Seeababes — colt bowden
Till Surf Do We Part...
After spending three days installing the new custom display at Thalia Surf Shop in Laguna Beach, we realized a few things:1) It's all about the love
2) Colt Bowden is a pretty talented guy
3) This display is pretty much awesome!
Big thanks to Nick, Casey, Josh the whole crew at Thalia for providing us the space and the opportunity to get creative. Love you guys!!
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| Sign painting requires a steady hand... |
On the edge of the "Miracle Mile"
The block party on held in honor of Fashion's Night Out had the shops on La Brea Ave humming last Thursday night, including the USA made, artisan boutique Shelter Half.
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| Setting up shop pre-party with the new Seea display, front & center!! |
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| Our friend Colt Bowden stopped by - just long enough to eat a gyro and paint a few signs. Crafty! The event was a quite a success - we met fresh faces, sold a few... |
Labor of Love
Letterpress has been around for a long time now - since the year 1440 to be exact - but like many other artisan crafts cast aside by more efficient processes and machines, letterpress printing is a true art, which when mastered, produces goods of quality, unmatched by the mainstream printing processes of today.
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| Our hangtags are made by Mr. Colt Bowden. You can watch a video Colt working on his... |
The Seea Factory: Colt Bowden letterpress hangtags
For any of you out there who have bought a Seea suit or have come across them in one of these surf shops, you might have (or maybe not) noticed our hang tags. We think they are pretty adorable but we can't take all the credit. The Seea hangtags are handmade by Mr. Colt Bowdenand his awesome letter press machine. We are so fascinated with the process and the love the goes into printing them, there...