Mě and the text which I'm working on
The foundations you lay in college will support you...
From the paper onto the walls. 🖌️ Signwriting for college to occupy our time between classes. 😊
#scotland #uk #paintinganddecorating #signwriting #painting #studying #letters #design #art
Many thanks to @jectives for debuting your live publication reviews with BLAG 08; I'll endeavour to share it with the various contributors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxhJbgG8jS0
For more inside the issue visit https://bl.ag/08 where you'll also find the links to join and get a copy sent […]
Side-by-side marketing photos for a magazine called BLAG. They show the covers with sign painting related photography under the masthead with the magazines positioned on top of a collection of stickers and a poster insert respectively.
Following a recent stock take, I’m discounting all back issues in the BLAG shop to clear the few remaining copies of BLAG 03 and BLAG 05.
Once they’re gone, they’re gone, just like issues 01*, 02 and 04.
https://shop.bl.ag
*BLAG 01 is now free for all to view […]
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Creative workbench scene with two hands applying gold leaf to yellow lettering on a blue sign board.
New at bl.ag online, ‘Brendan Mooney: Memories of a Signwriter’, with a charming short biopic about this retired signwriter from Birr, County Offaly, Ireland.
https://bl.ag/brendan-mooney-memories-of-a-signwriter/
#SignPainting #Signwriting #SignPainters #Signwriters #Birr #Offaly #ShortFilms
People painting lettering and signage directly onto large windows. To the left is someone working on a large newspaper masthead, while to the left they are painting "Amsterdam Letterheads".
I am helping the organisers of this year's Amsterdam Letterheads: “Sea Level” with their email updates.
If you'd like to receive these, then the dedicated event newsletter/mailing list can be joined via this link?
https://bl.ag/#/portal/account/newsletters […]
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#skill #coast #boat #harbour #suffolk #uk #southwold #signwriting #travel #photography
Always amazes me, the skill and patience these people have. I often wonder what kind of mess I'd make if I tried it! 😆
Southwold Harbour, Suffolk...
Thank you to @letterformarchive for hosting yesterday’s Salon event with Morgane Côme and yours truly.
Working at incredible speed while we slept, the archive has published the recording online already. All 85 minutes can now be viewed here […]
Crop into an array of colourfully decorated letterforms giving the illusion of dimensionality. To the right of the image is an illustration of the head of a flat sign painter's brush.
In just a few hours I'll be logging on to talk with Morgane Côme about the new @letterformarchive book, Lettres Decoratives.
Join us for this free online event from 11:00 Pacific time / 20:00 Central European time […]
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Support your local sign painter, and if you’re in Ottawa then that can be the lovely Pascal Arpin. She has usefully included a map on her website so that you can easily go check her work for other businesses before hiring her:
https://www.pascalearpin.com/about
It’s a neat idea, which could […]
Sign painter on a ladder painting some large prismatic letters on a wall.
I also profiled the new season of Letter Exchange lectures that started this month. They are held in London with a livestream also available for those unable to attend in person.
https://letterexchange.org/events
Sign painting folk will likely be most […]
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Crop into an array of colourfully decorated letterforms giving the illusion of dimensionality. To the right of the image is an illustration of the head of a flat sign painter's brush.
A couple of weeks ago I published my periodic ‘worldwide events roundup’ (get them in your inbox via https://bl.ag/join
This little thread is to share some highlights, starting with next week’s @letterformarchive Salon with Morgane Côme, author of the new […]
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Magazine cover with a person painting flamboyant lettering under the masthead that reads "BLAG". It’s set on top of a poster of the same lettering.
“It’s packed full of gems! A brilliant resource.”
Subscribers to my email newsletters will have seen that I'm offering a few discounts on BLAG subscriptions, the best way to access our adventures in sign painting, and to support independent, advertising-free […]
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The truth is that there has always been an overlap between 'fine' artists and sign painters, as I explored in this 'What is Sign Painting?' article:
bl.ag/what-is-sign-painting-or...
#SignPainting #Signwriting #Art #Artists #SignPainters #Sigbwriters
Oh before I forget: in the beginning of December, I made two banners for the folkies that I assist. Here they are: (Don’t be too critical!)
🤣🤣 #Signwriting
Long shot, but does anyone have any sign painting or lettering contacts in Morocco?
#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Morocco
Okie dokie A/SLWrite fans, today I'm going to share a few ways you can write signs.
1. good ole handwriting. If you join the slwrite.org you can take pictures and upload it*
(*if you want feedback or to share)
#aslwrite
#slwrite
#signwriting
#signlanguage
The stupid Christmas AI mural in London came up in one of the sign painting groups I'm in, to which I replied:
"Good to know this bullshit isn't coming for your jobs, but don't get complacent..."
https://youtu.be/laJX0txJc6M?si=vwJiI-_hSsKLoHwL
#Writing #SignPainting #Signwriting #Automata
Mural with block and shade lettering for 'Me Aul Flower' set within an array of pale pink flowers.
New at bl.ag online, 'Chain Letter: Meghan McDermott', with the story of how Vanessa Power's Dublin mural guided Meghan towards her chosen career of sign painting.
https://bl.ag/chain-letter-meghan-mcdermott/
PS. This is the eighth 'Chain Letter' in the series: […]
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Graphic of a spread from a book with a column of text on the right and a black and white landscape image sitting across the fold. The image shows a school/workshop setting with multiple people painting large signs.
Goodness gracious me, it's actually a real book, with an introductory essay from the wonderful Morgane Côme.
This one from @letterformarchive looks spectacular and I can't wait to get my hands on it.
Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ […]
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As BLAG 08 goes to print I've noted work, articles, and projects from 17 countries in total: Argentina; Australia; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; France; Germany; Hong Kong; Kenya; Ireland; Italy; Mexico; South Korea; Spain; Thailand; UK; USA.
The international nature of our adventures in sign […]
Nice segment on Amsterdam's Krulletter (Curly Letter) in David Quay's Type Tourist talk for Type@Cooper:
https://vimeo.com/1131288937?fl=pl&fe=sh#t=22m12s
For more on this lettering style, be sure to get the book by @RetypeFoundry, reviewed here at bl.ag online […]
Hand-lettered showcard that reads "Tokyo Letter Club, Two-Day Workshop at Letterboy Studio, Dec. 13 & 14".
Tokyo folk, don't miss this two-day workshop with the brilliant Kenji Nakayama, hosted by Peter Liedberg, aka Letterboy, over the weekend of 13/14 December.
https://www.letter-boy.com/kenji-workshop
PS. There's more from Peter via his online course for those […]
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Close shot of a portion of a black and white printed page. In addition to a fragment of a photo of a hand holding a brush being visible, there is text that reads "Winter 2025 / Issue 08".
I guess that makes it proof reading day: BLAG 08 incoming.
Check out the previous seven at https://bl.ag/backissues
#BLAG #BetterLetters #Magazines #SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering
Archival photo of a building group with some people walking the street beside it. The foreground is dominated by a curved whitewashed wall which is adorned with hand-painted sign boards advertising film screenings.
Lovely story (in Spanish) about the Albacete sign painter José Esparcia, with a particular focus on his work for cinemas and the films they screened […]
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Thank you @matratype for penning BLAG's first ever 'viral' story, and this report on where it spread to:
indiastreetlettering.com/blog/indian-sign-paintin...
#SignPainting #Signwriting #India
Hooded sign painter on a ladder working on a fascia sign on a busy road. The lettering is in a loose rounded cursive style, painted in black with the shadow being applied in pink.
New at bl.ag online, 'Renegade Writing: London’s Faux Fascias', where we meet This Is My Costume and learn about their decade-long initiative refashioning abandoned shops.
https://bl.ag/renegade-writing-londons-faux-fascias/
#SignPainting #Signwriting […]
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Two square images side by side. On the left is a page from an antique French sign painter's portfolio showing different hand-painted embellishments on four different letters. On the right is a letter E in green on black with mark-up lines and directional arrows used to show the brushstrokes that the letter is formed from.
San Francisco folk, make your own sign with New Bohemia's Damon Styer at this @letterformarchive workshop series starting 1 November:
letterformarchive.org/shop/what-s-your-sign-ba...
#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #SanFrancisco
Side-by-side illustrations of a downward stroke being painted by a chiselled brush which is rotated as the direction of the stroke moves from down to up.
New(ish) at bl.ag online, 'The Mike Stevens Journal, Volume 1, Number 5', reproducing this issue where he's riffing on brush technique, letter formation, and mahl sticks.
bl.ag/the-mike-stevens-journal...
#SignPainting #Lettering #Signwriting #Showcards
