Different Methods of Street Art

Chewing gum Street art- Ben WilsonBen Wilson born in 1963 is an English wood carver and outsider artist. His dislike for industrial waste, cars and rubbish eventually turned into an art form. He creates tiny works of art by painting chewing gum stuck to the pavement. In addition to the chewing gum art, Wilson paints and sculpts. He has exhibited his paintings and sculptures in England, the United States, Germany, Ireland, Finland, France and Serbia. This kind of street art does not damage anything and doesn’t break the law. In fact it can be seen as making an area look better because there's artwork covering the chewing gum on floor.

Stencil (Banksy)

Stencil graffiti is a form of graffiti that makes use of stencils made out of paper, cardboard, or other things to create an image or text that is easily reproducible. The desired design is cut out of the selected medium and then the image is transferred onto a wall, pavement etc by spraying the cut out design with spray paint. This can be seen as damaging buildings and can cost a lot of money to clean up because usually permanent spray paint is used to do stencils which can damage the environment.

Tile art (Space Invader)

Invader is a French urban artist, born in 1969, whose work is modelled on pixel games of 1970s–1980s 8-bit video games. He took his name from the 1978 arcade game Space Invaders, and much of his work is composed of square ceramic tiles inspired by video game characters. This kind of street art doesn’t damage any buildings or the environment as Invader uses cement paste to stick his work to the walls. This cement paste doesn’t damage the buildings it stuck on as it can be taken down without leaving a mark.

Lego Street art (Jan Vormann)Jan Vormann does an unusual form of street art by filling in broken parts of walls with lego blocks. This type of street art doesn’t damage any building or the environment as Vormann actually fixes the missing bits off walls with the lego. This brings colour to walls and makes them more interesting, also it would attract people to look at it.

Posters/Prints/Stickers (Shepard Fairey)Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (Obey) sticker campaign. He became widely known during the election for Barack Obama as he produced the “Hope” poster which was used as the official poster for Obama's presidential campaign. This form of sticker street art can be used in several different ways e.g. to reproduce lots of same copies, to get their views across and address issues. This way of street art does not damage the environment as its only stickers and posters which can be easily removed but can be kept up for a while.

Flower bombs

This type of street art is called Flower bombs, this form of art doesn’t damage the environment. Flower bombs help to make a part of the environment better. Flower seeds are placed into plasticine and shaped into a shape of a bomb and threw into bad areas such as wastelands etc and few weeks later there are flowers in the area which

makes the area look better. This doesn’t break the law as it is helping make a run down area look better.