Stencil and paint
Nothing’s more Baltimore than E.A. Poe’s “The Raven,” and I’m a huge fan of the bad pun. So Morton Salt got a literary boost on this salt box christened at St. Dominic’s Church.
Paint and glitter
I had some glitter lying around and one last piece of wood. I thought it was time to salt a margarita glass. It’s especially satisfying in front of a church.
Paint
Domino Sugar is decidedly a Baltimore institution, like the salt box. Here, salt gets a sweet makeover with the help of the Domino logo. And who hasn’t swapped the salt for the sugar one too many times?
Stencil and paint, with gold paint marker dots
It was the Chinese year of the ox, and it seemed so obvious to have the ox kicking out the b.
Paint on plywood
National Bohemian Brewery began making what I unlovingly call “Nasty Boh” in 1885 in Baltimore. Apparently, it’s only drunk in Baltimore, too, which makes sense. But the beer and Mister Boh graphic are so much a part of this city that turning BOX into BOH was a cheap and easy pun.