Issue 01 of BLAG Magazine: Adventures in sign painting craft, community, and culture is available to read digitally via bl.ag/backissues. It is sold out in hard copy.
Contents
Ye Olde Sign Shoppe
An 1841 painting of Robert Allen's tobacconist and signwriting shop.
Ghost Sign Corner
The touching up of the Holland-America Line in Santander, Spain.
Letters
Questions answered on brushes for casual letters and decay on gilded signs.
On the Brush
Massive murals, motorbike helmets, and sign painting and lettering projects from around the world.
Inside Letterform Archive
Stunning hand-painted labels from the Lehmann Label Collection.
The French Dispatch
The sign painters behind Wes Anderson's film.
Panama Ceiling
Looking up at Central America's answer to the Sistine Chapel.
Alphabet
Tacos 'n' Beer from Rob Cooper.
Lettering Location
The hand-painted skulls of Hallstatt's Charnel House.
R.N. Cattle
Bringing back the bitumen to recreate a vintage London ghost sign.
Ultraviolet Signs
Night vision in Wroclaw, Poland.
Interowriting
The first installment of Alice Mazzilli's adventures in writing.
Letterheads
Meet the Letterheads at events in Barcelona, Glasgow, Norwich, and online.
Secrets of Fileteado Porteño
Gustavo Ferrari shows us how to paint 'bolitas' and flowers.
Book Club
Instructional guides for beginners, ghost signs, showcards, and more in the Reader's Digest.
Copyright and Licensing
A brief guide for sign painters.
Sundries
Cartoons, wise words, you spelled it wrong, and more.
bl.ag online
The latest from the BLAG website.
Thanks
Contributors, sponsors, and patrons.
