Issue 04 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
Meticulously kept account books tell the story of a father-and-son sign painting firm.
Ghost Sign Corner
Innovative light projections bring new life to old signs in Winnipeg.
Shop Talk
Life as a sole-trader sign painter versus working in a collective.
On the Brush
Anamorphic lettering, gilding projects, Phool Patti, a very long name, and more.
Inside Letterform Archive
Design inspiration from 1930s–60s Milwaukee transit passes.
Budget Neon
Dapper Signs’ James Cooper brightens everything up.
The Sistine Chapel of Sheds
The seeds of inspiration behind Archie Proudfoot’s prize-winning garden shed.
Coming to America
A cinematic sign painting tradition from Ghana, West Africa.
Alphabet
2 Pencil, for that calligraphic look.
Signs of Protest
A call-to-action to utilise sign painting for change and activism.
Lettering Location
How the Dingles Fairground Heritage Museum came to be.
Acting Casual
Adapting technical lettering to sign painting for speed and style—and staying humble.
From Signs to Type and Back Again
A sign painter attends the Type@Cooper programme at Cooper Union.
Interowriting
Peeling back the letters and reflecting on the ultimate canvas: the wall.
Meet the Letterheads
Gatherings in Brussels and Copenhagen.
The Secrets of Fileteado Porteño
How to paint frames and corners like a traditional Buenos Aires fileteador.
Book Club
Lettering, signs, and design spanning California, Colombia, India, and Vienna.
Doing it the Right Way
Class is in session: Sign Painting Business 101.
Sundries
A true wall dog, gilded spelling mistakes, and more.
bl.ag online
Highlights from six months of online articles.
Thanks
Contributors, patrons, and sponsors.
