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New at bl.ag online, '60 Years On the Brush: The Barker Signs Story'.https://bl.ag/barkerThis is a deep dive into the history of Queensland's Barker Signs and includes the recording from last year's...
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"Yesterday I painted a lovely ‘S’ in Egyptian font in four brushstrokes and it's one of the things I’m most proud of to date."Nice interview with Sheffield's Ben PMA on Now Then...
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“What really drives me crazy is if you go to a truck show and you see a 1950s restored Bedford or something like that, and it’s got computer cut lettering on it!” — Philip...
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Check out this collection of photos featuring a sign painter posing with his work in Cuba in the 1950s.They're for sale on ebay and I'd pay something for nice scans if anyone forges ahead and buys the...
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Vowel movement by Mark Winter:https://www.citizenchicane.com/In Private Eye, 1618.
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Working through the annual BLAG reader survey, and enjoyed this typo!You'll see above it the comment, "It's getting better and better! Volume 4 is GREAT!!"If you want to get hold of BLAG 04...
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Some adventures in sign painting from Uganda, courtesy of Olivia Krawczyk.https://www.okgraphics.co.uk/blog/blog-post-title-two-agyge#SignPainting#Kumi#Uganda
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New at bl.ag online, 'Bringing a Gilded Victorian Transom Window Back to Life'.Visit https://bl.ag/transom to learn from @ajsignsdorset about the techniques used to create the original sign, and the...
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Interview (in Spanish) with Stephen O'Neill, aka Type Chap, about his current exhibition in Jerez: 'Safari...
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I was looking at these posters from the Gutenberg museum as a way to introduce my curious daughter (age 9) to the world's writing systems.https://www.worldswritingsystems.org/poster.htmlHowever, I...
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1/This week I sent my regular roundup of worldwide sign painting and lettering events to email subscribers.I'll post some here in a little thread, and join the free mailing list if you'd like a more...
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2/*Letterheads & Gatherings*Peace Farm Panel Jam, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 9–11 Augusthttps://signartstudio.ticketspice.com/peace-farm-panel-jam@BerlinLettersBerlin, 5–7...
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3/*Talks & Tours*Online TodayLed by Letters with Jamie Clarke: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lx-lecture-by-jamie-clarke-lettering-illustration-type-designer-tickets-713294923317Sign painter Olivia...
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4/*Exhibitions*Safari TipográficoJerez de la Frontera, Spain, to 2 Mayhttps://typechap.wordpress.com/2024/04/11/type-safari-jerez/Typographic Jazz: The Monoprints of Jack Stauffacher@letterformarchive...
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/ENDSMy worldwide event roundup emails also contain details of workshops and courses to learn the craft of sign painting, and this topic is discussed in more details at https://bl.ag/learn.If you'd...
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Four recordings from BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 04 are now free to watch online: https://bl.ag/meet/Including the brilliant @matratype on her India Street Lettering initiative.I'll be processing and...
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"Good signs, on the other hand, are a reward only granted to the flâneur."I'm sure many of us share this joy of sign spotting in a new location, but here we are reminded that treasures also lie in more...
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New at bl.ag online, 'Why Everything Is(n't) Free at BLAG'.Visit https://bl.ag/free to learn what BLAG membership includes, why it can't all be free, and for some special offers for new joiners that...
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Have updated the page for the recordings from last year's BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 03 so they are now all in one place in order of...
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ProfanityYou spelled it wrong: happenings with a sign painting twist in Australia's national rugby league 😅 Apparently the guilty painter was able to offer a satisfactory explanation for this...
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