Alighting in Astoria: A Permanent Light Capsules Legacy
A wall of ghost signs brought back to life with a permanent Light Capsules installation.
The process of restoring/repainting ghost signs is a hotly debated topic: should it be done at all, and how can it be done authentically, especially in the case of multi-layered signs (aka palimpsests)?
But no-one can argue with Craig Winslow's awe-inspiring approach, and the painstaking work he puts into his 'Light Capsules'. These involve recreating the graphics of the fading painted signs, and projecting them back onto the original walls at night to show how they might once have looked.
Now, in Astoria, Oregon, one of these Light Capsules is taking up permanent residence.