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Temper recieved a full page image and article in The Suday Times labelled as the 'Next Big Thing', the photoshoot was taken by Clive Arrowsmith. Arron Bird (aka Temper,short for ‘mad temper’) worked as a grave-digger and fork-lift truck driver before becoming Britain’s first graffiti artist to be awarded space for a solo exhibition in a public gallery, at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery last year. Now the corporate world is snapping him up: his work recently appeared on more than 100m Sprite cans and bottles, and he has just finished a 45ft graffito at Saatchi & Saatchi’s London offices. ‘People get confused over graffiti and vandalism,’ says the 30-yearold Wolverhampton native,who developed his style through hip-hop culture. ‘Aerosol is my medium, but i’m not a vandal. Graffiti artists want to create, not destroy’ STYLING: DESIREE LEDERER AT MICHAELJOHN. GROOMING: JOANNA BERNACKA AT MICHAELJOHN USING CLINIQUE Please click to the 'Related files' button to veiw the full article.