Gold Leaf

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

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

Company emblem for Chicago Sign Company — This article about signwriter Bruce Buckley of the Chicago Sign Company is worth a read. (Thanks Andrew Cordani for this link to this page which led me to the article.) More press about the Chicago Sign Company can be found on their website and here […]

Signwriter Bruce Buckley profiled in 2007 Signcraft magazine

This entry was posted in Sign Folk Sign Making Signs in Media and tagged Article Bruce Buckley Chicago Chicago Sign Company Gold Leaf Signcraft Signwriter USA on July 3, 2012 by Sam Roberts