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From the Editor: A street art cover by Cheo

By Martin Booth  Tuesday Jun 28, 2016

The cover is the most important page of Bristol24/7 magazine. It’s what you see first when picking up our free monthly magazine. And it’s what prompts many people to pick up the title in the first place.

With Upfest happening across Bedminster and Southville in July, I wanted us to celebrate one of the best events on Bristol’s cultural calendar on our cover. And so – thrillingly – this happened:

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Massive thanks first of all goes to Cheo who painted the specially commissioned piece in the back garden of a friend of his in Kingswood.

The above timelapse video was made by Jon Davey, with Cheo’s handiwork photographed by the team at Lame Sheep for the magazine’s cover:

 

Read more: From the Editor: ‘Is being a hipster so bad?’

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