Lots of the artwork dotted around the East End involves literally spelling out their messages. No one is more the master of this than Eine (Real name Ben Flynn).
Eine is most notable for his alphabet lettering on shop shutters in around Shoreditch, Brick Lane and Broad Market areas of the East End.
Above is a piece entitled PRO. (Self explanatory really!) I love the frivolous colours and patterns.
The vibrant typographical letters spell out a variety of different words – Scary, Vandalism, Exciting and more.
Eine’s street art is driven by a love of typography and he describes being influenced by how “letters change shape when combined with other ones”.
Here’s his SCARY wall under the bridge on Rivington Street. Not looking too menacing on a sunny day.
Eine was well-known in London circles for ‘Alphabet Street’ in the capital’s Spitalfields region where he painted the entire A-Z on shop shutters down Middlesex Street. It’s a delightful, colourful splash of happiness!
He become even more well known when a piece of his art work was presented to Barack Obama by David Cameron.
A bit ironic given that after spending 20 years tagging he has been arrested between 15 and 20 times and has five convictions for criminal damage – not exactly a model citizen according to Cameron’s own government!