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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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- Fri May 21, 2004 5:44 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Silvering!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6849
Catharine, I seldom get commercial quality, edge to edge, perfect silvering. Heck, I doubt I ever got one of those. Normally, I will have and inch to two inches of border in paint, so I always know I have a little room for flaws. Also, on most sign designs, you end up with very little mirroring show...
- Tue May 18, 2004 9:55 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Angel Gild?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4821
Hi Raymond, Let's see...you live in Texas. Hotter than the bowels of .. Right? Yep, you better keep 'em refrigerated or at least in an air conditioned room. I have to worry about my chemicals freezing in the winter. http://www.ebottles.com/bottles/catimages/aroma.jpg http://www.ebottles.com/bottles/...
- Sat May 01, 2004 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: glue chippng To leave the mask or not
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7041
Roderick, You must have spoken with Danny Baronian today and I just talked to him on the phone. He said you were squirting the glue on the glass and not pouring it....however....most of my responses today and last night were directed at the steps you outlined below. I AM COATING THE GLASS WITH ASPLA...
- Sat May 01, 2004 10:08 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: glue chippng To leave the mask or not
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7041
Roderick, IF you used asphaltum, covered it with stencil, and frosted the glass, then poured glue in the frosted areas and cut along the edge of the stencil at the right time, you will not have any more or any less plinking caused by anything to do with the asphaltum being there or not. The glue wil...
- Sat May 01, 2004 12:12 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: glue chippng To leave the mask or not
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7041
Roderick, Please use Upper Case / Lower Case on your posts....just a courtesy to the rest of us. Please go back up an re-read what I wrote in the last post. It explains the two versions in a nutshell each. You don't need asphaltum if you pour the glue while the stencil is still on. IF you use asphal...
- Fri Apr 30, 2004 10:37 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Origins of Glue Chip Glass
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19089
Tom, Rick Glawson had that kind of curiosity...had to find out how and why along with when. I have a little of that in me, but not to that extent. There might be a few variables to consider. I know animal hide glue has been around a long time and the page I linked to earlier indicates various forms ...
- Fri Apr 30, 2004 10:22 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Origins of Glue Chip Glass
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19089
- Fri Apr 30, 2004 10:13 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: glue chippng To leave the mask or not
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7041
Roderick, Sounds like you are mixing the two techniques. No need to use asphaltum at all if you leave the stencil on until you pour the glue. If using the asphaltum method, you normally remove the stencil right away and use a squirt bottle filled with warm glue. The glue goes onto the frosted areas ...
- Mon Apr 26, 2004 2:46 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Origins of Glue Chip Glass
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19089
glue
David, I could probably envision someone accidentally dropping some hide glue on some glass at a factory, long ago, but for the process to have really worked the glass would have had to been frosted. If not frosted, it would have simply peeled up. So, two odd variables would have had to combined to ...
- Mon Apr 26, 2004 11:04 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Origins of Glue Chip Glass
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19089
rawson
Tom, I don't know how long people had been glue-chipping glass prior to Rawson and Evans. I don't think they invented the proecess, but the patents indicate they invented technology and progressed the process. I am always "interested" in historical information like this, but it doesn't &qu...
- Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:44 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Origins of Glue Chip Glass
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19089
chipping
Tom, Just in case you have found "the parent page" of this site, check out all the goodies on this site: http://www.theletterheads.com The Hand Lettering Forum is just part of the web site we affectionately call " The Original Letterheads Web Site ". Some people call it "the...
- Sat Apr 24, 2004 12:23 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Concerns about Acid Etching:
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5916
acid
I have probably written about this before, but now looks like a good time to write it again. Back when we had the old shop, we hosted a small "art camp" style meeting and had a nice enthusiastic group. A couple of people worked on glass. We set up an area in the back room for some acid etc...
- Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:00 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Concerns about Acid Etching:
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5916
posts
The last thing I want is to be "big brother". I had two choices here tonight and made the one which made most sense to me. I could have left it on and edited a line or two within it or under it suggesting care and caution, and maybe that was enough. You had mentioned the name of a person i...
- Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:18 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: General Rules, Guidelines, and Disclaimers for this Forum
- Replies: 1
- Views: 20966
General Rules, Guidelines, and Disclaimers for this Forum
We hope to keep this site simple and uncluttered, but a few notices are necessary. #1: Please register using your REAL FULL NAME ...no nicknames! #2: When registering, you will see a page showing some letters you must re-enter into a field. Make sure you follow the instructions EXACTLY . This is a n...
- Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:05 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Concerns about Acid Etching:
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5916
Concerns about Acid Etching:
Hi Forum readers, Larry White posted a very nice thread earlier today about a new acid etching process he has been trying. I had a couple of concerned readers, so I deleted it and asked Larry to try it again without being quite so technical and just give an overview. I think he will do it later. Man...
- Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:46 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Production of Glue Chip Samples...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5975
glass
We did a piece similar to this one a long time ago when we were having problems with "plinking". Our glue was chipping a bit too strong and taking away some of the clear where is shouldn't. I don't remember if it was Rick or someone else, but we heard you could add glycerin to the glue to ...
- Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:52 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Rawson & Evans: Think BIG
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6982
Rawson & Evans: Think BIG
http://www.theletterheads.com/rawson/vandyke450.jpg Larry's version of the Labelle sign might appear large to most of us used to making smaller "Letterhead" sized signs...ones you can fit under your arm or cary with you to a meeting. As I mentioned in his post, many of the Rawson & Ev...
- Mon Apr 12, 2004 4:01 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Heberling's Basic Lettering book
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3571
Heberling's Basic Lettering book
http://www.signmuseum.com/exhibits/library/25books/hebrling.jpg The book in the photo above is on The American Sign Museum's site under my Top 25 Vintage Sign Books. It is listed as #13 http://www.signmuseum.com/exhibits/library/25books/topbooks3.html I recently purchased a Heberling Basic Letterin...
- Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:11 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: The History of the Airbrush...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3887
books
Larry, ST published a book called "A Treatise on Airbrushing" (I have it filed away in a box somewhere since it is not one of my favorite books). It had very generic information overall. This is a very primitive "airbrush" that was powered by the artist blowing through what resem...
- Sun Apr 11, 2004 11:51 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Strong's Book of Designs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16811
strongs
Hi Mike, I looked throgh my three old Strongs books. "Skating at Belle Isle" "I can, will and do make SHOW CARDS quick and cheap" "Splash with me at Pleasure Park" "music" with a harp and guitar shiloette. http://www.theletterheads.com/wwwboard/messages/4757.h...
- Sun Apr 11, 2004 2:23 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: La Belle Supreme Cigar sign... now it's really done!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 42275
gold
My concern would be getting the gold out of all the deeper crevices if Angel Gilded first. Unlike silvering, you actually have to scrub the gold off I have found that to be a real hassle at times. On some Angel Gild pieces, I find the excess gold comes off easily with only cotton and on others it al...
- Sun Apr 11, 2004 10:01 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: La Belle Supreme Cigar sign... now it's really done!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 42275
color
Larry, Rick Glawson and Pat Mackle had a nice photo portfolio of Rawson and Evans pieces. Unfortunately, all the photos were sepia toned (basically black and white) images. All of us that visited the Conclaves saw a few Rawson panels hanging around, but I never knew which ones Rick had restored and ...
- Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:09 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Letter to Painters: John Ohnimus 1906
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6273
ok
Hi Tony, Even though some of Ohnimus' artwork was quite ornate, he knew how to make the design legible and how to pull the reader's eye to the center of attention. Much of the work I see around me, and word done of the DTP generation has lost touch with that concept. It is sad to see!...but maybe Oh...
- Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:11 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Procedure question for M. Jackson
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15432
- Fri Apr 09, 2004 7:32 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Letter from Grandson of John Ohnimus
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10703
books
Hopefully this post won't sound too self-serving, but it's part of the Henderson book history..... Back when we were still in Oklahoma, I was actively searching for old books. That was way before the Internet, so finding them was generally pretty tough. I created a small business called Carousel Boo...
- Fri Apr 09, 2004 5:57 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Letter to Painters: John Ohnimus 1906
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6273
Letter to Painters: John Ohnimus 1906
John Ohnimus wrote the introduction for the 1906 Henderson's Sign Painter book. It is a little choppy reading but quite worth it. MJ LETTER TO PAINTERS All that is set down in the following pages must be taken for purely personal expressions of an opinion as to how signs could be done. The main tren...
- Fri Apr 09, 2004 3:27 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Letter from Grandson of John Ohnimus
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10703
henderson
http://www.theletterheads.com/signphotos/henderson03cover.jpg While on this subject, some people might not know that Signs of the Times reprinted the Henderson Sign Painter in 1991. Henderson's name is on the title, but I've never actually seen any plates designed by him. Henderson had published &q...
- Fri Apr 09, 2004 2:50 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Letter from Grandson of John Ohnimus
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10703
ohnimus
http://www.theletterheads.com/signphotos/ellosignshop.jpg Hi again, I invited John (the grandson) to visit the site and join in on the discussion. He is 61 now. I believe he would get a warm fuzzy feeling getting to talk to people who admire his Grandfather's work so much. From what I read in his l...
- Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:40 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Letter from Grandson of John Ohnimus
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10703
photo
Here's one of John Ohnimus' plates from the Henderson Sign Painter book. I think it speaks for itself. He was a very strong designer, especially in his black and white plates. The color plates in the old book are simple and beautiful, too.
- Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:46 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Letter from Grandson of John Ohnimus
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10703
Letter from Grandson of John Ohnimus
Hi all, Last night I received an e-mail from the grandson of John Ohnimus. I used some of the premium illustrations from the Henderson Book in the new Americana Collection of Panels and Ornaments. They are the best of the group by far. John Ohnimus was living in Denver at the time he did the artwork...