Launched in 2018, our oil-based enamel range has been designed for signwriting and pinstriping to provide vibrancy, flexibility, durability, and excellent coverage. The paint flows well, and it can also be thinned with white spirit if necessary. Touch dry in approximately 1-2 hours and a second coat can be applied, if necessary, in 2-4 hours. …
Steve Oxley’s School of Decorative Art is one of very few of its kind within the UK. The school, situated in Manchester, offers opportunities to learn and develop skills in Signwriting, Gilding, Woodgraining and Marbling, under the Bracket of Decorative Art. It provides these opportunities with a wide range of courses that are tailored to …
Charlotte Wormley-Healing, Manager of A. S. Handover, talks to Sign Update Magazine… What hair is used in signwriting brushes? The ideal fill for a signwriting brush would be a fine hair with a sharp point and plenty of spring so that it responds to the writer’s touch. It is also important that the hair is …
Learn to Pinstripe with master pinstriper Tino Blasco and Mr. Brush Urethane Pinstriping Paints (available to buy here). This is a one day course where you can learn all you might need you need to know about pinstriping if you’re a beginner, or even brush up on your skills if you’ve done it before! The course …
One day pinstriping course with Tino Blasco on the 29th April. Read More »
Signwriter David Kynaston recently put together a limited run of his beautiful Copperplate & Roman brush sets, this time in homegrown burr oak, which makes for an absolutely stunning display box as well as a handy place to store these razor sharp brushes. Available in store and online now! The set includes: – Three Pure Sable …
Special Edition David Kynaston Roman & Copperplate Brush Set in Burr Oak Read More »
We’ll be at this great Kustom Kulture event in September, along with our sister company, Pinstriping UK; hope to see you there!
This one day pinstriping workshop run by A.S. Handover and master pinstriper Von Leadfoot is the perfect way to get your foot in the door and learn all the basic tips, tricks and insider know-how to get off to a flying start in the world of pinstriping! Von Leadfoot was born and raised in Los …
We recently came across this article in a 1995 issue of Sign Business Magazine; the article details an early British Letterheads meet in Torquay, South Devon – spot the familiar faces! ‘Still in it’s infancy, the British Letterhead movement has yet to experience the exponential growth witnessed in America, but the enthusiasm for the art …
British Letterheads feature in Sign Business Magazine, March 1995 Read More »
vonleadfoot.com → This week we spoke to Von Leadfoot, and he imparts wisdom such as; ‘I think part of what we do as sign painters and designers is reference the past. “Those who don’t know history, are doomed to think they’re original”. In saying that I have loads of old reference books, everything from layout, …
Interview: Signwriter and Pinstriper Von Leadfoot Read More »
So the other day I found myself in a situation – both out of necessity and by my own curiosity – that forced me to track down an oil based, clear, matte, varnish. Anyone who has looked for this sort of thing before might already be aware of the struggle and difficulty that is involved …
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