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Shop labor is often a wildcard variable for a lot of sign shops—and often the area where they take the biggest loss on… Read More

Location: Grass Valley, California Age: 66 Online: www.woodcarverguru.com On Facebook as Ray Kinman On Instagram as @woodcarverguru In Ray Kinman’s shop, the sound… Read More

Here’s a batch of impressive work by SignCraft readers. Don’t forget to send us yours! How about a raw steel background? Mike Leary… Read More

Shop name: Scott’s Signs Location: Grandville, Michigan Size: 5500 sq. ft. Age: 65 Staff: 5, including Scott Graphics equipment: FlexiSign software Roland SolJet… Read More

About two years ago, Dee Maher Ring realized that a beautiful part of the Irish cityscape—the traditional hand-painted shopfront sign—was at risk of… Read More

A quick look around most any cityscape will show you plenty of ordinary signs. The information is there but they lack the creative… Read More

  T. ‘Dusty’ Yaxley 1936-2022 Dusty Yaxley, known by many for his workshops on carving and gilding signs, as well his passion for… Read More

Recently in “Every job starts with a deposit” Brian Schofield and Karin Levin spelled out the importance of getting a deposit for every… Read More

Over 40 years ago, when SignCraft was just an idea we batted around while we were making signs in our own shop, we… Read More

Shop name: Letreros Mamalones Cancun, Mexico Age: Carlos – 44 Graphics equipment: CorelDRAW Mimaki cutter Online: Facebook: Letreros Mamalones Instagram: @letrerosmamalones Facebook: Escenografia… Read More

Triangles, hexagons, pentagons, octagons—they’re all great for creating panel shapes and graphics for sign layouts and logo designs. And, they are all members… Read More

Jim and Tami Lago moved their already-established sign shop from nearby Santa Rosa, California, back to their hometown of Healdsburg in 1990, more… Read More

Sometimes a starburst makes the perfect panel to hold some important copy. Or, maybe you need to create a gear graphic for a… Read More

There are a lot of police vehicles on the road—conservative estimates say around 400,000 nationwide. That explains why you see so many of… Read More

The ellipse (usually called an oval in sign design) and the circle are versatile shapes that come in handy in sign layouts. They… Read More

Ever catch yourself wondering, “What could I do on this sign design to keep it from being just another ordinary sign?” Good news:… Read More

Adobe Illustrator has long been a helpful tool for designers and sign makers. It’s vector based, which makes it a natural for cut… Read More

Shop name: Red Rock Signworks City: Harvey, Iowa Age: 41 years old Shop size: 4500 sq. ft. shop Graphics equipment: HP 560 printer… Read More

If we do black 3D letters that aren’t super thin, we also paint the edges gray. If not, from an angle the letter… Read More

In sign design, most of the attention tends to get invested in the lettering and the graphics. And the border. And the mounting…. Read More