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...is a political reporter for The News Tribune. She likes sunshine, soup and puppies. Beyond that, it gets dicey. Contact Niki at niki.sullivan@thenewstribune.com.

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You'll like Tacoma
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Posted by Kelly Davenport @ 04:43:40 pm

Please excuse the camera-phone pic, but I had to share the cool new sign hanging at Satellite Coffee. Gotta dig the curlicue font and tattoo-like style.

It's by Chris Sharp, of course. You've seen his work at the Rosewood Cafe and Corina Bakery and other places I'm forgetting. This June, he won Tacoma's first "Foundation of Art" award. Our arts writer Rosemary talks about that here.

I'm no art critic, but the thing I like about his work is that you can see it's made my human hands. There's a warmth and a timeless quality to hand-painted signs. Like they've been there forever. That warmth is a simple thing, but one that's woefully lacking in so many things.

Now, I can't paint, but I can make pizza dough. And to paraphrase my favorite (and only) Zen baking teacher, Hands are happiest when being hands.

I've got a bag of flour calling my name. So tell me, what have you guys been working on?

Categories: Observed, Art!