New at bl.ag online, ‘Brendan Mooney: Memories of a Signwriter’, with a charming short biopic about this retired signwriter from Birr, County Offaly, Ireland.
https://bl.ag/brendan-mooney-memories-of-a-signwriter/
#SignPainting #Signwriting #SignPainters #Signwriters #Birr #Offaly #ShortFilms
I am helping the organisers of this year's Amsterdam Letterheads: “Sea Level” with their email updates.
If you'd like to receive these, then the dedicated event newsletter/mailing list can be joined via this link:
https://bl.ag/#/portal/account/newsletters
Here's a report from their 2016 meet for a taste of what to expect in the Netherlands this August:
https://bl.ag/letterheads-2016-greetings-from-amsterdam/
#Letterheads #SignPainting #Signwriting #SignPainters #Lettering #Signwriters #Amsterdam #IOAFS
Thank you to @letterformarchive for hosting yesterday’s Salon event with Morgane Côme and yours truly.
Working at incredible speed while we slept, the archive has published the recording online already. All 85 minutes can now be viewed here:
https://letterformarchive.org/shop/salon-series-56-the-history-and-craft-of-french-sign-painting/
The book itself is such a treat and I highly recommend North American customers ordering a copy directly from Letterform Archive:
https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/
Those in Europe/elsewhere can compare shipping prices with those in the BLAG shop, which is a great alternative to other online retailers 😊:
https://shop.bl.ag/products/lettres-decoratives
#SignPainting #Signwriting #Enseignes #LetterformArchive #Lettering #LettresDecoratives #Books
In just a few hours I'll be logging on to talk with Morgane Côme about the new @letterformarchive book, Lettres Decoratives.
Join us for this free online event from 11:00 Pacific time / 20:00 Central European time:
https://letterformarchive.org/shop/salon-series-56-the-history-and-craft-of-french-sign-painting/
Support your local sign painter, and if you’re in Ottawa then that can be the lovely Pascal Arpin. She has usefully included a map on her website so that you can easily go check her work for other businesses before hiring her:
https://www.pascalearpin.com/about
It’s a neat idea, which could only be improved by adding images of the signs directly to the map in case it’s not the weather for walking the streets sign spotting.
A couple of weeks ago I published my periodic ‘worldwide events roundup’ (get them in your inbox via https://bl.ag/join).
This little thread is to share some highlights, starting with next week’s @letterformarchive Salon with Morgane Côme, author of the new Lettres Décoratives book, and yours truly.
It’s free and online on Wednesday, 25 February.
https://letterformarchive.org/shop/salon-series-56-the-history-and-craft-of-french-sign-painting/
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#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #LetterformArchive #Events #France
I also profiled the new season of Letter Exchange lectures that started this month. They are held in London with a livestream also available for those unable to attend in person.
https://letterexchange.org/events
Sign painting folk will likely be most interested in hearing from Ged Palmer on 15 April (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by-ged-palmer-lettering-artist-signwriter-designer-educator-tickets-1604483335849) and from Jane Parker on 17 June (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by-jane-parker-londonphile-graphic-design-independent-tour-guid-tickets-1604489424059).
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Très heureux d’avoir pu filer un coup de main à la finalisation de ce superbe projet ♥
En plus du système de filtres combinant 15 techniques, 14 catégories, 29 séries, 42 départements et 13 styles, la recherche et le bouton Mélanger ◼ sont à votre disposition pour explorer les 1705 photos (!) récoltées entre 2004 et 2019 par @jackusine
#SignPainting #SignWriting #Lettering #GhostSigns #Typography #Vernacular #MadeWithKirby
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Subscribers to my email newsletters will have seen that I'm offering a few discounts on BLAG subscriptions, the best way to access our adventures in sign painting, and to support independent, advertising-free publishing.
Those signing up this month will get BLAG 08 (https://bl.ag/08) as their first delivery, plus one of these discounts on their first year's membership:
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