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Glossary for Gilding
This post is not intended to cover everything than can or should be used when gilding or sign painting, but is here just to give you a...
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Apr 29, 20191 min
Flamboyant Blue
I bought some Flamboyant Blue paint from Wrights of Lymme and went straight into painting my sign. I was shocked to see that the paint...
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Apr 26, 20191 min
Colour Checking
I decided to take my sign into the print rooms at the university to see if I could decide what colour to paint the glass. I thought it...
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Apr 18, 20191 min
Gold Standard (No peeking)
I couldn't resist having a look at my handy work. So I should explain that during the many times of having to pick up the glass and put...
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Apr 16, 20192 min
Aiming for the Gold Standard (Round 3)
With the gold removed from the places I didn't want it, it was time to start the oil gilding process. Oil gilding requires an oil based...
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Apr 10, 20191 min
Aiming for the Gold Standard (Round 2)
With the first gild having been laid, I found that there were lots of gaps, so I went back over it repeating the process from the...
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Apr 9, 20192 min
Aiming for the Gold Standard (round 1)
I decided that I wanted to try a few different techniques for my gold sign, the first being water gilding which gives a nice mirror like...
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Apr 4, 20191 min
Picnic in Chester
I decided to start a larger piece of reverse gilded glass today and was spurred on when I checked my Instagram feed this morning. Harry...
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Apr 4, 20193 min
Aiming for the Gold Standard (Gilding as a Beginner)
So I've seen a quick demo on how reverse glass gilding is done, and had a couple of tries on a smaller scale. I've also tried my hand at...
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Apr 4, 20194 min
Show Your Working - and your mistakes?
I will say this again. The first thing to remember when doing reverse painted glass is to reverse your template so that it can be placed...
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Mar 7, 20196 min
#003 - What's on your bookshelf? Interview with Kevin Furlong
Being focused on audio & moving images, it's usually music & film that inspire me, but like looking for odd books in 2nd hand book shops.
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Mar 1, 20192 min
James Lewis - Lettering workshop
At Chester University there is a collective known as The Onion Alternative that works towards getting creatives in to do talks or...
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Feb 15, 20193 min
Is this a sign of things to come?
I have been working towards a larger project while studying at University and have begun to explore separate artworks that spell out a...
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Feb 7, 20191 min
Lazer This
Here is a link to a post on my Instagram profile that shows the process of laser etching. #3dlettering #signwriting #signpainting...
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Feb 7, 20194 min
#002 - What's on your bookshelf? Interview with Tom Hignett
“For me it’s about being able to give students the Sovereignty of their idea”
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Jan 10, 20193 min
#001 - What's on your bookshelf? Interview with Vince Patterson
"Listen first.
Discuss after.
Communicate clearly.
Explain why.
Show not Tell."
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Dec 15, 20171 min
Creating the Glitch
In film and animation a glitch was an element within the film that was not intended to be seen by the audience, which could have either...
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Dec 14, 20171 min
Painting with Light
Continuing my project for Motion Design, I was asked to animate a further 5 seconds of footage to accompany the sound provided last week,...
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Dec 7, 20172 min
James Cropper PLC - Overview
I was invited to visit James Cropper PLC at their site in Kendall. There has been a mill of some sort on the site since the 13th Century,...
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Nov 29, 20172 min
A New Perspective
Part 2 of my Motion Design course at University was to create a 5 second Stop Motion animation in my own time to accompany a sound clip...
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