Hello everyone,just to say a few words about myself.
I'm an old timer with 60 years signwriting under my belt and still doing the occasional job to stop boredom setting in, after 3 years at art school in Birmingham (UK) I spent the next 6 years as an apprentice signwriter
to one of the oldest established sign firms in the city.
From there I had a number of jobs always changing when I found they had nothing else to teach me, trying to learn every aspect of the trade from neon,installation of all types of signs,screen printing,and my first love the brush.
I spent the rest of my life doing all types of signs from showcards to truck lettering with pubs,shopfronts.gold leaf windows and everything else you can mention in between,if it stayed still long enough I'd write on it.
Now semi-retired on the south coast,been here for 22 years, still getting requests for jobs, but pick and choose them now.
Not got any time myself for vinyl, but appreciate it's usefulness,wouldn't like to go back to writing a church notice board in 1" gold leaf letters.
That's enough about me for now,off to do some designing on the old computer.
I'm an old timer with 60 years signwriting under my belt and still doing the occasional job to stop boredom setting in, after 3 years at art school in Birmingham (UK) I spent the next 6 years as an apprentice signwriter
to one of the oldest established sign firms in the city.
From there I had a number of jobs always changing when I found they had nothing else to teach me, trying to learn every aspect of the trade from neon,installation of all types of signs,screen printing,and my first love the brush.
I spent the rest of my life doing all types of signs from showcards to truck lettering with pubs,shopfronts.gold leaf windows and everything else you can mention in between,if it stayed still long enough I'd write on it.
Now semi-retired on the south coast,been here for 22 years, still getting requests for jobs, but pick and choose them now.
Not got any time myself for vinyl, but appreciate it's usefulness,wouldn't like to go back to writing a church notice board in 1" gold leaf letters.
That's enough about me for now,off to do some designing on the old computer.
