From the sign business to vintage aircraft restoration

Dave Correll and Ann Meillier are no strangers to SignCraft readers. We first featured them and their shop, Brushwork, back in October of… Read More
Dave Correll and Ann Meillier are no strangers to SignCraft readers. We first featured them and their shop, Brushwork, back in October of… Read More
One of the best ways to “get inside a sign designer’s head” is to ask them to explain what went into a particular… Read More
Rob Cooper has no computer. Nothing is printed or routed; it’s either painted or carved. The technology involved in his sign work is… Read More
Nothing shows the difference that effective graphics can make like two simple photos: the before and the after. It doesn’t take a signmaker… Read More
The right typeface can really bring a sign layout to life. Likewise, type that is boring, generic or hard to read at the… Read More
A reader wants to know: “In November 2023, we installed perforated vinyl with clear gloss laminate on the rear windows of a van…. Read More
For nearly five decades, Bruce Janssen has been making custom signs for the resort towns around Lake Charlevoix in northern Michigan. His customers… Read More
Many signs simply give the business name or their service to viewers. They provide the necessary identification. But a sign that uses creative… Read More
Odds are most of your sign designs are for commercial businesses that need plenty of impact. But not every sign needs to shout—sometimes… Read More
Sign design can be challenging enough without creating problems for ourselves. Clients make demands, budgets are limited, deadlines are looming. Why make it… Read More
In every issue, SignCraft gave a few sign makers an imaginary project. We asked them to do a sketch of the sign they… Read More
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We had a call the other day from a frustrated user who had lost a sale. The customer, who had a nearby business,… Read More
In Ray Kinman’s shop, the sound of a 3-D sign coming together is not the high-pitched whine of the CNC router but rather… Read More
As sign makers, we deal with people every day who have to buy a sign to advertise their business. But most people never… Read More
A few weeks ago, in “Secondary signs that deliver the message,” we shared almost two dozen secondary signs by Rob Cooper, Koh Tao,… Read More
In the late 1970s, the wine industry began to explode in Northern California’s Sonoma Valley. Jim and Tami Lago moved their sign business… Read More
For many sign makers, seeing a sandblasted sign was a turning point in their work and their business. It was for Mark Chenye,… Read More