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Artistic and other interpretations of ghost signs.

Specter street art covers Boyd Pianos ghostsign

Street Art

sarflondondunc, ever alert to the gradual shifts in our Ghostsigns landscape, alerted me to this new piece of street art positioned on the great gold … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Preservation

Anchor

Photo: Creative Review Photo: Creative Review Creative Review and a few others have spotted this new outdoor campaign for Anchor Butter.  When I first saw … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Signs in Media
Annette Smith Bath Fresh Pet Meat Daily

Annette Smith

On the back of my post about the interview in Bath for BBC Radio 4’s Making History program I have been contacted by Bath artist … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Destinations, Sign Folk

Stuart Free Interview

The Independent on Sunday have an interview with Stuart Free, the artist who created this painting of the Donovan Bros sign in Spitalfields before it … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Folk

Draft Chapter (Food & Drink)

I’d love to get your feedback on a draft chapter for a possible book to accompany the archive. If this gets published then it will … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Collections, Sign Initiatives, Sign Stories, Signs of Note
Péril en la demeure

Emmanuel Nouaillier Update

Just under a year ago I featured the work of Emmanuel Nouaillier whose artistic treatment of the ghostsigns in his native France is fascinating.  It’s … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Folk

Jack Daniels Update

Sheffield, Photo by Nicky Roberts My Aunt captured the above picture in Sheffield recently (Westfield Terrace, just off West Stand). This adds to the growing … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Collections, Signs of Note

Emmanuel Nouaillier

Black & white piece featuring traditional French shop fronts One of the best things that has happened since setting up this blog is people sending … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Folk
Donovan Bros Spitalfields by Stuart Free

Stuart Free

For my birthday earlier this week my girlfriend bought me a limited edition print from north London artist Stuart Free. It is a painting depicting … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Folk

Bile Beans Part 2

Although I’ve been aware of this Bile Beans sign for some time I was struck by Andy Johnson‘s picture seen here as it really highlights … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Stories
Jack Daniel's Brighton Red Close Up

Jack Daniel’s (Brighton)

Following my uncle’s discoveries in Newcastle I spotted two more Jack Daniel’s faux Ghost Signs on my Bank holiday visit to Brighton. The one on … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs

Its All Art

‘Goods in the City’ by Keith J. Hampton Keith Hampton over at It’s All Art kindly sent me this example of some work he has … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Folk

Jerry Johnson

© Sign painted and photo taken by Jerry Johnson Frank Jump over in NYC has just posted a collection of ten outstanding images from the … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Collections, Sign Folk, Sign Making, Signs of Note

Jack Daniel’s

Some time ago now my uncle sent me two photos he took while visiting Newcastle (see below). These show Jack Daniel’s reviving the hand painted … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Collections, Sign Initiatives, Sign Stories, Signs of Note
Shop Local Dad's Hoxton

Shop Local

Not all Brickads are Ghost Signs and the most recent examples I know of are from artist Bob and Roberta Smith as part of his … Read more

Categories Inspired by Signs, Sign Folk, Sign Initiatives
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