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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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- Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:07 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: glass etching
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7288
Re: glass etching
I've been using Venture Tape Sandblast Resist for years. Wouldn't use anything else. 4, 8, and 15 mil. Cuts perfect in my vinyl cutter, weeds clean and easily off the glass when finished. I'm not sure how it compairs in cost to sign vinyl, but I'm with Dan that if you're not using the right thing, i...
- Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
Well, I decided to go with a bit more of a conservative
frame on this one, truth be told.
- Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:41 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Artists brush and acrilyc .
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4253
Re: Artists brush and acrilyc .
I loved lettering with Liquitex Gray Squirrel Quills, but they don't make them anymore. Lately I've been using Scharff Gray Squirrel Quills and find that I like them almost as much. Check out their line of sign painting brushes here. Scharff Sign Painting Brushes Other boys swear by these... Wrights...
- Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:05 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
Lookin' good, Rich!
It is hard to take good pictures of this stuff.
Mine looks better in person.
Looks like you added some additional "hard line" detail in the boats.
Look forward to seeing your second run also.
-WB
It is hard to take good pictures of this stuff.
Mine looks better in person.
Looks like you added some additional "hard line" detail in the boats.
Look forward to seeing your second run also.
-WB
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:35 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
http://www.walljewelry.com/post/FullTiltweb.jpg A few of us boys had nothin' to do, so we ventured down to the staked plains of Bakersfield, out at the Bandy Tract...did up this little project at an impromptu conclave.... Thanks to English Bob for putting together the artwork and screens, and thank...
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:23 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: LP's are back ! Born and Raised cover, John Mayer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9634
Re: LP's are back ! Born and Raised cover, John Mayer
Vinyl records ain't dead! Never have been.
I got 12 feet of 'em...was spinnin' a few just the other night...
Senor Coconut, Salamander Jim, Legendary Stardust Cowboy,
and the Chicasaw Mudpuppies, just to name a few....
Hey English, get me one of these!
Good job, Bro.
-Aho!
I got 12 feet of 'em...was spinnin' a few just the other night...
Senor Coconut, Salamander Jim, Legendary Stardust Cowboy,
and the Chicasaw Mudpuppies, just to name a few....
Hey English, get me one of these!
Good job, Bro.
-Aho!
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:26 pm
- Forum: Hand Lettering Gallery
- Topic: Signs From Sydney Australia
- Replies: 33
- Views: 22432
Re: Signs From Sydney Australia
I would be lead to believe that the texture on the Caldwell's lettering is a "spounged" acid resist, like asphaltum, into the open area of the letter centers, then a face up liquid acid emboss.....
but what do I know....
-William Blake
but what do I know....
-William Blake
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:26 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Signs From Sydney Australia
- Replies: 33
- Views: 23015
Re: Signs From Sydney Australia
I would be lead to believe that the texture on the Caldwell's lettering is a "spounged" acid resist, like asphaltum, into the open area of the letter centers, then a face up liquid acid emboss.....
but what do I know....
-William Blake
but what do I know....
-William Blake
- Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:43 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Glass Thickness
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2628
Re: Glass Thickness
I typically do most my stuff on 1/4" plate glass. Every now and then I get a rejected piece of "sign size" tempered glass, sometimes 3/8" thick, sometimes 1/2", but they get rather heavy. Smaller things you could use 3/16" thick glass, but 1/4" is pretty much the s...
- Thu May 31, 2012 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Toughened glass
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5869
Re: Toughened glass
Nah.... you won't see any difference in the way "toughened" glass acts as opposed to regular annealed float glass. Although you can't depth carve it, and a resulting glue chip pattern is less desireable than what you'd get on float glass.
-WB
-WB
- Mon May 07, 2012 9:52 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: New Video
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10595
Re: New Video
That was swell.
Good job dude.
I can tell that was a bit of work to put together.
4:00 AM....for pity's sake...
-Aho!
Good job dude.
I can tell that was a bit of work to put together.
4:00 AM....for pity's sake...
-Aho!
- Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:45 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
I keep buildin'...and buildin'...and still I'm miserable....
(well, not really! Buildin' is what I do best!)
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(well, not really! Buildin' is what I do best!)
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- Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:36 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
When it's time to build...BUILD! Don't talk!
Pretty day for buildin' things right!
-Aho!
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Pretty day for buildin' things right!
-Aho!
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- Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:27 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Glass Etching Cream
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4652
Re: Glass Etching Cream
Nah...etching cream will not leave a texture for glue chipping.
Mackle had a formula...poured it over the glass...instant frost....best talk to him.
-Aho!
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Mackle had a formula...poured it over the glass...instant frost....best talk to him.
-Aho!
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- Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:12 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
From Supertramp to Dead Man!
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- Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:11 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
The new addition to Machine!
-AHO!
-AHO!
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:24 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
Hey, you shouldn't say that.....
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:20 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
I'll be damned!....
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:18 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
Workin' on a new building over here in Machine....
Did up this little ditty-wah-ditty....
Did up this little ditty-wah-ditty....
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:12 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: John Mayer, Born and Raised Album Cover art
- Replies: 49
- Views: 37280
Re: John Mayer, Born and Raised Album Cover art
CRIKEY!
...you're a good drawer!....
...you're a good drawer!....
- Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:21 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: A huge resource of billhead art online
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4566
Re: A huge resource of billhead art online
Here's another website worth trolling through...
Classic Ragtime Sheet Music
More great oldtime layouts and some really nice fonts as well!
-Aho!
HEY! My signature is back! THANKS!
Classic Ragtime Sheet Music
More great oldtime layouts and some really nice fonts as well!
-Aho!
HEY! My signature is back! THANKS!
- Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:44 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: What about pricing.........?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8295
Re: What about pricing.........?
I agree with you Erik with a K. :D I'd rather enjoy looking at the art for the rest of my days, than to look at a pile of money for a few weeks then its gone. You're also right, that those prices should be 25% higher, as they were priced some time ago. When I finished the Lloyd & Magnus sign, my...
- Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:37 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: What about pricing.........?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8295
Re: What about pricing.........?
Hi Vance- I have an "Available Now" section on my website. If you click on the thumbnail, it will bring up a larger picture, which also shows the size and the asking price. You can deduct $200-$300 for the fancy frames, and you can see what I charge, not that there's any set formula. The m...
- Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:25 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
First Rango, now Django!
I got a bad feeling about this...but I don't know...
Django Unchained
In theaters December 25, 2012....looks like they're 5 days late.....
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I got a bad feeling about this...but I don't know...
Django Unchained
In theaters December 25, 2012....looks like they're 5 days late.....
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- Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
Looks like you got me pretty well figgered....
Ya, I kept quiet...until I figured I was worthy of talkin' to.
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Ya, I kept quiet...until I figured I was worthy of talkin' to.
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- Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:22 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
I do not know that man....
Is this Chaney?
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Is this Chaney?
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- Wed Mar 21, 2012 1:12 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Kickin' the Old School!...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9667
Re: Kickin' the Old School!...
Chinese Xacto Knife Torture....
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- Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:11 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Transparent Glaze - How to question?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7700
Re: Transparent Glaze - How to question?
:!: BEWARE!! :!: I mixed up a glaze as Mark describes using OneShot Quick Size and the transparent screen inks. Done it that way in the past, more than once...but this time, before I could finish painting in the glaze to the drop shadows, the darned stuff turned to jelly! Messed up my project big ti...
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Transparent Glaze - How to question?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7700
Re: Transparent Glaze - How to question?
Hi Bill- The most important thing to remember about doing any type of transparent glaze, is to use a transparent paint or pigment. Trying to achieve a transparent glaze by mixing an opaque paint, such as OneShot, into a clear medium, just won't work. If I'm not mistaken, Letterhead Sign Supply sells...
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:45 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Original Dead Men
- Replies: 686
- Views: 2085902
Re: Original Dead Men
As for Bob's glue chippin' problem...we've seen that a few times over here in Machine...where the glue just peels up in a large section leaving the sandblast without any chip pattern. I believe that could be caused by 3 factors. 1) The glue isn't hot enough. 2) the glue is too thick (not enough wate...