This mural goes along the top of the Community Thrift Store. The mural is actually on Sycamore Street.
Done by a school group they developed a mural design that emphasized the social as opposed to the currency value of objects, settling on a clothesline motif to represent the borderland between public and private. Someone from the group blogged about the entire concept and this is what they said “The group voted to limit the parameters of design and color scheme to ensure a consistency in the final product. However, individual style will always assert itself, as reflected in the variety of rendering approaches used in the different objects. For comparison purposes: the boombox is by Mei-Tsung, the sock monkey & coffee grinder are by America, the lamp is by Suzie Bucholz, Lucy van Pelt Pez dispenser by Tom (mostly), salt shaker & cassette tape by Erin, nightshirt by Seija (who did very careful preparatory drawings), mixer by Brooke. ”
I would never have believed the number of murals in SF if I hadn’t stumbled onto your blog. And this one I especially like – it is so creative. Thank you for the commentary about those who participated in making it!
I enjoy murals and public art in general. Odd seeing these objects on a clothes line.
I’m always amazed how even when there are parameters for a group of artists, individuality shows through.
Nice one – such a good job they did. So strong and graphic!
Wow. And all I thought was this was a cool and amusing way to advertise a thrift store. I’ve linked you to my mural shot for the week.
Thanks to Oakland Daily Photo I found your web page. You certainly have vast collection of murals. You can find my mural here.
Well done! How fun that this was a team effort. I can almost see the clothesline moving in the wind. I wonder what dropped off in the third image…
My mural is up and I’ve linked to your. 🙂
I really like this one! I think it gets the message across beautifully.
I’ve also linked to yours on my mural post today.
Beautiful murals. 🙂 Love public art!
This is very fun. I am liking the laundry.
It is wonderful to see mural artists commenting here!
There is something about clotheslines that just gets me:)
I like it and Community Thrift.