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Recent work: Anaheim Packing House vintage sign project

We recently were honored to be part of the team that brought the Anaheim Packing House project to life. These signs were modeled after period signage from the time when the building was first built in 1919, and given an aged appearance to enhance the visitor’s experience.

The building is part of a development in Anaheim, California, that repurposed this citrus packing plant and an adjacent (previous) Packard dealership along with a large park area into a restaurant and entertainment district.

Find out more about the project at this link: anaheimpackingdistrict.com

Here are photos of our part of the project:
PackingHouseFront

PackingHouseNoParapet

PackingHouseSouthOverall

PackingHouseSoOverallDetail

Finally, someone got a photo of the ol’ sign painter slingin’ paint…
The ol' sign painter has been caught working ...

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Recent work – SONICPOOL supergraphic

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Hand painted graphics – a great example of how painted graphics can provide uniquely impactful, cost-effective signage.


SONICPOOL

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Sign Painting Project – Beginning to End

This little sign gives a fair understanding of what goes into a wall sign painting project. I took a couple of minutes to document the steps.

By the way, the client, Little Sparrow Cafe, is in Santa Ana, California.

First step: after finalizing a design, we typically create a paper pattern, perforating the lines that have been drawn out on paper with an electric pencil. This tool puts small holes in the paper that allow charcoal (or chalk, on a dark wall) to transfer the design onto the wall.

Pattern-perforation

Custom colors are matched if necessary (here the circle-logo background was a custom color, the lettering black. Then, on site, we set up the ladders and transfer the paper design to the wall with charcoal. Ready to go!

ladder-setup

Here you can see the logo background, which has already been brushed in with fast-drying paint. You can also see how the charcoal design remains, to be filled in with paint.

LittleSparrow-partway

Now, the project is finished. This fine little restaurant gets the understated look they were looking for.

LittleSparrow-finished

If you’re in the Orange County area, you might want to go visit! You can find them online here: www.littlesparrowcafe.com

Here is the final product:

LittleSparrow-streetview

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Recent work: A couple of hand painted projects this week

Hand painted work – a double-dose this week…

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First, a hand-painted school mascot mural in Rowland Heights, completed this week:Southlands Christian School mural

And here’s another TGI Friday’s “Promise Wall”, hand painted in San Bernardino this week:TGI Fridays San Bernardino

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Fishing With Dynamite Restaurant – Manhattan Beach – rustic window lettering

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Recently this sign painter had the opportunity to join the team creating the rustic atmosphere at this Manhattan Beach restaurant, just one block from the sand.

The decor is meant to evoke  East Coast seafood shacks. The owner, David LeFevre, wanted this prominent window to advertise as well as expand the rustic feel, adding “instant aging” to the decor. For that reason the sign was hand-painted, with brush strokes visible as the sign is viewed from the inside out.

Some projects are just a delight to do – this was one of those.

FWD - outside vies

FWD - outside 2

FWD - inside

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