Sorry to hear about your Doggie Doug. Sixteen certainly is a good long stretch for a hound, but you sure do miss them.
That's a really sweet mallet sir!

I sure enjoyed meeting you this spring Doug. You have a nicely equipped shop and your work is tremendous. I'm glad you're posting some pics. Keep 'em coming. How's your doggie doing. I love shop dawgs.

They say it's never too late. I've gone the opposite route from you Ted. I started signwriting in High School in 1970 and I've been in the sign business ever since. Now my interest is swaying toward furniture making. It's handy having a well equipped carpentry shop as part of the sign business. My f...

Careful Dave, that they don't lock you up in the "Tower"... you're a bloody national treasure!
BRILLIANT! Thank you for your fine effort.

...speechless

That's some fine work your doing there Tony! I sure appreciate the day by day photos too. Good walldog!

That's some fine work your doing there Tony! I sure appreciate the day by day photos too. Good walldog!

What a frightening post. I'm relieved to hear you are apparently okay. I have to ask, where did you obtain the HF and what warnings did you receive regarding the stuff?

Joe, you make the process look so logical and straight forward. The true sign of an artisan with years of experience. Thanks for the great photo documentary.

It was indeed a world class event. A great learning and inspirational experience in a peaceful, pretty little community. A terrific collection of talented, energetic folks. Not just sign people either, 3 specialists from Enroute including the software developer, Kellie from Precision Board and local...

A very interesting step by step Tony. This is going to be a worthy addition to the legacy left behind by the Walldogs. Where is it in relation to those murals?
I've been to a lot of meets, and Lodi was overall my most enjoyable, the work done was jaw dropping.

A very interesting step by step Tony. This is going to be a worthy addition to the legacy left behind by the Walldogs. Where is it in relation to those murals?
I've been to a lot of meets, and Lodi was overall my most enjoyable, the work done was jaw dropping.

I am so looking forward to Dan's workshop! The lineup of participants alone is exciting. Being around Dan, his crew and his family for 3 days is priceless. Sometimes it's hard to figure out what Dan and I have in common and why we've developed such a strong friendship. I work very hard to make strai...

That is a terrific step by step Joe.... thanks for taking the time. I really like this piece, top notch!
I'm glad you sorted out the posting pics issues, you've got some beautiful stuff to share.

This is the location you had in your original post... http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w244/jcieslowski/?action=share&pic=salmon.jpg If you remove the section ?action=share&pic= from your original posted location, the image will appear... http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w244/jcieslowski...

Hiya Joe. Go back to the photobucket page. Under your salmon image are 3 tags... URL, HTML and IMG. With your mouse, left click the 3rd one (IMG) This copies the image location complete with tags on to your computer clip board. Now post another reply below mine here and with your computer keyboard p...

Time is flying by and it will soon be time for the Letterhead / Walldog Meet in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The event is hosted by The Living Sky Letterheads; Kelly Thorson, Suelynn Sedor, Pat Welter, Lotti Prokott, Marty Happy and Duncan Wilkie. We have a website and Bulletin Board up and running with...

Oh yes, here's another question(s). Would you duplicate them as faithfully as possible or would you "fix up' the lettering? I am going to hand letter them....no screen printing... would you cut in the background and gild (that's how the originals were done, or would you do the lettering and the...

Well, after a lot of discussion and research I came up with a plan. I want to thank you all for your input, it was very helpful. Brian Briske phoned me and we had a good exchange. He explained to me how the Sign Museum handles a lot of these projects. Using that information, I proposed to the client...

I already sent this to Kelly.
I like the effect of the light looking like a rainbow, with that treasure of a man at the end of it.

Hi Doug,
Here's the cover page...

Patrick, I was thinking that too. "Finished Wood" was not easy to come by back then, and I'm sure a wooden crate would be recycled possibly several time. The lettering was turned to the inside so it was hidden untill we took the back off. Possibly the other two frames have additional clues...

Mike, I'm going to the shop right away, so I'll have a closer look, it was just too busy last week to really assess the condition. The backing color might be "Weak" enough to see right through on the light table (reverese view). The frame is quite crude, but they want that restored too. Ke...

A long time customer came across some old gold leaf glass pieces, stored away in a vault. http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k142/signdog/EPL/EPLCompleteSetweb.jpg I was contacted as they are wanting to possibly restore them and they wanted my opinion on that and the possible history of the pieces. I...