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This is an interactive Bulletin Board on the topics of Sign making, design, fabrication, History, old Books and of coarse Letterheads, Keepers of the craft. The Hand Lettering Forum features links to resources, sign art history, techniques, and artists profiles. Learn more about Letterheads at https://theletterheads.com. Below you'll see Mchat has been added as a live communication portal for trial, and the Main forum Links are listed below.
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- Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:22 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Questions on gilding a headstone
- Replies: 4
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Questions on gilding a headstone
This is a personal project that I need to make sure it is done correctly The headstone in question is my father's, Since his passing almost 2 years ago I have been working to get my mother and brother to agree to gild just the last name on his headstone. Knowing my Dad and his love of gold, this wou...
- Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:22 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: The best tool in my shop for glass chipping......
- Replies: 0
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The best tool in my shop for glass chipping......
Is my antique coal stove! Recently I have been chipping panels for my own shop, I have tried the dehumidifier, I've tried the heat lamp, I've tried natural sun, but nothing can even touch the coal stove. I won't even use the dehumidifier anymore and the heat lamp has been hung up to collect dust. I ...
- Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:17 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: The sound of breaking glass
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5236
I had a similar episode last week as I tried to blast my own glass, for I did not have time to drive to the blasters. After the wind blew the finished piece over while I got my son off the bus, I realized it was funny how I thought I didnt have the time to get it blasted the right way, but now I hav...
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 7:40 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: helping out /Katrina sign aid
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3172
Rod, That is a very noble thought and so true. Last year when Florida got hit and the storm flooded a lot of Pennsylvania, there was a sign guy who lost everything such as you mentioned. I had a few duplicates of sign books and such. I sent him my spare copy of Mastering layout, I also know of other...
- Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:14 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Looking for Old safe reference material
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9197
- Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:57 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Looking for Old safe reference material
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9197
Looking for Old safe reference material
I am looking for pictures or photographs, maybe in a website or even if books are still available for reference.
I Have painted my paint cabinet already and installed a dummy dial, now I'd love to see different variations of old safe designs.
thanks for any help in advance.
I Have painted my paint cabinet already and installed a dummy dial, now I'd love to see different variations of old safe designs.
thanks for any help in advance.
- Mon May 16, 2005 8:15 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Ronan Japan Colors
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4690
Ronan Japan Colors
I have been messing with japan colors for quite a few years now on my carved signs and I do love them for thier fast drying oil based nature. I do find they are different to work with than lettering enamels and I would like to find out how to use them better. My current use is mainly for pictoral wo...
- Fri May 06, 2005 10:33 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Spinnits
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3531
Spinnits
Good evening all, I posted about this on Letterville and didn't get many responses. I see there are 3 different styles available. 2 in aluminum, solid and hollow, and one in plastic. I am leaning towards the plastic ones for they come assembled with a nice semi domed foam top under the velvet, but w...
- Tue Oct 19, 2004 8:50 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: The Thing We Call "Handlettering"
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11720
The Main Reason you may remember a given project so vividly when you hand letter it, is you are responsible for, and part of EVERY single step and process, it is as you become one with the brush and the panel. It is a sense of connection. To illustrate this on a simpler note, try walking a familiar ...
- Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:42 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: WOW I like the Buttons Mike!
- Replies: 1
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WOW I like the Buttons Mike!
a splash of color is refreshing. and easier to find things of interest.
- Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:41 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Loss of oil base paints
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2217
- Mon Sep 27, 2004 7:31 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Interesting sites
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4146
- Sat Aug 28, 2004 8:22 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Folded Paper Paint Cup
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6194
- Wed Jul 07, 2004 4:05 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Chester Cunningham
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21761
Interesting enough, I just aquired all the older signcrafts I never had the pleasure of being around for and with just thumbing through them the exact workmanship you are now posting struck me with such a strong passion. It is odd how just last week I was admiring chester's work and now your posting...
- Mon Jun 28, 2004 2:38 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: AKA: Handlettering
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17744
Great Post. Let's take gold leaf jobs for example, Today we have a product that is gold and in vinyl nature, some chanted it will bring back gold leaf jobs, and it has, I see a ton of em rolling around now,..I can't read 98% of them but I see a ton of them. Now does this actually make a surge for mo...
- Fri Jun 04, 2004 12:06 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Liquid mask???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10871
Joe, To aid in your brush learning skills, paint as you are in black, when you are finished with the black and want to gild, measure up the amount you want to be black, tape it off with fine line tape and use that as your mask to the edge of the size. Then before it dries peal off the mask, and voil...