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
2. ‘Women in Sign Painting: Burds of the Brush, One Year On’ by Rachel E Millar (https://rachelemillar.com/) in BLAG 03 (https://bl.ag/03).
This piece is also available online here: https://bl.ag/women-in-sign-painting-burds-of-the-brush/.
Plus there are a few more Burds features and articles here: https://bl.ag/search/?query=burds
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Wishing brush-wielding women around the world a happy International Women's Day. Here are two relevant features/articles from BLAG back issues:
1. ‘Safe Spaces and Mighty Meets: Representation and Community for Women, Trans, and Nonbinary Sign Painters’ by Meredith Kasabian (https://www.meredithkasabian.com) in BLAG 07, the Letterheads special (https://bl.ag/07).
Meredith's original audio interviews are available at: https://bl.ag/the-pre-vinylettes-podcast-and-more-burds-on-the-brush/.
#SignPainting #SignPainters #IWD #IWD2026
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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.
Just got my hands on the charming ‘Sign Dogs’ zine from Sarah Apple, with all proceeds going to a good canine cause: https://luckysigns.square.site/product/sign-dog-zine/5GEJUYFW2DBUVFJNZXAWPUHW
I’m planning to include this tribute to sign painters and their dogs in the ‘Reader’s Digest’ section of BLAG 09, coming to members in the summer.
New at bl.ag online, ‘Signs of the Times: The Letterheads in 1981’, in which I tracked down and republished the first ever piece of press for the sign painting movement, exactly 45 years after it appeared in Signs of the Times magazine.
https://bl.ag/signs-of-the-times-the-letterheads-in-1981/
#Letterheads #IOAFS #SignPainting #SignPainters #SignsOfTheTimes #1981
I’m gutted I can’t get to São Paulo, Brazil, for the Letras & Filetes group show that’s running there until 5 April:
https://www.sescsp.org.br/projetos/letras-filetes-memoria-afetiva-e-latinidades/
Photo: Samuel Esteves (https://samuelesteves.com/).
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Murat also wrote the ‘Ye Olde Sign Shoppe’ column for BLAG 03 (https://bl.ag/03). This tells the fascinating story of sign painter Enver Yücebalkan and his surviving work in Sakarya, Turkey.
cc @muraterturk
Welcome @muraterturk to typo.social / the fediverse. It's great to see you here and I'm excited to share more from your book in the next issue of BLAG.
Here's a previous post about it (https://typo.social/@blag/115581772437440344) and I recommend people check out Murat's website for a look inside: https://www.muraterturk.com/book.html.
Sam at BLAG