Woodblock graffiti

Woodblock graffiti

Woodblock graffiti is artwork painted on a small portion of plywood or similar inexpensive material and attached to street sign posts with bolts. Often the bolts are bent at the backto prevent removal. Documented as early as 1995 in New York, [cite book
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isbn = 978-8862080248] woodblock graffiti has seen a resurgence in Chicago in 2007 as a reaction to the city's Graffiti Blasters anti-graffiti program.

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Most street signs have standardized holes drilled in them that have been designed for signs to be attached to them by the a City's Bureau of Signs & Markings.Fact|date=July 2008

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The ability of artists to produce these blocks at their own leisure allows a fine level of individual detail to be used on each piece. This makes for art that is not easily dismissed as vandalism by general pedestrians.Fact|date=July 2008

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