Sign Making
Painting and sign making techniques.
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Short film about Syracuse’s ‘Love Letter’
Via the Noon-Gun blog I came across this short film by Signpainter Movie directors Faythe Levine and Sam Macon. It is part of the ‘Love Letter for You’ project, using large scale signpainting for artistic expression and community development. Reminds me of the Ferodo bridges in the UK, albeit much more colourful and not selling brake […]
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Penge Fashion House Considers Hand-Painted Signage Options
Anyone know if this and/or this have been followed through to execution?
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Is this the easiest hand lettering technique possible?
Geraldine discovered this lovely little film from British Pathe, a ‘how to’ guide for a simple block lettering form. It even doubles as a secret code…
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A Clever Twist on Hand-Made/Painted Lettering
This fascinating project explores the relationships between upper and lower case letters, and the transitions between them, using hands and paint. (Found via Creative Review.)
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Overall Murals, a New NYC Sign Painting Company
I’ve just discovered this company producing hand painted wall advertising in New York via the film below. More signwriters here.
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April and the fascinating world of fresco
A headline that started “Where there’s a wall” led me to this page (fittingly for today’s date the image is called ‘April’) and subsequently to the wikipedia entry for fresco. This is clearly an area that I will have to do more research into, especially given the global nature of the art form and the […]