30/07/2011 - Repeat Business... Third workshop this year for Look Ahead Housing

When we say that we are proud of the rate of business that comes from word of mouth or repeat customers, we really do mean it. And that has been epitomised by our work with Look Ahead Housing. We did a Canvas workshop, followed by a Mural Workshop, and have just done our third workshop, at a BBQ they had for the residents. It was a VERY hot day,working outside, BBQ one side, DJ on the other, all round a good afternoon.

Look Ahead wanted a large canvas to be produced by the residents, which could then be hung in the hostel for everyone to see. We decided the best option would be to put a character in the middle and get the residents to come and sign it and leave their mark.

23/07/2011 - Norreys community project Pt.2

Part two of the workshop for the youth shelter at Norreys park in Wokingham. The workshop started well with the kids from the previous wee buying me a box of roses which was nice. We put together designs, settling on 'theme park being attacked by monsters.'

Great day and as it was a community project, Wokingham opted for the additional anti-graffiti paint coating to be put onto the wall after, in order to make it easy to clean any graffiti which may be drawn onto the wall after we left.

22/07/2011 - Birthday party canvas workshop

On Friday evening Graff Workshop went to Birmingham for a birthday party canvas workshop. Another successful workshop with everyone involved designing and making their own street art canvas to keep. It was chucking it down with rain when I arrived so the gazebo went up in the garden. Luckily the rain pretty much stopped by the time the painting started so it was a fun, relaxed session, with no wet canvases.

17/07/2011 - Bar Mitzvah, Airbrushing joggers

Another job for an events company doing airbrushing for a Barmitzvah. Was a good evening in a nice venue in London. 

16/07/2011 - Norreys youth shelter, community project. Pt.1

Graff Workshop works closely with Wokingham Borough Council. This job was for the Youth Action Project and we designed and painted a mural with local youths. For the front we decided to go for a beach theme to try and brighten the park and the shelter up a bit.

This was a fun day, with some of the time spent inside designing the wall, and the second part spent outside painting. We had a huge audience by the end and everyone in the pub opposite was standing at the windows watching which was good.

Pictures coming soon, Part.2 on Saturday

14/7/2011 - We're about participation, not demonstrations. School mural workshop

Here at Graff Workshop, we seem to be heading down the education route, and we're loving it. Some Graffiti companies have gone for the private events market, some for the corporate and commission market, but we're all about education and young people.

As you can see in the title, our workshops are about participation; we don't send you an artist who paints the wall from start to finish and lets the kids watch, we send an artist who acts as a catalyst for the young people to form their own designs and idea. The artist will then show the young people how to use a spray can and give help and advice when needed.


This workshop was at a primary school in Derby. The kids in the final year were leaving and the walls in the playground needed a re-vamp so they got to leave their mark on the school before they left. They were split into five random groups of six students and were tasked with making a design relating to the school and things they had been doing recently. The themes were Art, Maths, Science, Space and Music.

Each team came up with great designs, and particular praise must go to the girl who painted the grand piano before our artist even had a chance to help her!

Graff Workshop knows how important it is for the students to have painted the wall themselves but also for the school to have a good mural on display. So our artist stayed back for half an hour to tidy up the edges, and this is how we do our workshops....oh and did we mention it was a hilarious day with a really funny group of kids.