How to build your own graffiti wall – A guide step by step
- Posted by Eske
- Categories Tips & Tricks
- Date 09/01/2022
- Comments 3 comments
How to build your own graffiti wall - A guide step by step
HOW TO BUILD A WALL FOR GRAFFITI
WOODEN WALL
You will need:
- Screws,
- 4 sheets of plywood 1224 × 2440 × 12 mm
- 3 poles around 3 m high (treated with a coat for outdoor use),
- 4 battens
- 2 bags of dry cement
→ Dig three holes, 45 cm deep with approximately 2,3 m between them from center to center and place the three poles in them.
→ Mix the dry cement and place it around each pole. Cover the last 5 cm with dirt on the top. Make sure the poles are in level when it’s drying. → Attach each batten to the three poles, starting from the bottom, with 60 cm between them in height.
→ Once the battens are up, you can now apply the plywood one at a time. Attach them to the poles 10 cm off the ground. This way, they won’t rot and will last longer.
→ Prime the wall a couple of times before painting your first piece, so it can absorb some paint.
STRETCH FILM WALL
You will need:
- Stretch film 200 m × 50 cm
- Tape
→ Find two poles with 2-6 m between them.
→ Wrap the film around the first pole so it adheres to itself.
→ Stretch the film around the two poles going from the top to bottom, only creating one layer, where each layer over-laps 5 cm.
→ When reaching the last turn, cut the film and fasten it with a piece of tape.
→ Paint the film and remember to take it down and throw it out responsibly once you leave.
These kinds of wall are single use only!
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Eske Touborg is a professional graffiti writer from Denmark, specialising in teaching graffiti and street art since 2014. Touborg has painted at international graffitifestivals as ArtScape & Roskilde festival and published three titles all on the subject on how to paint graffiti. His latest publication “GraffitiBible – A Complete Guide On How To Do Graffiti” is a 352 page book sold in over 30 countries around the world and involving partners such as Montana Colors, Museum Of Graffiti, BATES, NYCHOS, ASKEW, MADC and many more. Touborg has thought over 4000 people how to do graffiti and will be your main instructor on this site.
3 Comments
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You are welcome!
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