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Sam at BLAG<p>Thank you to everyone that has already backed this Kickstarter to get signwriter Brian Walker's story told in a short biopic.</p><p>You can back the project from as little as £1 here: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kickstarter.com/projects/samro</span><span class="invisible">berts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg</span></a></p><p>Please boost/repost, and tell your friends!</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriter</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainter</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Clapton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clapton</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Hackney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackney</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@onpaperwings" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>onpaperwings</span></a></span> Fun fact: Woody Guthrie also painted signs.</p><p>Here's one of his from the 1960s in Pampa, Texas, as featured in this article about celebrity sign painters: <a href="https://bl.ag/celebrity-signwriters-past-present/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bl.ag/celebrity-signwriters-pa</span><span class="invisible">st-present/</span></a></p><p>Photo courtesy of the Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives, and Woody Guthrie Folk Music Centre.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/WoodyGuthrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WoodyGuthrie</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainter</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>Friends/followers, please welcome sign painter, artist, and all-round top person Jill Strong to the fediverse. Give her a follow here: <a href="https://mastodon.art/@jill_strong" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mastodon.art/@jill_strong</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>You can check out Jill's work at <a href="https://www.jillstrong.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">jillstrong.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, and take a look around her home studio at <a href="https://bl.ag/watch-the-free-recordings-from-blag-meet-inside-issue-03/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bl.ag/watch-the-free-recording</span><span class="invisible">s-from-blag-meet-inside-issue-03/</span></a>.</p><p>Jill is also BLAG's science correspondent, and wrote a brilliant online article all about lead in paints: <a href="https://bl.ag/lead" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/lead</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>Here's to more sign painters making the leap!</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainter</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@letterformarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>letterformarchive</span></a></span> We're live at <a href="https://bl.ag/a-mystery-sign-painter-from-1950s-cuba/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bl.ag/a-mystery-sign-painter-f</span><span class="invisible">rom-1950s-cuba/</span></a></p><p>What a lovely chain of events; thank you team Letterform Archive!</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainter</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/1950s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1950s</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>Check out this collection of photos featuring a sign painter posing with his work in Cuba in the 1950s.</p><p>They're for sale on ebay and I'd pay something for nice scans if anyone forges ahead and buys the set...</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/325741946217" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ebay.com/itm/325741946217</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> (the one shown here)</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/325741955783" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ebay.com/itm/325741955783</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/325741923583" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ebay.com/itm/325741923583</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/325741957116" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ebay.com/itm/325741957116</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/325741929249" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ebay.com/itm/325741929249</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/325741471388" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ebay.com/itm/325741471388</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/325741944091" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ebay.com/itm/325741944091</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/325741958160" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ebay.com/itm/325741958160</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cuba</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainter</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/1950s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1950s</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Havana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Havana</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a></p>
The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨<p>🎨🥧 <a href="https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/sign-painter-window-bryan-yonki" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thekidshouldseethis.com/post/s</span><span class="invisible">ign-painter-window-bryan-yonki</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Signpainter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signpainter</span></a> Bryan Yonki paints a 1960s-inspired design on the window of Buddy’s DTLA in downtown Los Angeles. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a></p>
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