This painted Cambodian sign, advertising a ‘Welder of Metal’, is certainly one of the most curious I have come across so far. I first heard about it when it was advertised for sale, here on Khmer 440 Cambodian Forums. It…
Category: Individual Signs
Sat Lo, Hitler and Chaplin in Cambodia
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Adolf Hitler, Cambodia, Charlie Chaplin, Khmer, Sat Lo, Tom Kramer, Welder
On the Screens of Cambodia’s Hand-Painted Signs
Gordon sent me this picture that I never saw while researching the book, Hand-Painted Signs of Kratie. It is from Roka Kandal, just South of Kratie town, and reads ‘Repair Television, Tape Player, VCD’ (VCDs are Video CDs). Like Gordon…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Bantaey Minchaey, Cambodia, Computer, Gordon Congdon, Kampong Cham, Khmer, Kratie, Mobile Phone, Phnom Penh, Ratanakiri, Roka Kandal, TV
Flying Condoms and Bambi from Alex Diment
I love these public information/social campaigns captured by Alex Diment during his time working on landmine issues in North-West Cambodia. First up is a sexual health campaign from Kampong Thom province suggesting that using condoms can be as fun as…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Alex Diment, Anlong Veng, Cambodia, Kampong Thom, Khmer, Landmines, Preah Vihear, Public Information, Sexual Health, Social Campaigns, Wildlife
Natural Wonders on the West Bank of the Mekong
Soon after publishing Hand-Painted Signs of Kratie I took a tour to the West bank of the Mekong river. After living for two years on the East bank, where Kratie Town is situated, it was odd that I’d never been…
Posted in Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Animals, Cambodia, Cambodian Pride Tours, Department of Environment, Gordon Congdon, Khmer, Kratie, Mekong, Menagerie, West Bank, Wildlife, WWF
Hand-Painted Cambodian Truck
My recent viewing of the excellent Horn Please movie reminded me of this discovery in Battambang which I made just before leaving Cambodia. While the trucks of India, Bangladesh and Brazil (to name a few) are consistently decorated in vibrantly…
Posted in Individual Signs Tagged with: Bangladesh, Battambang, Brazil, Cambodia, Entertainment, Guitar, Hand-Painted, Illustration, India, Khmer, Music, Ngor, Truck
Signs of change in Kratie
More examples today of the changing face of Kratie’s signage and, in the case of Pal Nget’s printing shop above, the loss of a hand-painted sign and the introduction of a big and bold printed update. This type of ‘organic’…
Posted in Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Change, Evolution, Mobile Phone, Pal Nget, Photo Shop, Pros Mobile, Repainting, Replacement
Losing hand-painted signs in Kratie
Change in the world of Kratie’s hand-painted signs is rapid. In most cases signs are lost when new digital printed creations replace them. This can happen ‘naturally’ or through the interference of people like me. However, in some instances, the…
Hand Painted Signs of Cambodia Flickr group
If you haven’t done so already then I’d highly recommend browsing the Flickr group, Hand Painted Signs of Cambodia. It is a real treasure trove of content, mixing the beautiful, bizarre and bemusing in one nifty package. A number of…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Resources Tagged with: Beauty, Beauty Salon, Cambodia, Community, Education, Enthusiast, Erik Bos, Flickr, Kampong Speu
Before and after: Dara Music Group
Dara means star in Khmer and this sign for a music group had sufficient star quality to make it onto my acquisitions short list. Following the purchase of the original hand-painted sign, the business owners have taken less than a month…
Posted in Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Collecting, Dara Music Group, Kratie, Replacement, Star
Is this my favourite hand-painted sign in Cambodia?
This amazing sign is from Kampong Cham, the province to the South of Kratie. It’s certainly in my top three of all time, what’s not to like? It’s remarkable that such a striking piece of Cambodian sign painting is almost…
Posted in Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Beauty, Hair, Kampong Cham
Phnom Penh ghostsign
The most common painted signs in Cambodia are those found on signboards. Examples on walls are almost non-existent. However, there is this large scale ghostsign discovered by Sebastien Ardouin of the Painted Signs and Mosaics blog. It looks very old but Sebastien…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Bosch, Ghostsigns, Hello, Phnom Penh, Sebastien Ardouin
