Mastodawn

Clothes horse full of kanji.
These are for a friend's end of school year dance performance; painted on sheets of white fake leather, they're flexible enough to stand being whirled around.
We added the red marks so her pupils can easily get them the rightway round :-)

#signpainter
#signwriter
#kanji
#kanjidancesheets
#japanesecalligraphy
#fakeleather
#jillstrongsigns
#jillstrongart

Sam Roberts May 16

The Boyd is Back in Town

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2025/05/the-boyd-is-back-in-town/

Boyd Pianos’ ghost sign on Shaklewell Lane, London E8, revealed again after 13 years’ hibernation.

#BoydPianos #GhostSigns #Ghostsigns #Hackney #London #Palimpsest #Pianos #Preservation #Protection #Reveal #Signwriter #Signwriting #StreetArt #Theatre #UK

Jill Strong May 15

Got a very special house guest here for a day-off on his European tour...
Mike Meyer is painting royalty (even if he did show up with a massive suitcase full of dirty washing :-)

#mikemeyersignpainter #mikemeyersignwriter
#europeansignwritingworkshops
#mikemeyervalencefrance
#signwritingroyalty
#signwriter
#signpainter
#alwayshandletter
#alwayshandpaint
#jillstronglaundryservices

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Sam at BLAG May 12

Thank you to everyone that has already backed this Kickstarter to get signwriter Brian Walker's story told in a short biopic.

You can back the project from as little as £1 here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg

Please boost/repost, and tell your friends!

#Signwriter #SignPainter #Clapton #Hackney

StockbridgeArch Apr 9

Man up a ladder. Celebrity sign writer Thomas Paint in the village today. Top talent. #signwriter

Sam at BLAG Jul 23, 2024

I've been contacted by an established shop in Hertfordshire that's looking for a freelance #signwriter to do a day or two a week with them.

Their work is for pubs, and they need someone that's able to get going straight away with shadowing, surface gilding, double coating etc.

This is not a trainee position, but there will be opportunities to learn 'on the job', and you'd need your own vehicle.

If you or someone you know might be interested, then send details to sam@bl.ag.

#SignPainting

Sam Roberts Jun 23, 2024

H. Newman & Sons (Have Removed), Melbourne

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2024/06/h-newman-sons-have-removed-melbourne/

A surviving palimpsest in the centre of Melbourne reveals the legacy of the jeweller and watchmaker Henry Newman. Photo: Sean Reynolds.

#Australia #Melbourne #Palimpsest #Signwriter

H. Newman & Sons (Have Removed), Melbourne | Ghostsigns

A surviving palimpsest in the centre of Melbourne reveals the legacy of the jeweller and watchmaker Henry Newman. Photo: Sean Reynolds.

H. Newman & Sons (Have Removed), Melbourne| Ghostsigns | A surviving palimpsest in the centre of Melbourne reveals the legacy of the jeweller and watchmaker Henry Newman. Photo: Sean Reynolds.

Sam at BLAG Jun 21, 2024

New at bl.ag online, 'Ye Olde Sign Shoppe: George Biles, King of Signwriters': https://bl.ag/biles

Learn about the diverse and prolific output of sign painter George Biles, and a retrospective exhibition in Bridport, Dorset, this summer.

Photo courtesy of Ken Allen's George Biles photo album.

#SignPainter #signwriter #SignPainting #calligraphy #lettering #art #artist #DecorativeArt #pictorial #bridport #dorset

Ye Olde Sign Shoppe: George Biles, King of Signwriters

The diverse and prolific output of sign painter George Biles and his Bridport Signs Service Studios.

BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture

Sam at BLAG Jun 5, 2024

'George Biles: King of Signwriters' is an exhibition across multiple venues in Bridport, Dorset, 1–29 August.

https://www.bridport-tc.gov.uk/george-biles-lottery-project/

This will be quite special, and in the coming weeks, I'll publish a piece at https://bl.ag online.

I'll be making a day of it on Friday, 23 August, so if you'd be interested in joining me then send me a message, or email sam@bl.ag to coordinate.

#Bridport #Dorset #SignPainting #signwriting #SignPainter #signwriter #exhibition

George Biles Lottery Project - Bridport Town Council

Bridport Town Council has received a National Lottery Heritage fund grant of £9,550 toward a local heritage project that will conserve and celebrate the artworks of George Biles. George Biles (b.1900 / d.1987) was a highly talented signwriter and pictorial painter who lived in Bridport throughout his life. For many years George painted the pub

Bridport Town Council - Providing services in Bridport and West Bay