Street art murals from the OT Art Trail

 Street art murals from the OT Art Trail

Old Trafford art Trail

#otarttrail

It's so exciting to see the remaining 5 murals taking shape by artists @mural_life / @qubekmanchester , @samowenhull , @martene_rourke/ @legalitarian , Jamie Rennie, @iprint_donmigri and @lookagainartist 

All the Murals have been inspired by ideas, designs and words we received from the community of Old Trafford which the Artists have then used to create their designs in their own Artistic style. 

The Trail will come together by mid may and will include a new poem by Isaiah Hull that will link them all together. 

#OTarttrail #OldTrafford #community #mural #art #artoutside #artforeverybody #publicart #comeandhavealook 

TOGETHER – we are one

by Robert Lomas and Becki Miller

Gladys: Earth Child

by Jamie Rennie

Tree of life – Heart of the community

by Donna Michelle Griffith and Lynda Sterling

Voices of the world at my doorstep

by Martene Rourke

OT is Jam Packed with LOVE

by Sam Owen Hull

Botanical Garden

by Russ Meehan (aka Qubek)

Philth (Water Street) Rochdale

Philth (Water Street) Rochdale 

PHILTH

Combining the best of illustration, graphic design, beauty and large scale murals to create a unique and distinctive style

Part of the Never Ready crew, artist Philth is known for incorporating patterns and inspirations from the natural world into his pieces.

This mural pays homage to the town’s cotton weaving past and features eight cotton bolls – seven are open, in a nod to the past, whilst one remains unopened, as the artist looks to the future.

Philth also draws inspiration from inscriptions found at nearby historic buildings. One such inscription, Semper Paratus on the top of St Edmund’s Church, translates as ‘always ready’. It’s a stone’s throw from Never Ready, the graffiti crew Philth has been a part of for the past 14 years.

St Edmund’s Church also happens to be filled with masonic symbols, making the seven open cotton bolls significant here.

 

Folie aka Cookie Love – Volta Lab Studios

Folie aka Cookie Love – Volta Lab Studios

 Manchesters Cookie Love paints in variety of mediums from body paint to spray paint. Her artist name ‘Folie‘ derives from the French for ‘madness’ and is her means of celebrating the relationship between mental health and art. Her mural on the side of the Volta Lab studios is a what she describes as a nudge to women in music and their under-representation. Her ‘Girls to the Front‘ message is about just that.

The mural also depicts a reference to Rochdales former Ashfield Valley Flats taking the form of a mixing desk. Famed for their links to the punk and alternative music scene they had nonetheless soon gained a notorious reputation which ultimately led to their demolition by 1992. Three of the tower blocks still survive in the town as Stoneyvale Court with the rest of the area becoming Sandbrook Park.

Another element of the mural celebrates Volta Lab Studios itself. An unassuming building it has a rich history as part of the Manchester music scene. Playing host to various iterations of recording studios of the years, it has recorded the likes of Joy Division, Happy Mondays, Elbow and the Stone Roses. The pulsing radio signal seen in her work is a reference to that. Taken from Joy Divisions 1979 album cover ‘Unknown Pleasures‘ it was recorded at the studio. A further random fact associated with that particular image is that it was taken from the first recorded pulsating signal recorded from deep space. It was discovered by Jocelyn Bell in 1967 and initially called LGM-1 (Little Green Men) as it was believed by others to be alien. It wasn’t of course but it’s an interesting story