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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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Drew
- Apr 29, 2019
- 1 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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Drew
- Apr 26, 2019
- 1 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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Drew
- Apr 18, 2019
- 1 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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Drew
- Apr 16, 2019
- 2 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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Drew
- Apr 10, 2019
- 1 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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Drew
- Apr 9, 2019
- 2 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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Drew
- Apr 4, 2019
- 1 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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Drew
- Apr 4, 2019
- 3 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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Drew
- Apr 4, 2019
- 4 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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Drew
- Mar 19, 2019
- 2 min
David A. Smith - Victorian Mirrors
David Smith is a British signwriter, glass gilder, lettering artist, and mirror maker; and that's only the surface of this man's talents....
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Drew
- Feb 19, 2019
- 1 min
William Morris
I picked up a cracking book on William Morris from the Lowry Museum shop the other week. I'm currently writing a piece about sign writing...
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Drew
- Feb 15, 2019
- 3 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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Drew
- Feb 7, 2019
- 1 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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Drew
- Feb 3, 2019
- 2 min
Sign Painting Course
I decided that the best way for me to learn the skills that I want to apply to my negotiated practice project, was for me to attend a...
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Drew
- Jan 10, 2019
- 1 min
3D lettering
I wanted to make some vector lettering that takes inspiration from traditional sign painting, and James Lewis' numerical designs...
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Drew
- Sep 6, 2018
- 1 min
Railway Museum at Penrhyn Castle
In addition to the castle and the grounds, Penrhyn also plays host to a modest railway museum, with some good examples of engines that...
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