Fading painted signs

Street Art

Fading painted advertisement on wall alongside piece of street art — Kasey Smith’s ‘Perception Filter‘ blog is well worth a follow for all ghostsigns enthusiasts. Her dispatches from San Francisco have been a big influence on me, as evidenced by the number of times I’ve decided to highlight her observations, insights, investigations and mapping efforts here on […]

Anarchy on the Walls: Ghostsigns, Street Art & Graffiti

This entry was posted in Inspired by Signs Sign Preservation and tagged Art Article Augustine Kofie Graffiti Kasey Smith London Patek-Ecklon Perception Filter Protection San Francisco Street Art UK USA on October 27, 2013 by Sam Roberts

Oversized pansies painted on a wall with people standing in front of it — This question gets some coverage on the Guardian in this article about the Rochdale-born artist who rubbed councils up the wrong way in creating his artworks in the North of England. You can learn more about the man and his work, including various global assignments, […]

Was Walter Kershaw “Britain’s first graffiti artist”?

This entry was posted in Related Work and tagged 1970s Art Graffiti Murals People Rochdale Street Art UK Walter Kershaw on September 26, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Hand Painted Type alphabet by Umesh — Perhaps being in Cambodia has sensitised me to the world of Ghostsigns beyond my home shores. Or maybe awareness of the project has encouraged those from around the world to make contact. Whatever it is, I thought it was time for a round-up of what’s […]

Ghostsigns World Tour

This entry was posted in Sign Destinations Signs of Note and tagged Books Canada Cigarettes Colossal Media Contemporary Issues Delhi Event France Frank Jump Hague HandPaintedType India Lettering Marc Combier Modern Brickads Montreal Murals Netherlands New York Omega Oil People Production Restoration Signwriter Street Art Tobacco Tours Turret Umesh USA Van Gogh Video Worldwide on July 21, 2011 by Sam Roberts

Specter street art covers Boyd Pianos ghostsign — 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 leaf Boyd Pianos sign on Shacklewell Lane, Hackney. It’s by the Canadian artist Specter and is part of the ‘If […]

Street Art

This entry was posted in Inspired by Signs Sign Preservation and tagged Art Boyd Pianos Contemporary Issues Hackney London Related and Random Street Art on August 11, 2010 by Sam Roberts