Art / Creative Lockdown

Creative lockdown: Diff

By Lowie Trevena  Wednesday Apr 15, 2020

Diff is part of the ongoing Bristol24/7 Creative Lockdown series, showcasing how people in Bristol have been getting arty under lockdown.

Bedminster-based street artist Diff has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by altering an elderly people road sign.

The artist designed and created the sign, depicting two people in face masks on jet skis, and the attached it to a lamp post opposite the SS Great Britain.

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“I created the piece just after the Government announced the lock down of the over 70s,” says Diff, who imagined the nation’s older generation riding jet skis away from the pandemic.

“I put it up the week before the lockdown,”  says Diff. “I’m currently locked in my studio creating new pieces to try and bring a smile to people faces in these troubled times.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/B994DYwFay2/

See more of Diff’s work via Instagram @diff_artist

To share your work, email lowie@bristol247.com with a bit of information about you and how you created your masterpiece.

Main photo: Diff

Read more: Creative lockdown: Angus

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