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4/18/2024
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Why Everything Is(n't) Free at BLAG
BLAG is a reader-funded publication, which keeps most of the online content and events free for all. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture bl.ag online weekly (all
4/15/2024
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Panel Jamming, Moving Type, and More Worldwide Events
Welcome to my regular roundup of happenings around the world, which now lists rolling workshops and courses at the end. You can opt in/out of these emails here [https://bl.ag/#/portal/account/
4/13/2024
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Bringing a Gilded Victorian Transom Window Back to Life
Andy at AJ Signs in Dorset gives a new lease of life to a beautiful piece of Victorian glasswork. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: Adventures in
4/4/2024
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60 Years On the Brush: The Barker Signs Story
Maurie Barker founded Barker Signs in 1964, with his daughter Liane now keeping things hand-painted. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: Adventures
3/28/2024
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Ye Olde Sign Shoppe: Gran Canaria’s Tomás Prieto Gálvez
Adventures in life, family, and sign painting with Tomás Prieto Gálvez in the Canary Islands. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign
3/26/2024
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Brush Skills, Vintage Signs, Podcasts, and More from BLAG Members
BLAG members are a busy bunch, and here I'm trying something new by sharing a few updates from the community that supports BLAG [https://bl.ag/#/portal/signup]. This includes the first recording
3/21/2024
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Meet the Letterheads: Keeping the Craft Alive
The Letterheads movement continues to go from strength to strength as it nears its 50th anniversary. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: Adventures
3/15/2024
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Intro to Foundational Sign Painting Strokes: The Gothic Alphabet
Building the Gothic (Block) alphabet with tips on brush technique, materials, and practise strokes. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: Adventures
3/12/2024
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Vulnerability in Art, Fairground Painters, and More Worldwide Events
This is the Worldwide Events News email from BLAG. You can opt out of these, and control your other BLAG emails, via your email settings [https://bl.ag/#/portal/account/newsletters]. (The bl.ag online
3/11/2024
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An Origin Story of Sorts: Better Letters
A decade ago, Better Letters 'launched'. But it's origins go back further, as Sam Roberts reflects. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine:
3/11/2024
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Algorithmic Art: The Sign Painting Project by Francis Alÿs
Artist's collaboration with Mexican sign painters challenges the idea of paintings as unique works. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine:
3/11/2024
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Join Us for BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 04
I've now finalised the line-up for the second BLAG Meet event [https://bl.ag/meet/], and we're in for a marathon day of 18 fascinating sessions over 11 hours on Saturday, 2 March. Register via
3/11/2024
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The American Folklore Legend of Slappy Hooper, Sign Painter
The telling and retelling of 'Slappy Hooper, World's Biggest, Fastest, and Bestest Sign Painter'. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine:
3/11/2024
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Peeling Back the Layers of Chrystel Crickx's Typographic Legacy
Chrystel Crickx's novel contribution to lettering and type history is celebrated in a new book. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: Adventures
1/25/2024
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Why Lead Paint Makes Signs Last: A Toxic Legacy
An account of the enduring (and highly toxic) legacy of lead paint on signs, and sign painters. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: Adventures in
1/24/2024
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Free Access to Even More bl.ag online Content
There's just one more week left to take advantage of the best ever BLAG offer, and also to check out some member-only content that I've made available to you at bl.ag online... Offer Expires 31
1/18/2024
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Bonus Material from BLAG 04
Bonus content from the adventures in sign painting in Issue 04 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine). BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: Adventures in
1/12/2024
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What's Inside Issue 04 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine)?
Between the covers of the adventures in sign painting in Issue 03 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine). BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: Adventures
1/4/2024
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Getting Into It: Sign Painters' Stories Around the World
Six sign painters tell the stories of their paths into the trade, and offer their advice to others. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: Adventures
12/28/2023
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BLAG's Top Ten for 2023, and Reflections on the Year
Round-up of the year's most popular articles from the adventures in sign painting at bl.ag online. BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture BLAG Magazine: