Jill Strong2d ago
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 :-)

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Jill StrongMay 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 :-)

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Show threadSam at BLAGMay 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

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Mathieu LommenApr 4
A painted 'krulletter', on the window of the smallest pub in Amsterdam: 'Café De Dokter' (18 sq. meters).
Lower name clearly by a different sign painter.
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Mathieu LommenMar 31
J.S. Beekmann (1895-1986) was a highly regarded Dutch sign (and heraldic) painter. In the background a model of his Amsterdam script letter. The photo is by Paul Huf, as part of an advertising campaign for traditional craft beer.
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Mathieu LommenMar 26
Back in the Rijksmuseum Research Library (aka Cuypersbibliotheek) to have another look at the lettering book with alphabets by J. Weenink, 1843. Manuscript, no printed copy of it known. Weenink (1797-1879) was an Amsterdam letter- and decorative painter. Coll. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Mathieu LommenMar 24
Sign from c. 1900, painted by J.W. Beekmann. Small signs like this accompanied Amsterdam laundry that was washed outside the city (in cleaner water) and bleached. Coll. Allard Pierson, UvA.
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Mathieu LommenFeb 17
Lettering book by J. Weenink, 1843. Manuscript, no printed copy of it known. Weenink (1797-1879) was an Amsterdam letter- and decorative painter. Coll. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Jill StrongFeb 6

BARGEPOLE, besides being an object, is also a British expression; a shortened form of 'I wouldn't touch that with a bargepole.'
It means 'no way.'
An example: 'Do you have a Facebook page' and I could answer 'Bargepole.'

For the letterheads, this is inspired by a 1817 Vincent Figgins typeface.

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Mathieu LommenFeb 6
Probably by Johan Beekmann (1895-1986), the leading Amsterdam sign painter of his day. Just happened to see it recently at the office of this association.
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