for years i've been taking pictures of graffiti and yet i spent ages looking for designs for badges when i first got my machine. now it seems so obvious!

the designs at graffitibadges.com are pieces encountered on my travels, sometimes whole, sometimes a detail, and some lend themselves to pairing off or grouping into sets. some are from barcelona, a vibrant city if ever there was. go there if you can. the narrow streets of the ciutat vella and the museum of contemporary art are a public gallery of world class graffiti, some respected, some oversprayed to make new, layered artworks... fab! london is a mecca for everything, including urban art. it's not my mecca, but it's a cool place to visit and there's stuff everywhere if you look... then there's ibiza, colourful, out there... and more recently, madrid, berlin and lisbon, which have their own mix of international visitors and vibrant local scene... then of course there's bristol, where i live and where there is a similar high quality of urban artists, making their comments and brightening our lives...

wherever i find it, i love it!

since its inception in the summer of 2005, graffitibadges.com is developing what it sees as an artform in itself - the one inch badge!

thank you to all the artists who have generously agreed to let me use their artwork; i hope it helps get their name about. i'm interested in hearing from anyone who can identify unidentified badges, please get in touch...

peace