In theft cases, that threshold is $1,000, meaning that if the value of the stolen property is $1,000 or more, the offense is a felony with more harsh penalties. It's not clear why the threshold for a felony destruction of property conviction is $2,500, when the loss to the property owner is just as real. That discrepancy should be fixed by lowering the threshold for a felony charge when people deface or destroy property"

They also published eleven photos of graffiti downtown. The 4th and 9th photos are my favorite. They both feature visitor or one of the other wheatpasters. squid, zombie, deadface. also make some appearances.

A lot of this backlash recently is because the influx of people to Huntington in the fall. Two artists were caught in September behind city hall. bad timing? or a heavier police influence?

As promised here is some graffiti. which is from neither Charleston or Huntington but Morgantown.


political. nice.

wvu will die in 2012? vengeful.
I think the star of David gave you away.



asian stencil theme?


oh get over it.

Some things just make sense.

I can't get enough of stuff on trains. You have no idea where they came from. A canvas on wheels. Anywhere between a coalmine and a powerplant you can find one and that is all the context you get.
Good use of punctuation.
I started to wonder why the graffiti from parking garages are on the higher floors.

A bit illegible but the silver curls contrasted with the red are pretty to look at.

Think about it. The lower floors fill up first. Therefore there are less people on the upper floors to interrupt the graffiti artist in the act.
I am pretty sure if I sit here long enough I can read these.

Stencils! I love stencils. What better way to reproduce a tag in clear manner. Bonus points for making a face. Everyone has a face, easily identifiable.

Things from a parking building

Charlestondays

I wish I got here before the rip. OhNo does consistently good work. But I think the fried egg is a nice response.



and I just love this thing here. Good work comes out of Charleston.
Paebak has been getting around. I have reports of him throwing stuff up as far away as Louisville. Curious indeed.

pressure wash

I am officially out of photo's until I borrow someones camera or readers send them in. I want to use this as an opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed to this project. If we can not stand together we will be pressure washed down and forgotten.

This must be from city council elections. Did you know if they lose and don't pick up every sign they distributed they are can be charged with littering or vandalizing property. Perks of winning I guess.



this was in the Charleston Town Center Mall parkinglot

I meant to take a photo of this wheat pasted yearbook section but I
closer shot. Who is this?


Found this on a door at the top of a scary staircase.
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