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Brush Guide - Sign Writing Chisels Here at Handover we have a lot of brushes, and that can be quite overwhelming when you...

A few months ago I received a wonderful photo of a customer with our brushmakers taken back in the late 70s /...

Earlier this year I spent a great day with Jo Poulton at her studio in Chiswick for one of her woodgraining courses....

A. S. Handover stock a range of gold leaf from numerous suppliers, but none have such a rich and longstanding history as...

The Sign Painters Academy is an all-encompassing online sign painting course launched by Paul Myerscough of Bespoke Signs. It offers a thorough...

I’m so excited to finally have a reverse glass gilding tutorial! Here at Handover, we get asked a lot about the process...

Newcastle based Alex Richardson of Mango Signs has put together this brilliant tutorial on surface gilding and the wizardry of directional burnishing!...

Shell Gold - so called because traditionally it was made and stored in a shallow shell such as a clamshell, is genuine...

- “The Poor Man’s Acid Etch” I'm very excited about this customer-created tutorial! Archie of Irregular Signs demonstrates how to create a beautiful...

Next in the customer created tutorials is traditional flower painting. I was lucky enough to meet Steph (and her excellent dog Blue) at...