'I learned as I went, and it somehow worked and lasted a lot longer than I expected. ... It was a great place for a shop until it was not.'
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After years of designing and printing T-shirts, Sikorski started Coloradical in 2010, leaving the pizza job he'd worked in high school and through college. He opened the shop in ain 2013, remodeling every inch himself and stocking it with cool things, many of which he made."Since then, it has been a long, scrappy journey," he says."I had never previously held a job in retail.
But you've still got a chance to say goodbye to the physical store: Coloradical will host a moving sale from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, August 29, and Friday, August 20; it will continue on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. While the sale will spill onto the website, there will be"deals too good for the Internet" at the shop, Sikorski says."I'll also be selling a collection of vintage Coloradical tees going back to 2010.
The sale started last weekend, and it"was probably the busiest we've ever been," he recalls."I didn't know how it was going to go. I was mentally prepared for nothing to happen. But everybody really showed up. People have been really, really sad...or looking at me like I should feel really sad."But Sikorski insists that he is not."I'm opening a new chapter of my life," he says."I'm kind of glad it got bad enough to push me out.
"I’m not sure what the future holds," he continues."But I am hoping to become more of a kooky home artist and part-time drifter. I will keep the website and socials updated with new Coloradical designs and future side projects."has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver — and we'd like to keep it that way. Our members allow us to continue offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food, and culture with no paywalls.
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