Hi Stuart- thats a really nice piece.
Did you do the cut glass and gilded Barclays Bank windows at the Beamish Museum, in the north east?-

.Just something very familiar about those letters!

Same for me Brian!-.. Never mind.. hand me another shot of that reducer..CHEERS and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Thar's sweet, m'boy!
Your a true craftsman Dave.

WOW- what that panel does'nt show you is all the work that that takes,,, all the standing- twisting, turning, and its all got to be "first time " stuff, and it doesn't go fast either. Dave.. you gonna do any cutting in your classes?- that would be cool to combine a puntie cut in a workshop...

Glad you got sorted Doug-

On the windows system fonts side - Mike( i think) wrote a wonderful article in signcraft -years back, and it featured a list of those pesky system fonts- I used it constantly ..( back in my old PC days)

I think you might be over- complicating things a bit Erik..I tried a bit of brilliant cutting down at "Master Daves", and the process is pretty simple. . . .Its just mastering the skill that takes a lifetime :D . . Anyway- If Smiffy was born a couple centuries ago they'd of burned him as a...

That's a real nice post Dave- we all owe so much to those that go before us.
I can see now where you get your talents
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.( where your kids got their good looks and charm from is perhaps more of a mystery )

Dave, Dave, Dave,.. thats truely beautiful..
I might be down your way next week- You still allowed Fish n chips?

Dave, Dave, Dave,.. thats truely beautiful..
I might be down your way next week- You still allowed Fish n chips?

SPOT ON those Ron, thanks for sharing!

Hi Ron- Glad to see I'm not alone with my brush! Welcome along.
I'm much much further down that road.. In Sunny sussex by the sea

Nice shots Erik! That opened a year or two before I left school here in the UK, I was heavily getting into sign painting at the time and I was told about old 'So and So' who was a local signwriters Son, Who was working on some of the stuff in Disneyland Paris before it opened. The Firm I think has g...

Erik..Looking good, lots of showcase skills in there! Note that this gold looks like a true mirror, because of the special german/dutch size invention I use. You can polish the gold like it is a bole gilding, but this size will stay perfectly for at least 25 years outside. :mrgreen: Spill the beans ...

Scarlett- looking today at my kit I have a couple of smaller -short length-brushes in Quills-( probably ticket writers) i think the hairs in those are a sable ox mix but they have a nice "spring" about them for small lettering Ah Dave!- Every good workshop should have a little puppy poo - ...

OHH the pain when I think of all the half tins of White Intenso that I let dry out and threw away years ago- What i would'nt give for just a spot of that in my dipper some times. Its very true when they say " you don't know what you've got till its gone! . . .Don't even start me on spoiled brus...

Hi Ted-My door is always open to any brothers (or :D sisters) of the brush.- but please give me a call to arrange a visit, as I'm very busy lately. PAINT:I use lots of one shot- but also use a range of both Wrights colours and Craftmaster-depending on the job and the colour. Reds whites and yellows ...

Hi Scarlett,
I use the shortest length in the pure chisel sable ranges- either form Wrights or Handovers- specially in sizes 0-2

Thanks Kent, I know Dave Smith does some dramatic burnishing stuff from the back ( Maybe he will jump in , in a bit)

Can you spin a water gild ?.. ( like burnishing-stripes or bevels from the back??)

Nice work mate.
I prefer the all-gold one.-What is the triangle/checkerboard border pattern on the black one.?

BLIMEY DAVE.. what did you have for breakfast that day! - Really Amazing work, what a nice glass piece that would make.-Thanks for the sneeky peeky

Bill Stewarts Signwork is an excellent book- and was written for the City and Guilds sign course here in the UK as an instructional textbook. It covers: Letterforms-heraldry-paints-colours-ladders-signboard construction-signwriting-gilding-Glasswork,(acid etching,gilding & painting)-screenprinti...

Dave- there was a Glass embossers in Brighton- i have found several pieces, but the neame for the moment escapes me.

Nice book Erik ... but Go to the party... Books last forever-But Sister -in-laws wear out!

Excellent excellent work- Welcome

Nice carvings mate.. what was the food like?
The iron thing.. could be a fire back?- pretty old thou,
It looks like a religious subject.... was it perhaps hidden and saved during the reformation?
Cast iron usually gets smashed- nice finds- thanks for sharing.

Nice carvings mate.. what was the food like?
The iron thing.. could be a fire back?- pretty old thou,
It looks like a religious subject.... was it perhaps hidden and saved during the reformation?
Cast iron usually gets smashed- nice finds- thanks for sharing.

EXCELLENT- Been watching this post closely, -its been a wild ride -super job Thanks for letting us sit on your shoulder.

EXCELLENT- Been watching this post closely, -its been a wild ride -super job Thanks for letting us sit on your shoulder.

Dave- I am not fit to clean your brushes-
Top class work.