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 …
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! …
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Long standing Handover customer, master pinstriper, teacher and all round great guy Neil Melliard recently reviewed our new (ish!) low tack lining tape. Here’s what he thought! I have recently been trying out rolls of the 1/4 inch/ 6mm Yellow Low Tack Lining Tape on various jobs from workshop projects to outside lettering jobs, all with success. First …
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@Rebels Alliance 12th, 13th &14th Feb We had the absolute pleasure of sponsoring this free pinstriping and lettering demonstration with Neil Melliard and D*Face at Rebels Alliance last weekend. We also held our own mini pop up shop with 1 Shot enamels and various lettering and striping brushes, like our 2112 chisel writer and some …
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www.thisislana.com > 1. How did you come to be a sign painter? I became a sign painter after watching my father paint signs at my parents home in Essex for most of my childhood. I spent years surrounded by his stacks and stacks of paintings, references, sketches and books as a child. He was always …
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