Monday 1 October 2012

Bracelet Cuffs Mural - Split piece


Ive just discovered an interesting relationship between my mural piece consisting of six individual bracelets and something that is known as a Split-Piece

In graffitti their is a term known as a split-piece.What happens is an artist will paint aspects of a mural in separate locations, that actually comprise of one image. The murals are individually photographed and then photoshopped together to make up one image.

Its quite interesting that i have discovered this existing activity, when im almost finished my mural bracelet concept. It would perhaps be more accurate to call it a split piece as the concepts are relatively similar. 
Like my jewelry each piece is  worn individually however when displayed together make up one unified Image.
This is also now a relative relationship based on how and why "Street Jewellery" could be like Street art. 

 An artist who specializes in Split-piece graffitti, is a Capetown based artist by the name of Falco.
Below is an image showing the concept of a split piece which he painted in a rural suburb called Darling just outside Capetown South Africa.



If you look at the image on the outer edges of the image you will see the mural has been painted in four separate locations.

I think overall its a pretty cool concept.
Thanks Falco.




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