Both the Post Office and UPS are charging a lot of money for insurance for shipping packages. Something about that drives me crazy. They tell us how much they need to ship a package from point A to point B and we agree. Then they suggest we buy insurance. Let me get this straight....you want ME to p...

Colorado Letterheads
PO Box 648
Conifer, CO 80433

That's the address on the check they sent me, so it should work!

Mike Jackson

Lee, I am sure the Colorado Letterheads would accept donations. They've paid the bulk of the cost of this site for quite a few years. Kent Smith is probably your connection. The beauty of the Denver group paying the way is we don't have to constantly ask for donations here at the site, and since we ...

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Here's the Materials Data Safety Sheet for Hydroflouric Acid. When people start talking about Acid, it is always a good idea to include notices of the danger of working with the materials.

Mike Jackson

Hey Chuck!
Thanks for posting this tutorial link here! I watched a few minutes of it and the videos are well done.
Anyone using Illustrator can learn a lot in a short period of time.

Keep 'em coming!

Mike Jackson

Hey Noel, Nice work! (As always)

Are you able to leave the shop to do the on-site glass work much anymore?

Say Hi to Lucy for Darla and myself!
Mike Jackson

Hi Joe, I love all of your work! Keep posting photos anytime you can. My point would be easily highlighted with you and your business. You are probably busy in the shop laminating panels, designing, carving and painting. Just imagine selling a reasonably complicated reverse gold leaf glass sign down...

Seems odd he's considering trashing it if he can't get $800. The other alternative might be for him to get a tax deduction and donate it to the American Sign Museum.

Hi Tim, Thanks! While we are at it, we should also say Thanks to Danny Baronian. He keeps an eye on all the new member registrations and deletes all the bot registrations. That takes a lot of time! And, let me say thanks to all of the people that come here and post regularly. This is a great group! ...

For quite a few years, the Denver chapter of Letterheads has written a check to pay for the maintenance of this forum and http://www.letterheads.com. They did it again this year. Also, thanks to Kent Smith for spearheading the fund raising effort with that group. Thanks again!

Jack, There are a lot of moving parts in this simple question. Many things have changed since the days you might expect to see gold on almost all banks, lawyers, and doctors offices. Just a few factors: 1. Gold is much more expensive lately. 2. Cost of living, including health insurance has gone out...

Andrey, Asphaltum is a very old product and you should be able to find it easily. Asphaltum is a very important medium for printmakers, used to protect areas of a stone or piece of metal as they etch it with the acids. Check any good art supply store. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intaglio_%28printma...

Robert,
I believe you are inserting the issue of copyrights into this discussion, vs the issue model releases Kelly asked about.

That's an entirely different topic!

Mike

Erik and all, I was at a seminar somewhere and the instructor was talking about a case he studied. A photographer snapped a candid shot of a man and lady sitting/kissing on a park bench. He didn't get a model release at the time. He opted to forge the model releases for both, then turned them into a...

Doug, I'd certainly check with a lawyer or two before proceeding too far. I spend a lot of time reading about the issues of models and model releases, not to mention property releases. While most people or places wouldn't care, it only takes one to put you out of business. Good luck either way! Mike...

Doug, I made one little test book at the lowest price they offered and had it printed. It looked GREAT! After that, I changed to the larger size and did a more official version and it looked GREAT. I added the For Sale link on their site and created links to the book from my site. People can buy the...

GoldRushSign_Jan11.jpg Lee and all, To photograph glass and gold, the main thing to remember is the mirror like reflective quality of both. If you and other junk are in front of the glass, you'll likely get those reflections. It helps to photograph with the aid of a tripod. I shot this image still ...

Sorry that no one has answered your question. I can't help at all as we have never used it. Good luck with the project.

Mike Jackson

Padma, Welcome to the Hand Lettering Forum, Eventually, you will get the specific answer you need, but there are so many variables in a generic question. To get quick, concise replies, you probably need to be specific. Also, none of the people on this site are paid to sit at the computer to answer q...

Dec4Temp.JPG Here's a screen grab from my computer this morning. It is hard to do much at all outside at this temperature. Hand lettering would be out of the question! Green_Door.jpg On days like this, I think about the Mormon settlers that came to this valley in 1896. They would have had days this...

Hi John, First, welcome to the Hand Lettering Forum! I am sure you will be rewarded with a lot of useful information from a well rounded group of artists and craftsmen. Second, please do us all a favor and go into the User Control Panel and add your last name to your user name (as requested in the r...

Were the leaves 3.25" x 3.25" or 5" x 5". If the latter, you probably got aluminum leaf instead of silver. Also, I would suggest trying Paladium or White Gold leaf. It has a warm feel, but looks a lot more like silver. It is less likey to tarnish than silver, too. Cheers, Mike Ja...

Hi again, For reference, I paid $1014.50 for a pack of 23k patent Italian gold leaf. That price included 2 day shipping and COD charges. The $699 old price also reflected 2 day shipping and COD charges. I bought my leaf from Art Essentials of NY. Peoople have mentioned Wrights of Lymm from England, ...

I think I posted something similar to this a while back, but just bought a new pack of gold and thought I'd do it again. The last pack of patent 23 K gold I bought cost me $699.50. That wasn't really that terribly long ago, but I didn't write down the date. The replacement pack cost me $1014.50 last...

Our can of One Shot Gold Size is fairly new. Still works fine for us. I have lots of size here, mainly from Steven Parrish's old supply. And, I haven't tried any of Ron Percell's size. After hearing the recommendations here, I might order a can someday. Going back to the issue of the One Shot drying...

Hi Dan, We have been using One Shot Fast Size for the past few projects. On the plus side, it has a fairly reliable gild time at about 3-4 hours. On the down side, the window to gild is relatively short compared to the LeFranc slow sizes. We liked LeFranc because of the longer window, but we never k...

We'd need a copyright and intellectual property rights lawyer to take this discussion too far. The thread had several spurs or potential directions when it was originally posted and his has lots more now. If Disney did use that castle as inspiration for their castle design, they'd still have the rig...

Hi Dan, I'll dig around and see if I can find the references about posting your own work. It has been about 9 months since I studied the options. They recently changed their user agreement (Middle of November 2012) and I believe they may have added the option for a business option in the interim. I ...

Dan, Instead of me paraphrasing this guy, I will simply put the link here: Seven deadly myths about Copyrights http://webnet77.com/webstuff/copyright.html I'd suggest that EVERYONE here read the entire page. While it is written about photography, most of it still applies here. As I write this, I am ...