Fading painted signs

Central America

Painted sign, fading on a wall in Nicaragua — While preparing for Wednesday’s talk at St Bride I rediscovered this in an old photo album from my 1998 travels in Central America. It is from Nicaragua, celebrating 1 May, International Workers’ Day. I believe this may be my first ever ghostsign photo, predating the fountain […]

My first Ghostsign, from Nicaragua

This entry was posted in Signs of Note and tagged Books Central America Charly's Bar David Kunzle Ghostsigns Granada Henry Vado Leon Murals Nicaragua Sam Roberts on November 17, 2013 by Sam Roberts

Painted walls in Mexico advertising music events — Bardas de Baile (‘Mexican Wall Painting’) is a fascinating documentation of the ubiquitous painted walls found in Mexico. At first glance the images appear to be graffiti but closer inspection reveals that they are actually advertisements produced to promote local music events. The origin of […]

Bardas de Baile: Mexican Wall Painting

This entry was posted in Sign Collections Signs in Media and tagged Bardas de Baile Buzz Poole Central America Ghost & Company Handpainted Mexico Music Patricia Cué Sign Painters on October 6, 2013 by Sam Roberts

Letter-press and type setting in El Salvador — Sadly google translate doesn’t work on video yet but I used it to get the following approximation of the description of this film. If any Spanish speakers can add anything to this after watching then please write in the comments or get in touch. This […]

Letter-press and type setting in El Salvador

This entry was posted in Signs in Media and tagged Central America El Salvador Film Letter-Press Type Typography Video on July 13, 2012 by Sam Roberts