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hand painted signage: hunan
This is me on site working in Belgravia, London. -2 degrees probably, absolutely frozen… Straight off the brush.
I’m gonna sort out some really nice pics of real real old school stuff for you lot soon 😉
P.S. Sorry for the quality – it’s off the mobile.
Pete
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You need to pull up your pants!
That’s dangerous on a ladder and not to mention embarrassing if your trousers go south on you.
Other than that….nice neat work.
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once a mother, always a mother. 😉
(good advice tho … I feel so old now!!)
Good work tho by the way 😉
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I like the fine edge work or boarder not sure what correct term is anyway really tastefull.
Russ
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thanks for posting the pictures mate, dont know how you guys manage in cold weather. its bad enough slapping vinyl onto things in the cold never mind trying to paint. particularly that long thin border 😕
i look forward to seeing more of your work mate 😀
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Nice work Peter
In Belgravia as well – cost a fortune to park there
Doing the border must have been a pain on ladders
I like my tressles!
Mind you I seem to be using the ali ladders more and more because of the convenience and how light they are.Great stuff Peter
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thanks for the comments, it’s great to get some positive feedback- i have some pics of some nice loose leaf glasswork that i done a while back (cookes pie & mash shop in hackney- you probably know it john, the one in broadway market) i will try and find some canal boat pics.. Blanka and myself have just finished a ukelele shop in hanbury street (East end) looks like something out of new orleans.I will try and get some digital pics of it when the owner fixes the fascia boards up. Yeah, and the ladder thing-i suppose it’s just what you get used to!!!! I got hit by a drunk chelsea pensioner who was driving one of those "menace to society"electric buggies-i was hanging off the fascia with one arm….must have looked like something from a harold lloyd film!! nice one!!
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just my variation of edwardian script
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Lovely neat work Peter. 😀
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Know the pie & mash shop well Peter
Its ages since I’ve signwritten on glass
That’s nice work again Peter
I’m intrigued with the dippers
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john, i don’t use palettes and dippers – i adopted the aussie/kiwi style, i worked with coke cans for years, now i use actimel yogurt drink bottles! perfect size! i just mix the colour how i need it, and i find that i can work easier like this-especially in tight situations. thanks marcella!!!
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I agree with Jill. Either pull your pants up or get a decent pair of braces 😕 How can you climb a ladder with your gusset around your knees 🙄
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Phill…..must have had trouble trying to find a belt that day….
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Beautiful work Peter, this kinda work always shows up a dodgy signwriter, no shading to hide the flaws, great to see a real craftsman at work, regardless of his trousers!…nothing worse than a ‘hygene’ freak……..lol
Aerosol caps work really well for me, perfect width for your hand and they will clean out really well, so are re-usable. -
Peter, would love to see your canal boat work as I have a Canal Store front to replicate and they want it in the traditional style.
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[quote="Harry Cleary"]nothing worse than a ‘hygene’ freak……..lol
quote]seen phill called a lot of things, but hygenic is not one of them :lol1: :lol1: … freak maybe, but never hygenic 🙄
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Nice one Harry!! I will try and sort out some pics for ya, but send me the info and i will help you out if you want…good thing i dont’ come from the Simon Cowell school of fashion….i’ve got a mate called tony cleary in hackney london…cheers mate.
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hello shane mate! where are you in oz? pete
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quote peter hardwicki:hello shane mate! where are you in oz? pete
Hi mate, I’m in Logan City, Brisbane Queensland. (Logan City is in the middle of the main route from Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
It’s coming up to my bed time, but as I don’t have a life, I sit on here and annoy you lot whilst you are trying to work 😳
Good to have you here Peter
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I’ve got a couple of signpainter mates there…Paul Dwyer up in Queensland-Townsville, and Johnny Eacott in Sydney..worked with them in london while they were doing their euro travels. top guys the pair of them.cheers
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quote peter hardwicki:I’ve got a couple of signpainter mates there…Paul Dwyer up in Queensland-Townsville, and Johnny Eacott in Sydney..worked with them in london while they were doing their euro travels. top guys the pair of them.cheers
Paul Dwyer sounds familiar. May have met him at a sign show or something. Hope he got thru the cyclone OK. He’ll have more work than he can handle now. Not a sign standing since cyclone Larry went thru last month.
Don’t know anyone out of sydney unfortunately.
Cheers
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shane, i’m gonna try and get over to oz at some point-but i will have to "do it properly" i knew a left-handed signwriter in brisbane called tony, i worked with him in london for a while, taught me quite a bit, i think he his no longer with us, but i’m not sure-would be good to get some info on him. pete
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quote peter hardwicki:shane, i’m gonna try and get over to oz at some point-but i will have to “do it properly” i knew a left-handed signwriter in brisbane called tony, i worked with him in london for a while, taught me quite a bit, i think he his no longer with us, but i’m not sure-would be good to get some info on him. pete
Tony who? I’m a member of the sign association here, I’ll make enquiries if you like.
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Brian Little is a traditional signwriter and lived here for a while in the ’90’s, he may have an idea. He may read this post and reply.
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shane, i can’t remember his last name, i worked with him in london in the mid-eighties. he was in his early forties at that time. I know that he is from brisbane 100%.. Bloody good writer. if you can get some news on him , it would be great. cheers shane. 🙂
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quote peter hardwicki:shane, i can’t remember his last name, i worked with him in london in the mid-eighties. he was in his early forties at that time. I know that he is from brisbane 100%.. Bloody good writer. if you can get some news on him , it would be great. cheers shane. 🙂
:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: lots of Tony’s in this game…. I’ll make some enquiries tho 😛
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