David A Smith - The Making of Ludlow & Blunt

The behind the scenes film featuring British designer, sign artist and glass gilder David A. Smith MBE, creating an ornamental, handcrafted advertising glass sign for the world famous vintage barbershop Ludlow & Blunt based in Brooklyn, New York has finally been released and you can watch it below!

This piece of art was designed and drawn by hand , the techniques used to create this work onto low iron 10mm glass are as follows, Kiln firing, Acid etching, Verre Eglomise, Brilliant Cutting, Hand painting, screen printing, airbrushed paintings, pointillism ink drawing, glue chipping, deep shade embossing, sand blasting, hand made Water slide transfers, water gilding, oil gilding, abalone inlay, finger blending ,brush blending ,asphalt shading,

A film by Danny Cooke

Featuring handcrafted walnut wood frame by Arron Dart and a bespoke metal engraved plaque by Rick Simmons