whitehorse
New Member
Hi to everyone here,
I started my career as a ticketwriter over 30 years ago. I am now 50 years old.
Besides a year long stint as a merchandiser for a liquor company i've only worked for one company, Beares Furniture Group, my entire life.
I do what i know as commercial art. Signwriting, ticketwriting, silkscreening, display work, building floats etc., etc. All done old school, by hand. Later i moved into graphic art, design and aspects linked to that. The advent of vinyl cutters and large format printers saw my crossing over to the " digital: side.
I ended my career at Beares as a store developer in the Western Cape of South Africa. I was made redundant by the new owners and went freelance.
Due to ill health i have had to stop most of my signwriting activities but because of my work with my carpentry teams have picked up a great liking for woodworking.
I've got a scrollsaw and a ton of tools and am know knee deep in arts and crafts. This is where my main passion now is. I cannot think of a better combination of artist, signwriter and woodworker.
Anyways thats a little about me, hope to hear from anyone who has also been in the above mentioned fields and now started a different hobby or career.
I started my career as a ticketwriter over 30 years ago. I am now 50 years old.
Besides a year long stint as a merchandiser for a liquor company i've only worked for one company, Beares Furniture Group, my entire life.
I do what i know as commercial art. Signwriting, ticketwriting, silkscreening, display work, building floats etc., etc. All done old school, by hand. Later i moved into graphic art, design and aspects linked to that. The advent of vinyl cutters and large format printers saw my crossing over to the " digital: side.
I ended my career at Beares as a store developer in the Western Cape of South Africa. I was made redundant by the new owners and went freelance.
Due to ill health i have had to stop most of my signwriting activities but because of my work with my carpentry teams have picked up a great liking for woodworking.
I've got a scrollsaw and a ton of tools and am know knee deep in arts and crafts. This is where my main passion now is. I cannot think of a better combination of artist, signwriter and woodworker.
Anyways thats a little about me, hope to hear from anyone who has also been in the above mentioned fields and now started a different hobby or career.
