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Brite Lite Barber Shop in Harlem is a favorite of ours because we not only love its #handpainted #signage but also love its #vintage poles outside. The #barber pole's colors are from a time when people went to barbers not only for just a #haircut or #shave but also for bloodletting and other medical procedures. The look of the pole is linked to bloodletting with the color red representing blood and white representing the bandages used to stem the bleeding. The pole itself was used to symbolize the stick that a patient squeezed to make the veins on his arm stand out more prominently for the bloodletting. In the USA the poles are red, white and blue while in Europe they are traditionally red and white. We also love the kid sitting on the bench outside waiting for his father to get his haircut. Photo from 2004 appears in our book "Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York". #storefront #ipulledoverforthis #reportagespotlight #myfeatureshoot #signgeeks #everything_signage #signcollective #tv_retrotype #jj_texttypographical
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... I painted lots of peepers!
I have quite the urge to start customizing Blythe dolls, but, before making the leap to ripping apart a $100 doll, I've decided to start learning the skills piecemeal. When I was learning to draw and paint in art school, one of my favorite activities was drawing eyes. (Well, that and drawing hands in the "Live Long & Prosper" gesture or a gesture of my own invention, "Die Short & Fail.")
When I realized that creating eyechips for Blythe meant I could spend hours focused only on painting irises, I knew I had to give it a shot. Diagnosis: I like it even more than I thought I would! So much so, in fact, that I didn't study a lick for the final I had on Monday (which, coincidentally, was my very last final, meaning I'm now done with school). I'm now out of blank eyechips and can hardly wait to order more.
I'd love to encourage more people to take up this hobby, and so, as there isn't much information on this process available, I'll try to create a tutorial in the future.
The next piece of the customization puzzle I plan to attack is rerooting Blythe scalps with natural fibers. Since I love to dye wool to spin yarn, I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy dying Blythe hair just as much. I'm off to the Black Sheep Gathering next Sunday to search out local mohair and alpaca vendors. Wish me luck, though. I'm a bit nervous I'll return to Portland with a cria.
One surprising thing that one will find on close inspection is that most locomotives and coaches in India are handpainted. This of course allows for lots of creativity like these digital numbers on the side of this BRC WAG-5P.
These look a bit pinker in person, but didn't turn out exactly how I expected. Let me know how you like them as I can do them again.
This cake was made for a young ladies 21st, she loves an artist called Julie Arkell and Pandora beads, so I've replicated the beads given to her by her loved ones in a gift box and handpainted the flowers in the style of Julie Arkell. The birthday message is 'stitched' on to show Melissa's love of textiles.
So thank you to Melissa's mum for asking me to do this, it was a pleasure xx
Around Easter ... I should just say springtime, I get the bug to paint boxes for some reason ... actually I use to paint an egg to match the box & put it inside to give as a gift to family & friends ... don't know where the egg that goes with this one is? ... Was painted a few yrs. back ... When I get into a creative mood, I sometimes paint for weeks at a time, put them aside & forget about them! :(
O.K. ... Here is the question? ... this was all handpainted, just drawn onto the box freehand & then painted, these are my own original designs... So does this classify as a handpainted Zentangle? :) ........... THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ... AND NOW I WILL TELL YOU THAT I PAINTED THESE PIECES TWENTY YRS. AGO! ... ANYWAY, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO LOOK & COMMENT ON MY PIECES, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME TO KNOW THAT YOU ENJOY LOOKING AT MY WORK AS MUCH AS I LOVE LOOKING AT YOURS! :)
One of a kind, handpainted by NYhop
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From the archive: Spotted this handpainted tiled street sign when I got off the passenger ferry from Sorrento on a day trip to the island - Capri, Italy
standing wooden being.
painted using acrylic.
recycled plywood.
SOLD
from my current show at Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
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Little ceramic candlestick with floral decoration, hand painted with acrylics.
13x10x5 cm
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