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by Tony Segale
Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:37 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Glass at the Crown Bar Belfast
Replies: 28
Views: 20139

please delete
by Tony Segale
Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:28 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Rock Island Railroad Reversed Glass Sign SOLD FOR $25,000!!
Replies: 10
Views: 7327

you have a right to make a profit, too.
by Tony Segale
Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:24 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2085362

maybe one, maybe two or maybe three...

maybe three, maybe five or maybe seven...

maybe seven, maybe nine...

he wants to build some more


Clown.


Smart aleck.
by Tony Segale
Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:42 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: postin first pics...
Replies: 3
Views: 2473

SWM....
do you know how to click?
or do you only know how to look?

do you know how to click on the pics?


you don't know how to click....
by Tony Segale
Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:44 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: postin first pics...
Replies: 3
Views: 2473

postin first pics...

I going to give'er a go and try postin a few pics here for the first time. first is a 5'x7' canvas mural, then a 16x24 watercolor and last a handpainted wood sign for a private residence who would now like it digitized into their logo. Aho. http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/28052/2005232249281468169_...
by Tony Segale
Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:48 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2085362

all yer buildin is causin me to lose my will to live!
by Tony Segale
Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:08 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Rock Island Railroad Reversed Glass Sign SOLD FOR $25,000!!
Replies: 10
Views: 7327

I don't invest in glass.
by Tony Segale
Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:49 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Glass at the Crown Bar Belfast
Replies: 28
Views: 20139

please delete
by Tony Segale
Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:24 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Sign scammers
Replies: 6
Views: 4425

hey, walljewelrica?
a sign shop, built around a website....you can make a fortune
hundreds and hundreds of dollars...no...
thousands and thousands!
by Tony Segale
Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:14 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Glass at the Crown Bar Belfast
Replies: 28
Views: 20139

info

verre e'glomise'
by Tony Segale
Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:01 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Glass at the Crown Bar Belfast
Replies: 28
Views: 20139

please delete
by Tony Segale
Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:23 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Sign scammers
Replies: 6
Views: 4425

you don't sell the dream of a lifetime.
by Tony Segale
Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:28 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Sign scammers
Replies: 6
Views: 4425

Nothing matters to us anymore...
not the job, not the money, not the client.

Cause now I know you'll tell me what your after.
by Tony Segale
Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:21 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: New Gilders Tip for Laying Full leaves
Replies: 45
Views: 38295

I see you've acquired some more gilder's metal...

Yes, the Smith Tip seems to be a magnet for it.
by Tony Segale
Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:09 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2085362

EASY, BLAKE, EASY...

the first a gilder needs to learn is take things easy!

I bet us Dead Men can teach you a few more things.
by Tony Segale
Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:32 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: David Butler Testing the Smith Tip
Replies: 4
Views: 3730

well, by golly, DB sure looks a little more relaxed since the last time I saw him...laying gold or painting or sumpin
by Tony Segale
Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:31 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Spell check
Replies: 2
Views: 1999

once again, they crossed the great ocean....

I was copying them,

so they put me in the white man's schools..and it was there I learned how to use the Smith Tip
by Tony Segale
Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:28 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Spell check
Replies: 2
Views: 1999

yeah...I see they reduced with constrained proportions, clicked and dragged the 07 over...that's heavy....


SFWMen
by Tony Segale
Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:04 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2085362

this topic seems to have some sort of history to it....
by Tony Segale
Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:53 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: $$$ sense?
Replies: 3
Views: 2669

Sparky, You're right, it doesn't take much to clean those little foam brushes. But, being I'm so far behind as it is, I'd like to schedule you in for every Friday, that seems like a good day to have Bernie's New Brush Cleaning Service in the shop for a few cleanup duties, might have time to take the...
by Tony Segale
Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:48 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Dave Smith's California Workshop
Replies: 8
Views: 5995

when you have to gild, gild, don't talk.
by Tony Segale
Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:11 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Painting on black sunbrella canvas
Replies: 6
Views: 12187

I used to use two coats chromatic block out primer, one top coat lettering enamel. Now it's one good coat Benny Moore Fresh Start h2o primer, one top color coat BMoore ext latex. The use of a mask is significant, the idea is stupid. In a great blackout, a computer can never find it's way around hand...
by Tony Segale
Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:04 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: New Gilders Tip for Laying Full leaves
Replies: 45
Views: 38295

Dave, a few ad bylines to consider... "Even Dead Men can Gild with it" ...we know this is true, but some might not understand "Child's Play" ...fits with the pictures of your beautiful daughter, but some might take it as a negative description of the skill of our craft now.. &quo...
by Tony Segale
Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:17 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: New Gilders Tip for Laying Full leaves
Replies: 45
Views: 38295

The beaten leaves beneath the rouge paper have spoken thru the fire. The beaten leaves have lain along time lookin up at the glass. Some believe they should be projected forward without a tip. But I believe you should use a Smith Tip, leaping forward to the glass. Did you gild with the sweetwater wh...
by Tony Segale
Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:02 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Original Dead Men
Replies: 686
Views: 2085362

the circle of dead men meets has no ending



aho
by Tony Segale
Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:18 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Endeavour to Persevere...(it's done)
Replies: 37
Views: 32934

circle of mental health days has no endings. mental health days give sacred visions...they are for all right now. our southern brothers were prohibited from attending them... by the spanish devils. but now even the Notoemne and the Dene....know of its healthy ways quest for mental health days are a ...
by Tony Segale
Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:28 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Endeavour to Persevere...(it's done)
Replies: 37
Views: 32934

you bring a slab for me?
by Tony Segale
Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:48 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Endeavour to Persevere...(it's done)
Replies: 37
Views: 32934

Dennis...

Improvement makes straight roads.
But the crooked roads without improvement
are roads of genius.

Sally
by Tony Segale
Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:57 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Endeavour to Persevere...(it's done)
Replies: 37
Views: 32934

Do you only know how to play?
Or do you know how to work, too?

White's Trading Post.
Dead Men get inspired there.
Glass is infected.
Glue Chipped.
Acid Etching.


We need a sushi boat!
Aho.
by Tony Segale
Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:31 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Endeavour to Persevere...(it's done)
Replies: 37
Views: 32934

people go around wastin' days and weeks and years...

'til all of a sudden there's only thirty seconds to go.

happens to everyone, sooner or later.



Did I ever tell you the story 'bout the little birdy?
My grandpa use tell it to me.