#signpainters — Public Fediverse posts

Here’s an ampersand for World Ampersand Day, painted by Brian Walker (RIP), the subject of a short film I made last year with Irene Chirita.

I’ve now made the film, ‘When Better Letters Met Brian Walker’, and lots of Brian’s work free for all to enjoy via the @[email protected] site here:

https://bl.ag/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker/

And here is the link to the @[email protected] Peertube page for the film, also publicly viewable now:

https://video.bl.ag/w/xhrG4omsRFv7yMfM7HPFMb

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Signwriting #Signwriters #Hackney #London #ShortFilm #Ampersand #WorldAmpersandDay

I'm getting very excited about the premiere of our short film, 'When Better Letters Met Brian Walker'.

For those that we can, we hope you'll join us for an informal evening celebrating Brian's life and work as a signwriter.

Tue, 29 July

6:30pm for a 7pm start

Chats Palace, 42-44 Brooksby's Walk, E9 6DF

Please find further details at https://bl.ag/brian/

And tell your friends!

#SignPainting #Signwriting #SignPainters #Signwriters #ChatsPalace #Hackney #Homerton #Clapton #London

In connection with her work on the forthcoming India Street Lettering book, @matratype shared her insights into Indian sign painting for BLAG.

Read 'Indian Sign Painting: A Typeface Designer's Take on the Craft' at https://bl.ag/indian-sign-painting-a-typeface-designers-take-on-the-craft/

Following its successful Kickstarter funding campaign, the book is now available for pre-order directly from the @blaft website here:

https://www.blaft.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/india-street-lettering

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Lettering #TypeDesigner