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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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- Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Bob Dylan Does Hand LEttering
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5625
Re: Bob Dylan Does Hand LEttering
Now that made my day...Awesome Thanks.
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:54 pm
- Forum: Hand Lettering Gallery
- Topic: new mural, with a bit of hand lettering
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9324
Re: new mural, with a bit of hand lettering
Well Now...There's a keeper...Nice work Tony.
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:54 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: new mural, with a bit of hand lettering
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4194
Re: new mural, with a bit of hand lettering
Well Now...There's a keeper...Nice work Tony.
- Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:19 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: A different kind of lettering
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6407
Re: A different kind of lettering
Nice fine Danny, great to see someone finding thier happy place...And I too believe people are looking for that handcrafted appeal, and whether they know it or not, it's the good layouts and executed signs that stand out in the digital world of today...We certainly have found that here, and it's wor...
- Sat Aug 18, 2012 1:15 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
- Replies: 24
- Views: 22098
Re: G.A.Schwarz, Toys & Fancy Goods
Pretty sweet there Larry.
- Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:46 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Color Lithography
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3004
Re: Color Lithography
Larry, this is excellent, thanks, Pat.
- Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:44 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: The Aultman Taylor decal project
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6781
Re: The Aultman Taylor decal project
Hey Ricks, Nice work...I sometimes wonder if we're not part detective as apposed to sign painters with the research we need to do on some of the projects that come our way...finding the info we need can be just as exciting as painting the job ...anyway nicely done. Pat
- Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:45 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: American Sign Museum
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10037
Re: American Sign Museum
Hey Doug , thanks for this...It looks absolutely wonderful, must be quite a rush to be working on something like this, doing work we all dream about or would like to see more of in our everyday work....Great to see some faces I haven't seen in a while, Mike and Dave C. and Doc, Sue and Dave...Sure l...
- Tue May 01, 2012 8:19 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Sign supplier in Denver
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7475
Re: Sign supplier in Denver
No just little teasers ...you can send it this way anytime...just been cold and windy...No ark but I heard on the radio today of a guy who's building a working replica or the titanic!!...Maybe he know something we don't? hehehe.
- Tue May 01, 2012 4:40 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Sign supplier in Denver
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7475
Re: Sign supplier in Denver
No worries Mark.
- Tue May 01, 2012 2:00 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Sign supplier in Denver
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7475
Re: Sign supplier in Denver
Now thats cool, really like the straight razor inside the 7.
- Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:05 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Sign supplier in Denver
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7475
Re: Sign supplier in Denver
Hey Rixs those are grand...Are they headed for a museum display?
- Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:51 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: John Mayer, Born and Raised Album Cover art
- Replies: 49
- Views: 37640
Re: John Mayer, Born and Raised Album Cover art
The used card(album cover) look puts it over the top. Thanks, Dave.
- Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: John Mayer, Born and Raised Album Cover art
- Replies: 49
- Views: 37640
Re: John Mayer, Born and Raised Album Cover art
Finally able to get back on(cpu stuff)...Dave, Tony couldn't have said it better...love everything, but the thing that turns my crank too, are those hand drawings...I guess its a way of seeing how your head & hand work and as Doug mentioned earlier, shows just how much study and research goes in...
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:15 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: A fishy sign
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4691
A fishy sign
Pat has been fishing.
Another Christmas client sign is complete and ready to go out the door. It is clear cedar with Bert's recess carved, the raised fish is carved from HDU and airbrushed with latex. The rest is 1shot painted on top of Nazdar clear.
The sign is 2 feet tall by 20 inches wide.
Another Christmas client sign is complete and ready to go out the door. It is clear cedar with Bert's recess carved, the raised fish is carved from HDU and airbrushed with latex. The rest is 1shot painted on top of Nazdar clear.
The sign is 2 feet tall by 20 inches wide.
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:49 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Brush oil
- Replies: 22
- Views: 18686
Re: Brush oil
Sorry to hear that Mike...I don't leave the brush in the oil as you discribe, I clean the brush then work the trany oil into the heel, then squeeze out the access giving the brush a chisel look and store in my kit brush drawer that has a felt bottom, so have not had your experience, but good to know...
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:44 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Brush oil
- Replies: 22
- Views: 18686
Re: Brush oil
I use transmission fluid...when dipping the brush in you can watch it draw the paint from the heel...been using it for over 15 yrs. and have not noticed any harsh side effects on the brushes, washes out quickly with mineral spirits...I also have the Saphire Oil Mike is talking about, but have never ...
- Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:43 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Lear
- Replies: 44
- Views: 34526
Re: Lear
Dave, it always amazes me how you bring so many technical styles together in harmony...The forthought and artwork that goes into a project like this before you even start on the glass is for me mesmerizing, like figuring out what comes first ,second, third , in the finishing process....Absolutely wo...
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:08 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Gilded yard sign
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4179
Re: Gilded yard sign
Yes Ron, this is two layers of one inch HDU, routed to allow a 3/4 inch box steel frame to sit in...There is paintable silicon only where the steel frame comes thought the HDU on the ends. This allow the steel frame freedom to expand and contract in the heat and cold since HDU does not expand. the r...
- Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:26 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Gilded yard sign
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4179
Gilded yard sign
This is the sign we installed today. The landscaping is not completed. The raised letters, lilacs and hands are all hand cut and carved HDU The sign is finished with Benjamin Moore Aura on HDU with a steel insert frame. The letters and hands are gilded with 23kt gold. The treated posts are covered w...
- Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:14 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: a project or 2
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12969
Re: a project or 2
Doug, the missing buttons, is that where you will be running install screws in, then buttoning up?...Love the rich colour and your style is second to none...Pat
- Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:26 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Danny Cooke film
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1936
Re: Danny Cooke film
Dave, Danny does fabulous work...Showed this to my bro. Mike who is a diver, he thought it was really great, loved the old charactor...
Pat.
Pat.
- Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:56 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: a project or 2
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12969
Re: a project or 2
Doug, this is fantastic work, absolutley fantastic...
Is the rosette carved in maple? I, just love the look of hand done work with the tool marks, It just shows love and passion for what you are doing, thanks for sharing...Pat.
Is the rosette carved in maple? I, just love the look of hand done work with the tool marks, It just shows love and passion for what you are doing, thanks for sharing...Pat.
- Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:32 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: New Guy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2266
Re: New Guy
Hello Frank...Doug is right. check out all the old posts here and you'll be at it for hours...There are some awesome people here who do awesome work...your learning from the best right here...Good luck, have fun...It will be interesting to see more on your family gold leaf history too...Pat.
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:53 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Newest glass sign
- Replies: 53
- Views: 38946
Re: Newest glass sign
Hi Rod I've heard of Beer'o'clock...but what is beergola???
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:44 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Glass signs of Porto
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8689
Re: Glass signs of Porto
These are awesome Ash...But is dishearting to see the amount of tagging we see there as well.
- Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:28 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Elaborate Victorian Style Mirror
- Replies: 30
- Views: 19432
Re: Elaborate Victorian Style Mirror
Dave, when do you sleep??? Absolutely grand....Pat
- Fri May 27, 2011 1:10 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Sulis. The Natural Mineral Water of Bath
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4708
Re: Sulis. The Natural Mineral Water of Bath
Pat I second your emotion...Nice work Dave, been to Bath many years ago...extordenary place...Pat
- Tue May 24, 2011 9:26 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: The Tottenham Pub, London
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9341
Re: The Tottenham Pub, London
I've always been amazed at how the entire surrounding work and complement each other, like the ceiling and mill work in the pics you two have posted, and now these last ones you have posted Dave. Tin ceiling and tile work Awesome...The last pic (and it may just be the angle of the pic) makes the Pad...
- Sat May 21, 2011 8:25 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: The Tottenham Pub, London
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9341
Re: The Tottenham Pub, London
Dave & Doug these are fantastic, never mind the surounding mill work to say the least...Just simply awesome...