He makes that look so easy!- Glass is a truely strange material and so versatile.
(is he always that tidy in his work Dave?)
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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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- Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:26 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Glass Cutting How To's
- Replies: 11
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- Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:33 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Gold leaf sign
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15684
- Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:37 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Decorative English Acid Panels
- Replies: 12
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- Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:43 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Bar Panels
- Replies: 14
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- Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:41 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Old sign from 1854
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- Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:22 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Old sign from 1854
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- Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:38 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Old sign from 1854
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- Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:13 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Old sign from 1854
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Old sign from 1854
Finished this little fella this afternoon- a repaint of a replica of a real turnpike sign from 1854-(part of an outdoor building museum). Board is all pine planks- held together with 2 big steel bolts right throu the sign-threading it all together and about 5ft x 8ft ish. 8 coats of paint and lots o...
- Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:43 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Smith Tip Video's youtube Demonstrations
- Replies: 33
- Views: 21542
- Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:42 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Glass at the Crown Bar Belfast
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20234
- Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:24 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: David Butler Testing the Smith Tip
- Replies: 4
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- Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:53 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: New Gilders Tip for Laying Full leaves
- Replies: 45
- Views: 38444
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:00 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: New Gilders Tip for Laying Full leaves
- Replies: 45
- Views: 38444
- Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:43 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: New Gilders Tip for Laying Full leaves
- Replies: 45
- Views: 38444
- Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:22 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Moose Jaw meet?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5668
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:49 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Frank George Holmes Brilliant Cutter Liverpool, England
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3094
- Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:03 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Slumped Brilliant cut and acid toned glass panels
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4315
- Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:09 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Slumped Glass Corner Sign
- Replies: 19
- Views: 12574
- Thu May 31, 2007 12:30 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Stone Cutting movie
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7908
Thanks for posting that- Its brilliant and very inspiring, I have watched it several times..There's something about the true craftsmenship and the excellence they achieve that just pushes all my lettering buttons at once.- Are they still in operation do you know?- it would be a shame if anything had...
- Mon May 21, 2007 2:51 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Flashed glass cutting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3594
- Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:54 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: I889 CUT GLASS INSTALLED
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4725
- Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:14 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Victorian Etching Techniques
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15406
This looks like a very special glass sign that would be around for 100 years . I've seen some very old silver staining work around here too,all from 1880's and earlier-and your piece looks spot on. Thats a real old fashioned technique -Its just amazing to think it can still be done in 2007- It would...
- Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: White Acid Panel, short step by step
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3319
- Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:04 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Any funny stories to share?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 26300
Hole digging stories? I'd forgotten this one Mike. The job was to fit up a simple 8x4 Estate Agents FOR SALE board- The development was on land that was part of a small country estate- An estate that had its own family chapel and Graveyard Years earlier. The site had been leveled and built upon yea...
- Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:49 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Revealed glass sign
- Replies: 3
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Nice find Dave- At least its not all being pulled down and dumped! I remember a very broad glass fascia here at a fishmongers-It was painted over years ago, several times, but had an unmistakable art nouveau shape to it. One day I saw some shop fitters painting the whole thing white- next time I wen...
- Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:22 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Any funny stories to share?
- Replies: 37
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I was an apprentice too....
and was one day helping with a big white pvc "To Let" banner- This thing must of been 50ft x 20ft- We cleared out the workshop- laid dustsheets on the concrete floor- and had it folded double flat on the deck. The Boss was signwriting the massive letters in Red screen ink- and I was fillin...
- Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Its been a while
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3537
- Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:52 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Acid toning
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3662
- Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:46 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: International Goldleaf Workshop
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11983
- Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:01 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Glue Chipping inside a kiln
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5284