Gilding

This beautiful glass fascia was captured by Brian Heppell after being revealed briefly in 2014 during the fitting of new signage at 192 Brick Lane, London E1. I have looked for S. Sadler by name in the trades section of a number of Victorian and […]

S. Sadler, Brick Lane

This entry was posted in Signs of Note and tagged Brian Heppell Brick Lane E1 Fading Fascia Fascia Gilding Glasswork London London Shop Fronts Reveal S. Sadler Sadler Shop Fronts Shopfrontelegy Shoreditch Spitalfields Tower Hamlets UK on November 17, 2017 by Sam Roberts

This beautiful gilded script once marked the home of Ambridge Signs. When they left the premises the sign didn’t come with them and, until last month, it provided a reminder of the area’s signwriting heritage. It was situated on this unassuming building at the end of […]

RIP: Signwriters – Gilding & Pictorial Artists

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Sign Making Sign Preservation Sign Stories and tagged Ambridge Signs Fading Fascias Fascia Fascias Gilding Gold Leaf Hackney Islington London N1 RIP Script Signwriter Signwriting Southgate Road Ted Ambridge UK on March 21, 2015 by Sam Roberts

List of cities with branches of Dan Wuille & Co — I’ve been traveling a lot with work lately and was recently in Glasgow for a workshop. With a couple of hours to spare I looked up a few locations on the History of Advertising Trust Ghostsigns Archive and took to the streets. Here’s what I […]

Glasgow Ghostsigns Galore

This entry was posted in Photo Essays and tagged A.Allan Broom & Green Caledonia Books Candleriggs Dan Wuille Ecko Ecko Radio F.W. Holroyd Gilding Glasgow Goods Entrance I.J. Mellis Illustration Jacobean Corsetry Nova Patrick Thomas Court Police Box Red Hackle Scotland on February 18, 2015 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

Ken Davis – It’s Alive from Taylor Morgan on Vimeo. Hope you enjoy this short film about the gilder Ken Davis and his piece on glass for Empire 7 Studios in San Jose, California. Find more video content on Ghostsigns.

It’s Alive: Gilding with Ken Davis

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Sign Making Signs in Media and tagged California Empire 7 Studios Gilding Gold Leaf Ken Davis Lettering San Jose Taylor Morgan USA Video on November 28, 2012 by Sam Roberts