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Hand Painted Signs of Carrboro

Fire your vinyl sign maker, and paint one yourself!

Okay, that might not always be so easy, but you have to admit that hand painted signs have a wonderful charm. Even when they are done poorly!

Below are some of the hand painted signs from around our little town of Carrboro, NC, although one is a tag that I thought was hilarious, and another is of some old vinyl letters that are slowly peeling off of the side of a building. The crinkling paper-like quality of the aging vinyl wins my vote, and thus is allowed in to this gallery. If you have any links to hand painted signs, feel free to add them in the comments, I would love to see some from near where you live. (Is it me or am I beginning to sound a bit like Mr. Rogers?)

Tacos

Shrimp

El Futuro

Oddities

Nomadic Carpets

Huggins Hardware

The Douglas Building

Clown on Black Sign

Clown on Silver Sign

Call in SickCliff’s Meat Market

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6 Comments

  1. Posted August 18, 2008 at 5:39 pm | Permalink

    Check out mysticbluesigns.com. If people are looking for examples of hand painted signs, they should not overlook the professional sign painters–digital typography initially put sign painters out of work, but some of us refused to quit painting–we are making more CREATIVE signs to fill the gap left wide open by the limitations of the computer. Lettering is a wonderful means of self-expression. Funky folk art signs are not the only alternative to vinyl!

  2. Posted August 18, 2008 at 5:59 pm | Permalink

    Eve, thanks for the link to your work, you have some great work there. Keep painting, it’s great!

  3. Posted August 19, 2008 at 6:00 pm | Permalink

    Painting is art when it’s so effective It really mean much.So nice looks keep it up…………

    Craftsmennetwork

  4. Posted January 2, 2009 at 3:04 am | Permalink

    Yes, I hope in the new year (2009) people start using more sign artist and less sign printers.

  5. Posted March 25, 2009 at 11:29 pm | Permalink

    Can anyone give me an idea of how much to charge to hand paint a wood, 3 ft by 8 ft sign with name, address and hours and a logo? Just a ball park figure?
    Thanks!

  6. Posted March 31, 2009 at 3:33 pm | Permalink

    Kathern, I’m not sure. I’ve never done anything like that before. Sorry I can’t be more help.

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