Better Letters - BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture (Page 6)

Workers painting a 'SLOW' sign in white on a tarmac road.

Films

Lowdown Lettering: The Hidden Craft of Roadliners

Celebrating the craft of the Roadliners, whose lettering on tarmac is hidden in plain sight.

People

What a Ride: The Wonderful World of Sign Painter Vehicles

40+ hand-painted, lettered, gilded, and illustrated sign painter vehicles from around the world.

Vintage car with hand-painted lettering on its livery.

People

Chain Letter: Ornamental Conifer

Ornamental Conifer shares the inspiration he's taken from the 1950s 'Fabulous' Hudson Hornet.

Line illustration of a group watching a man paint a board with a roller.

Learning

How to Prepare MDO Plywood for Sign Painting

Step-by-step guide to tools, materials and techniques to prepare MDO Plywood for exterior signs.

Drone photo of a large sign painted on a sloping roof with the city of Chicago in the background.

Events

The Sky's the Limit: A Chat with Right Way Signs

Recording of Right Way Signs' BLAG Chat about their niche of massive hand-painted roof signs.

Books

Bonus Material from BLAG 03

Bonus content from the adventures in sign painting from Issue 03 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine).

Magazine with cover showing and on top of the front and back of a poster.

BLAG

What's Inside Issue 03 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine)?

Between the covers of the adventures in sign painting in Issue 03 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine).

Hand resting on a mahl stick while holding a brush and painting letters in black.

Learning

Where Can I Learn the Craft of Sign Painting?

Overview of workshops, courses, apprenticeships, and places to learn the craft of sign painting.

Pieces on display in a graphic design and art exhibition.

Events

Signs of the Seaside: Coastal Lettering and Typography

Original artefacts and contemporary work explore the typographic vernacular of the English seaside.

Sign painter working on scroll with brush hand resting on a mahl stick.

Events

Straddling the Globe: Letterheads at Dingles and Down Under

Sign painters gather for Letterheads meets in Sydney and at Dingles Fairground Heritage Museum.

People

That Saturday Afternoon Jaunt with John Frazier, Original Letterhead

The designs and drawings of John Frazier, Letterhead, designer, letterer, sign painter, and artist.

Two women at a table with easels in front of them.

Events

On the Brush with Barbara Enright and Carla Hackett

Recording of Barbara Enright and Carla Hackett's BLAG Chat and brush lettering demonstration.

Hand-painted pounce wheel in presentation box.

Projects

Paying Respect to the Vintage Pausrädchen (Pounce Wheel)

A batch of high-quality vintage pounce wheels are customised for sale as an art edition in Germany.

Scenic painting work in a studio environment.

Projects

Behind the Scenic Painting of Pinocchio's Animation Oscar

Polly Robbins, a scenic artist on Pinocchio, shares what goes into an Oscar-winning animation.

Man at a shop counter surrounded by signs.

Places

Found in Frome: Moore & Sons' Farm and Feed Ephemera

For over 100 years, a humble West Country animal feed shop has grown a vast collection of ephemera.

Learning

The Apprentice: Colossal Style

Inside Colossal Media's apprentice program, learning to paint large-scale mural advertising signs.

Man holding paint brushes between his fingers.

People

Missing in Action: Cyril Foster, the Trinidad Sign Painter

Lost, presumed dead, the search for Trinidad sign painter Cyril Foster comes good at the temple.

Detail of a varnished sign reflecting the image of a bridge opposite.

Projects

Recreating Newcastle's Iconic Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Sign

Ash Willerton's process for painting and gilding a replica heritage sign board on the River Tyne.