alexmayhughes.co.uk → This week we spoke with signwriter, glass gilder and Simpson’s enthusiast, Alex May Hughes. Alex talks about future projects, how she makes time for her own work amongst paid work, and how being a signwriter means you are part of a bigger community that has the potential to make people happy through …
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We recently came across this article in a 1995 issue of Sign Business Magazine; the article details an early British Letterheads meet in Torquay, South Devon – spot the familiar faces! ‘Still in it’s infancy, the British Letterhead movement has yet to experience the exponential growth witnessed in America, but the enthusiasm for the art …
British Letterheads feature in Sign Business Magazine, March 1995 Read More »
Buy Sign Painter’s Blend Coffee→ We are very excited to announce that Handover now stock a limited run of Full City Rooster’s ‘Sign Painter’s Blend’ coffee. Smooth, bold, with low acidity. The Sign Painter’s Blend was created exclusively for Starr Studios in Denton, Texas. Here is the complete story: This coffee is a “Baru Indian High” estate …
Get Tickets → Introductory courses to oil and water gilding with master gilder Marisa Delpoio, including traditional oil based and water based techniques. Marisa has a history of a range of art education, but finally trained as a gilder, and has lectured at Lambeth College and the British Museum. Whilst lecturing at Lambeth College Marisa also …
Gilding Courses 4th and 18th June, at Hackney Pirates Read More »
vonleadfoot.com → This week we spoke to Von Leadfoot, and he imparts wisdom such as; ‘I think part of what we do as sign painters and designers is reference the past. “Those who don’t know history, are doomed to think they’re original”. In saying that I have loads of old reference books, everything from layout, …
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1. What made you decide to be a sign painter? I’ve been messing about with letter forms in one way or another since I was kid. It started off as a weird obsession with cereal packets, comics, album covers, graffiti and all manner of signs around the place. Later I studied typography, but as I …
1. Why did you decide to become a sign painter and gilder? I was inspired by Dave Smith to be a glass gilder. It was not an easy industry to break into as everything seems very complicated. Nothing gets handed to you on a plate. It takes hard work and determination to fit together tiny pieces …
So the other day I found myself in a situation – both out of necessity and by my own curiosity – that forced me to track down an oil based, clear, matte, varnish. Anyone who has looked for this sort of thing before might already be aware of the struggle and difficulty that is involved …
Last week Newcastle based signwriter Ash Willerton came to visit our store in London, and was kind enough to paint brand new metal ‘blade’ signs for us and our sister company (who we share our Stoke Newington premises with) Jackson’s Art Supplies. Ash took up signwriting just a year and 3 months ago. Coming from …
Last week Newcastle based signwriter Ash Willerton came to visit us and was kind enough to paint new metal ‘blade’ signs for us and our sister company (who we share our Stoke Newington premises with) Jackson’s Art Supplies. This is him working hard on the Jackson’s sign, although we did speed it up just a little! …
Ash Willerton : Painting Jackson’s Art Supplies Sign Read More »
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