Lester Carey parks his shopping cart full of paint supplies on the neutral ground on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Claiborne Avenue. Carey, dressed in a red shirt tucked into high-waisted ...

Faythe Levine and Sam Macon’s “Sign Painters” is the kind of book you buy as a present for someone else because it looks cool and then can’t part with yourself. The photographs are what draw you in ...

Before the age of computers and vinyl printers, sign painters worked by hand to illustrate storefronts, billboards and banners. Sign Painters, a... 'Sign Painters': A Close-Up Focus On An Endangered ...

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Installation view of The Pre-Vinylette Society: An International Showcase of Women Sign Painters at Chicago Art Department (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) CHICAGO — In 2012, people ...

He’s certainly a man that’s passionate about uncovering these symbols of the past, relishing their typographic tales of days gone by. However, it seems he’s not the only one that’s soppy about ...

Have you ever taken a moment to look at the signage on windows, doors and walls of local businesses? If you’ve noticed hand painted lettering, it is likely the work of Josh Flohre. He is Dayton’s own ...

MINNEAPOLIS - You know you've reached a level of comfort in your job when your brain takes a nap and your hands keep going. It's like that for Randy Mueller. "Sometimes he'll actually fall asleep ...

Howard Yune Dec 1, 2016 Dec 1, 2016 Updated Dec 10, 2018 On Wednesday afternoon, the shirts and jackets and hangers slowly faded from view in the windows of Chardonnay Cleaners – as snow and candy ...