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by Ken McTague
Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:02 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Mass Mayhem 6, your basic Letterhead / Pinhead meet
Replies: 0
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Mass Mayhem 6, your basic Letterhead / Pinhead meet

Gary Cole has agreed to donate his shop for the latest incarnation of our annual Letterhead meet....Mass Mayhem 6 will be a back to basics panel jam and paint trick party. May 19-21 2005 in Tewksbury, MA. Gary and I have agreed that this meet should strip off the frills and focus on traditional sign...
by Ken McTague
Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:49 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Tribute to a can of One Shot
Replies: 1
Views: 2054

Tribute to a can of One Shot

I was working on a mural and thought.....What a life these paints have had. I must have had 12 canss open and was blending colors. A few cans were half gone and skinned over a few times , with me a while and have seen alot, a few colors were brand new cans, makes you wonder what a can thinks? what d...
by Ken McTague
Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:34 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: What Pounce Powder Do You Use?
Replies: 6
Views: 5337

I use Hansee black and Johnson and Johnson baby powder for white, in the old wooden hansee boxes.
by Ken McTague
Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:30 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Alan Johnson.....Hardner in your size?????
Replies: 10
Views: 6990

I heard rumours about people adding hardener to gold size when your going to clear it. I know that size stays wet underneath the gold for a while, so it makes sense... I have lifted gold before with urathane clear. Also what I found interesting and I frist saw Cam Bortz do it was mixing slow and fas...
by Ken McTague
Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:13 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Mass Mayhem 5
Replies: 0
Views: 2317

Mass Mayhem 5

Please come to n Ken's Haunted Island Letterhead Meet held at Winter Island, a popular Salem recreation area. The island was the earliest center of the town's flourishing fishing industry. John Holgrave was granted a license in 1637 to keep an ordinary for the entertainment of strangers in his home ...