viperface Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 "We've been working on this logo for more than a year, and we've been talking about gilding the window for more than two years" In almost any ad agency, design school and art or business institute you will find one person if not whole consensus who laugh at this man. They think ––or better yet, "everyone can see" that he's crazy, simple, old-fashioned, slow. They argue that big companies wouldn't hire him, that he makes very little money compared to his efforts. They will probably die of old age without ever having a clue about what it's all about. Glass gilding by John Downer Skills are something even gifted people have to learn. There are others, post some if you know or discuss. Tattoos, furniture. Did your grandpa build a house with tools he could carry? All that stuff, art or not. I'll try to remember to post here every time I find something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 i'm confused. is this supposed to be a thread about all crafts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperface Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Why not, but perhaps not the common notion of craft as a pastime hobby, knitting socks etc. And it's not like this is supposed to be a picture only thread. With the title "Lettering and other crafts" I'm trying to view lettering from the point of a craft, instead of another form of static, visual imagery. Stuff that you accept and forget, like often happens with art, illustration and photographed graffiti. You see it and move on. You know, someone says "graffiti is art." That's it. The end. You put spray paintings in a gallery, they may be awesome but they're secluded from the original context and lose a lot of spirit. I like Espo a lot, but there's something authentic with sign painting in practice where the text is supposed to look good, pass information and be worn out by sunlight over decades. With or without praise and bravado. Another vimeo vid Then again many recent artists have been using long or difficult, tedious methods as means to give their work an impressive aspect...instead of complex theories or plain virtuosity. In olden days furniture designers were supposed to be able to design, build and fix furniture. They had to know everything about wood, joints, welding, upholstery etc. While respectable designers are still taught some of this stuff, it's not that obvious anymore. Big proportion of design is built around industrial aspects: You buy a cheap chair from ikea and throw it away if it breaks or you have to move. Wooden and metal type was designed size-specifically: 6pt size Helvetica regular had significantly different proportions compared to larger display sizes. This mattered back then, but much was lost in the transition as type went digital. These features are being revived by (underpaid) type enthusiasts today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 this reminded me of a pop up book i have youtube of book 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banana fishd Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Symbols, where did you get that book? It would make a perfect gift for my man friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 that book is awesome. must spread rep. amazon has it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armand hammer Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 bookmarked till payday, must spread apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperface Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Here's another nostalgic vid about letterpress Doesn't really touch the subject, but a damn good read: http://www.evesmag.com/oldgreylady.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperface Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 David A Smith is a name that has become synonymous in Sign-Writing and Glass gilding circles, with high quality, hand crafted reverse glass signs and decorative silvered and gilded mirrors. In this short documentary, we reveal behind the scenes work, techniques and visions that Dave uses when carrying out his passion as a glass embosser - One of the few remaining traditional UK glass artists. See David's Elaborate Victorian Style Mirror completed here: vimeo.com/25587369 Many thanks to Ada Cole for subtitling the film, Subtitles available here: goo.gl/9sORF David A Smith davidadriansmith.com A Film by Danny Cooke dannycooke.co.uk Soundtrack by Tony Higgins (Junior85) freemusicarchive.org/music/junior85/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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!@#$% Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 shit, forgot to check back in here. and yes, i got it on amazon what is weird is they sent me two why does that never happen with really expensive shit? anyway fonts and lettering are things i really enjoy i actually got into graffiti because of calligraphy the messed up thing for me though, is that we have a lousy language for fun fonts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 arabic (pashto/urdu/farsi/etc) is a wild font to work with in terms of graffiti. i took arabic for a few years and tried doing graffiti in arabic for about an hour before i gave up, their calligraphy art is mindblowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Going to post this in multiple areas. I recently re did a friends company logo, he ended up getting sued for the one he first had. I just went with simple an easy, and actually kinda like it. I did a main logo and a simplified one for engravings etc. No fonts used, just vector forms made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 arabic (pashto/urdu/farsi/etc) is a wild font to work with in terms of graffiti. i took arabic for a few years and tried doing graffiti in arabic for about an hour before i gave up, their calligraphy art is mindblowing. yes yes yes. i have flicked some arabic graffiti in SPain that was really amazing and travelling through Egypt and Turkey, we enjoyed some freakin AMAZING script. i'm interested in learning it, so many dialects and i've heard using MSA doesn't always work out so well. ShortFuse, if the logo on the lower left was solid black where it says underground i think i'd like it a lot more. the graphic is cool dunno if you care about opinions, just 2¢ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Nice. ANd youre right I just changed it and it looks a lot better. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 word, awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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