Wheat-pasting is basically a form of sticker bombing, whereby an individual uses the speed of adhesives instead of spray paint to publicise their name - it can prove very successful.
The main difference between wheat-pasting and sticker bombing is in the way they're put up - stickers are simply printed on and then removed from their backing ready to be stuck, wheat-pasting on the other hand requires far more work. First you need to cook up the wheat mixture with flour and water - this creates a viscous sticky substance that's just as good as PVA when dry. I tend to put this mixture straight into sport style drinking bottles with the squirty nozzle thing, as it allows for quick application to the wall just by squeezing it rather than carrying it round in tupperware. After this you print off as many sheets of the graphics as you need - when I first went out to publicise the blog I was using half A4 sized squares:
To apply you simply squirt the mixture onto the wall, spread it with a paintbrush and then gently place the paper image on top. Finally you give it a coating of the mixture on top of the paper image with the excess still remaining on the brush - this sticks the edges right down, making it very tricky to remove...
Next time we go out (this week at some stage) I'll be using A3/A2 sized graphics - the library charged £7.50 for 15 colour A4s which is pathetic. Luckily however, my friend's dad has an colour printer for his work that I can use - I'll create an image of A2 scale, split it in half and put each halve on an A3, that way I'll just need to put two sheets together to make a massive image. Think of it as putting up wallpaper patterns.
Look out for our artwork. If you want to help us, print off our graphic and stick it about yourself. It's super fun number wan!
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