Thursday 4 November 2010

Chewing Gum Art on the streets of London

When I first moved to North London I'd see all these little flashes of colour on the floor
With closer inspection, I realised it was painted chewing gum!

















After a while I'd see Ben Wilson, the man creates it.
What a really lovely idea, turning nothing into a smile inducing little piece of artwork
Everytime I see it, it brightens up my day
Here is a link to a recent interview with him
Chewing Gum Man

Here are links to flickr sets full of his art
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3 comments:

  1. I've never heard of this before! How fun!
    In South London it's all just dirty grey gum! ;)

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  2. What a wonderful way to turn people's rubbish into lovely pieces of art =)

    Thanks for sharing and visiting my blog.

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  3. I saw Ben Wilson in the street once. He was working on some gum.

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