Published by Duncan November 5th, 2008
in cape town and interesting.
Painting a sign…easy peasy pudding and pie…stick your finger in your eye 
Whoever said sign painting was easy never tried to do it on the Springleap outside wall.
When I say this wall is difficult to paint on I really mean it….it’s like what Everest is to mountain climbers.
You must be asking yourself what’s so difficult about painting a sign on a flat wall…well for those of you who have had a close look at our wall you will know that the surface can best be described as a lunar landscape.
Flat?! Dude it’s about as flat as the Drakensburg mountains….I’ve taken a snap for you to have a look for yourself…it truly is an artist’s nightmare….Michelangelo never had to deal with this kinds kak.
Oh well poor Dave has been pulling out his hair the last few days…especially when he has me as a “back seat” sign painter LOL…I wanted him to change a colour or two which can really be a pain in the bum when dealing with this bumpy wall.
However Dave is a true trooper and is soldiering on through my “insightful suggestions”….sorry Dave 
Dude if I had to paint on that surface I think I would have thrown myself in front of Sea Point traffic by now.
Keep trucking Dave bud, sign painting is definitely not a walk in the park, but u will get there.
Duncs.
PS: click on the image to shoot through to Flickr for a better look at that texture.
Published by Duncan November 5th, 2008
in Tshirt of the Day and springleap.
Greetings one and all.
For Todays Tshirt of the Day I decided to go for something a little bit more natural and “flowy”.
Without doubt one of the most chilled and relaxing designs we have at Springleap has to be the Welcome Home design by IntegralApparel.
Summer is on the way and Welcome Home is a sure fire winner for the season, black becomes a little bit too much to handle and thus we have to get the more natural colours out of the cupboard and into the sunlight.
I climbed Lions Head a week or two ago and wore a black shirt….dude I almost spontaneously combusted….the whole way up I was thinking,” why oh why didn’t I choose the green shirt”.
The Welcome Home design is supposed to invoke feelings of home, which could be anything from the smell of the fabric softener, to the tree outside your bedroom window.
Any way you look at it, we should all at least have one element of home that just screams Welcome Home when you think about the past.
For me it’s my mother’s homemade banana bread and the view of the ocean from my loft…..*sigh* I do miss home.
Welcome home by IntegralApparel really does pull those good memories back from the recesses of your mind….it’s beautiful and thought provoking.
Duncs.
