Bailey Clayton | Hand Paint vs. Vinyl. Why It Matters Who Wins

About this episode

Bailey Clayton discusses the significance of hand painting versus vinyl in the context of race car liveries and the permanence of art.

Bailey Clayton is a sign painter who taught himself the trade before he knew it had a name. He started with calligraphy in a school notebook and now points squirrel-hair brushes and oil-based one-shot at the sides of race cars, recreating historic liveries by hand. He stands for permanence in a world that re-vinyls everything every five years, and for the belief that a number painted by hand outlasts the business that commissioned it. Support Overcrest: https://patreon.com/overcrest

People in this episode

Host: Kris Clewell

Guest: Bailey Clayton

Topics covered

• sign painting
• vinyl vs hand paint
• race car liveries
• permanence in art
• calligraphy

Keywords

• sign painter
• hand paint
• vinyl
• race cars
• historic liveries
• calligraphy
• art permanence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Overcrest, patreon

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