East Dulwich Station Mural is being painted

[eastDAG]

Blue Shop Cottage/Alphabetics Anonymous - The winners of the public vote to create the new East Dulwich Station Mural - are creating it THIS WEEKEND! Come along and see them in action! Following a huge public vote, and public feedback consultations at East Dulwich Station, North Cross Road Market and Lordship Lane, your feedback has been used to inspire the artwork!

We can't wait to see them in action and we hope you love the end result!

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EAST DULWICH ACTION GROUP

The East Dulwich Action Group is comprised of local residents and businesses working together to deliver Southwark Council's High Street Challenge Initiative, strengthen the identity of East Dulwich and promote the area to residents and visitors alike.

Our project partners are: Southwark Council / Network Rail / Dulwich Festival

www.LoveEastDulwich.com

[Sue]

Huge public vote?

How many people voted?

[Lu]

Which of the three artist(s) won? The website doesn't say.

[Jenny1]

It will be good to see a new painting on the bridge.

[bels123]

Yes, looking forward to seeing it!

[d.b]

The winner was posted up a while back on the thread about the vote:

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1944168,1950045#msg-1950045http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1944168,1950045#msg-1950045

If you can't be bothered to click, there were over 1000 votes and the winner was Blue Shop Cottage / Alphabetics Anonymous.

[DulwichFox]

If they are painting the bridge ?

Is the road going to be closed off. ???

DulwichFox

[cella]

This has already been posted and I commented on the possible closure

[eastDAG]

Hi Dulwich FOx

The painting is on the station entrance pavement, so no road closure.

EDAG

[eastDAG]

Hi Sue

Over 1000 people participated in the vote to choose an artist, which was fantastic. Blue Shop Cottage/Alphabetics Anonymous were the winners and are on-site now!!! VERY exciting!

Lots of people stopping to talk to them. If you are free today or tomorrow, pop down and say hi to Jake, Hannah, Ocki and Nathan.

If you can't the mural will be finished Monday morning. We're very excited for ED to see the end result. We love it, and we hope you all do too.

EDAG

Sue Wrote:

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> Huge public vote?

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> How many people voted?

[eastDAG]

Massive high-5's to the gang for ploughing through in atrocious weather today! Making great progress and LOAD'S of locals popping down to say Hi and check out their awesome design.

Back at it 8.30am tomorrow morning.

EDAG

[se22cat]

Am honestly gutted at being tied up the whole weekend, really wanted to get some photos of the piece from start to finish : (

On the positive side, having seen the artists other work, I just know its going to be fantastic and something I'll enjoy seeing every time I pass the station, and yes, doing creative work in horrible weather is a real test on ones patience, so extra kudos to them for that!

So happy to see the area getting more street art : )

[eastDAG]

Hi Cat

We have those! So you can copy them once the piece is complete. Email is at [email protected], or check out the website next week.

The artists also have a friend creating a short film about the piece and documenting progress, so as soon as that is live, we'll let you know too.

EDAG

se22cat Wrote:

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> Am honestly gutted at being tied up the whole

> weekend, really wanted to get some photos of the

> piece from start to finish : (

>

> On the positive side, having seen the artists

> other work, I just know its going to be fantastic

> and something I'll enjoy seeing every time I pass

> the station, and yes, doing creative work in

> horrible weather is a real test on ones patience,

> so extra kudos to them for that!

>

> So happy to see the area getting more street art :

> )

[eastDAG]

The gang are back on it in this horrible weather and making awesome progress! Say HI if you are passing.

Special thanks to the two d*ckheads who pointlessly scrawled on the wall overnight. Which brings us to our next stage: We are about to crowdfund for the long term protection of the wall, which is over and above the budget for the creation of the mural. We want this to be a lovely asset to the area for a long time, and we will be asking ED residents to help protect it. The Forest Hill community raised over ?2500 in 72hrs for the creation and protection of their mural, which is awesome, and we hope you will all get behind your mural too. As soon as this is live, we'll let you all know.

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EAST DULWICH ACTION GROUP

The East Dulwich Action Group is comprised of local residents and businesses working together to deliver Southwark Council's High Street Challenge Initiative, strengthen the identity of East Dulwich and promote the area to residents and visitors alike.

Our project partners are: Southwark Council / Network Rail / Dulwich Festival

www.LoveEastDulwich.com

[Nigello]

Such a shame that happened. Could you coat it with a special varnish that would make it easier to take the scrawl off?

[se22cat]

Hi eastDAG I really wanted to document it myself : ( but will look forward to seeing how it went down at your site : )

[KateFord]

The mural looks fantastic! I?m just worrried that it will get defaced and ruined with other people?s rubbish tags and scrawls. Are there plans to put some sort of protection or possibly a clear perspex covering over it?

[eastDAG]

Hi Kate

Thanks so much for your comment. We agree! The mural looks incredible. BSC&AA were working in the dark until 9.30pm last night to finish it, and we are so happy with the end result.

In terms of preparation, yes, it needs protected or it'll get damaged. Within the budget, we were able to put a sealant on it today to protect it short term against defacement, HOWEVER longer term, we are about to crowdfund to protect it long term with more anti-graffiti coating and also rain water protection. The water from the bridge will do some harm to it, so we are discussing guttering to redirect the water from the face of the wall. But the budget doesn't cover this, so we HOPE that now the community has seen the mural, they'll step up to help us protect it.

As soon as the crowdfunder is live, we'll be launching it here.

EDAG

KateFord Wrote:

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> The mural looks fantastic! I?m just worrried that

> it will get defaced and ruined with other people?s

> rubbish tags and scrawls. Are there plans to put

> some sort of protection or possibly a clear

> perspex covering over it?

[DulwichFox]

Haven't seen the finished Mural yet but the pictures do look fantastic.

Great job. Well done.

DulwichFox.

[Carissa88]

I love it! Was a nice surprise to see this morning :) Good work!

[Earl Aelfheah]

Looks good. Hope it doesn't get 'tagged' within minutes of completion.

[edcam]

That looks great!

[Angelina]

Very pretty and fresh. Appreciate the effort involved, especially in such weather!

[redjam]

Great work - v. cheery!

[philosophie]

I love it! Would definitely chip in a few quid to help protect it.