Before he sets to work, before the first of what will be a thousand brushstrokes, each one fluid and articulated and occupying the space between artwork and industry, the sign painter wants you to ...

Stuck in the middle of an advertising world dominated by banner ads and pop-ups, it’s hard to image a time when most advertisements were hand painted on brick walls and shop windows. Thirty years ago, ...

In the digital era, printing signage can be as easy as clicking a few icons on your computer. While the art of hand-painted lettering hasn’t entirely been usurped by electronic tools, it’s a somewhat ...

Even in an age of emoji, when people revel in communicating online using a shared set of colorful icons, it makes sense that there are still those who are able to eke out a living painting signs for ...

Nov 5, 2013 Nov 5, 2013 Updated Jun 12, 2015 COLUMBIA — John Crockett is one of the last craftsmen around who still honors the tradition of lettering signs by hand. For two decades, the retired art ...

SHAYNA: IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A SIGN WHILE WORKING ON A SHOW ABOUT SIGNS, THAT IS IT. >> THEY STOPPED SELLING THE NET HE BUDDIES AND OTHER FROZEN STREETS -- STREETS IN EARLY 2000. THE DORCHESTER ...

In a time when machines seem to be making everything, one entrepreneur uses his personal skills to create handmade signs. Jerry Ebner is a familiar sight around Frederick as he has clients who use his ...

Sean Starr coats his angled Fitch brush in the white, oil-based 1 Shot paint. With a steady hand, he slowly rounds the brush to perfectly line the outside of an uppercase O. The sign reads “MORRISSEY ...

Last fall, I went on a reporting road trip through the American South. Eating was not the main purpose of the trip, but the need to find food along the road between North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, ...

The Hobbs Battery advertisement, a century-old sign in Orange, was restored last week, after sitting covered with graffiti for about a year. Frustrated no action had been taken to restore the sign on ...