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The best advice I’ve ever gotten in my business career was from the manager of the used semi truck department at a Volvo… Read More

After all of the effort it takes to design, sell, fabricate and install a “sign masterpiece”, you would think most sign shops would… Read More

At our shop we consider ourselves, above all else, visual storytellers. When a new client approaches us for a sign we listen carefully… Read More

Whenever we’re designing a new brand for a client, we’re always talking to them about the importance of owning their brand colors. I… Read More

Materials: Western red cedar: $250 (material, shipping, planing and joining) Sandblast mask: $65 Gold leaf: $85 Paint and misc: $50 Total materials: $450… Read More

When someone who is a consultant by profession comes in for a sign, I’m always concerned if they will be on the alert… Read More

In every issue, SignCraft gives a few sign makers an imaginary project. We ask them to do a sketch of the sign they… Read More

Send us a photo of your shop truck today at signcraft@signcraft.com or to SignCraft, P.O. Box 60031, Fort Myers, FL 33906. Read this… Read More

We’d like to see your work! …or photos of signs you’ve seen. Email them today to signcraft@signcraft.com or mail to SignCraft, PO Box… Read More

Make sandblasted HDU woodgrain look even more realistic I often sandblast high-density urethane through the Grain-Fraim to simulate sandblasted woodgrain backgrounds. Over the… Read More

Shop name: Graphix Signs & Design Shop size: 1000 sq. ft. shop space plus 675 sq. ft. office Staff: Two plus Tony Age:… Read More

Shop name: Ocean Graphics Shop size: 2700 sq. ft. Staff: Five Age: 35 Graphics equipment: Roland printer/cutter Royal Sovereign laminator Graphtec plotter Inventables… Read More

Do you ever have fear of people seeing your work? Fear of being judged or accepted as a pinstriper or lettering artist? Do… Read More

Food signs are fun! For me, the point of food signs is to make someone want to eat—or drink. There’s nothing like using… Read More

Want to add some high-tech sparkle to your showroom? Show off your best work with state-of-the-art metal prints! Glossy metal prints are extremely… Read More

Over the years I’ve found a few things that I feel really make a difference when it comes to creating signs that do… Read More

How to set up an Instagram Business Account To use Instagram, Android users can go to the Google Play Store and iPhone users… Read More

In 1975, at 20 years old, Mike Keene got engaged, married his wife and moved to Colorado—all in the space of five days…. Read More

I was thirty-three years old when I started making signs. Prior to that, I had owned other businesses, but my background was in… Read More