Craft

Hand-painted sign saying 'Sign painters do it in 1 shot' — The Sign Painter Movie is now on tour with dates booked in until November, including Scotland and New Zealand for those outside the film’s USA base. I was treated to a preview screening and also got my hands on the book that accompanies the film. […]

Sign Painters: The movie, the book and the resurgence

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Sign Initiatives Sign Making Signs in Media and tagged Book Books Craft Faythe Levine Film Ira Coyne Keith Knecht Norma Jeanne Maloney Review Sam Macon Sign Painter Movie Sign Painters Signwriter Signwriting USA Video on July 28, 2013 by Sam Roberts

Born and Raised by David A Smith and John Mayer — This has left me speechless. Sublime. Ridiculous. Unbelievable. Thank you to David, John and Danny for bringing the story of this piece of work to life through film. An incredible follow up to the last one.

Born and Raised from David A Smith, John Mayer and ...

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Sign Making Signs in Media and tagged Born and Raised Craft Danny Cooke David A. Smith Film Gilding John Mayer Lettering Production Signwriter UK Video on May 19, 2013 by Sam Roberts

Raja Painter Horn Please by Shantanu Suman — Horn Please is a short film by directors Shantanu Suman and Istling Mirche, all about the bright and colourful hand-painted trucks that fuel India‘s massive goods transportation system. It is an insightful and captivating expose of this fascinating cultural phenomenon, touching on the history of truck […]

Horn Please and the wonderful world of India’s hand-painted trucks

This entry was posted in Painted Lettering Related Work and tagged Art Asia Craft Documentary Film Horn Please India Shantanu Suman Truck Painting Video on May 16, 2013 by Sam Roberts

Khmer lettering on the cover of Hand Painted Signs of Kratie — Today, after three weeks of checking back on an almost daily basis, I caught Kratie signpainter Chouk Rachana at work on the cover for my forthcoming book, ‘Hand Painted Signs of Kratie’. It has taken a bit of back and forth to get towards a […]

Creating the cover for Hand Painted Signs of Kratie

This entry was posted in Sign Making Signs in Media and tagged Books Cambodia Chouk Rachana Craft Khmer Kratie Lettering Signwriter Video on August 7, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Screen shot of hand painted sign by Derek McDonald of Golden West Sign Arts — Another signpainter profiled on film, this time Derek McDonald of Golden West Sign Arts, one of the craftsman who worked on this year’s ‘Declaration of Independence’ campaign for Jack Daniel’s. More from Derek in this extended article from Oakland North. Is it just me or […]

Derek McDonald film and interview

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Sign Making Signs in Media and tagged Berkeley California Craft Derek McDonald Golden West Sign Arts Oakland People Signpainter USA Video on July 19, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Still from a film by Marco Puccini — In a slight departure from painted lettering here is a film by Marco Puccini showcasing some flamboyant examples of inked lettering using a variety of calligraphy tools. While on the subject, it is also worth checking out this film profiling master calligrapher Paul Antonio on […]

Flamboyant calligraphy from Luca Barcellona & Francesca Biasetton

This entry was posted in Sign Making Signs in Media and tagged Calligraphy Craft Francesca Biasetton Lettering Luca Barcellona Marco Puccini Paul Antonio Video on July 6, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Jack Daniel's Declaration of Independence poster — Today is Independence Day in the USA. Last year, to celebrate, Jack Daniel’s worked with letter-press experts Yee-Haw Industries and the team at Colossal Media to first produce poster designs and then to scale these up into large scale pieces of hand painted advertising around […]

Declarations of Independence campaign from Jack Daniel’s

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Sign Making Signs in Media and tagged Alcohol Calligraphy Colossal Media Craft Embroidery Golden West Sign Arts Helms Workshop Independence Day Jack Daniel's Jon Contino Letter-Press Lettering Signwriter Type USA Whisky Yee-Haw Industries on July 4, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Larkin Trail hand painted sign from United Creatives — This talk at the Sign Design Society on 7th June looks fascinating, check out some of the projects from United Creatives, home of the speaker Chris Edmunds, below. Pictured is part of The Larkin Trail. (The trail itself is on its own website.) Download the […]

‘Graphic design for cities’, where design meets craft and more ...

This entry was posted in Related Work and tagged Craft Design Event Sign Design Society Signs United Creatives on June 1, 2012 by Sam Roberts