Cover photo: Lucky’s Barber Shop – Sam Pitino
August 24th, 2025 by signcraftWhen SignCraft first interviewed Sam Pitino in 1990, he was a young up-and-coming sign painter and full of enthusiasm for the trade. Today… Read More
Shop trucks revisited: 1998 to 2003
August 25th, 2025 by signcraftIt was good to hear from readers about the “Shop Trucks revisited: 1981 to 1997” feature that ran a couple of weeks… Read More
Cover photo: Waterhouse – Joe Paffoon
August 17th, 2025 by signcraftA monument sign delivers a much different look and message than a sign panel mounted between two posts. The additional mass of its… Read More
Powerful designs bring you the right customers
August 18th, 2025 by signcraftCountless sign makers have told SignCraft over the years that getting a few well-designed, creative signs out on the street laid the groundwork… Read More
Cover photo: Stor-All Warehouses – Chester Cunningham
August 10th, 2025 by signcraftBack in the late 1970s and early ’80s, you couldn’t talk about sign design in a sign shop for very long before Chester… Read More
Refurbishing handcrafted signs: A second life for weathered work
August 11th, 2025 by Joe McKernanAbout ten years after my wife and I began making handcrafted signage, we started to notice that some of our earliest work was… Read More
Shop Trucks revisited: 1981 to 1997
August 4th, 2025 by signcraftIn 1980, during SignCraft magazine’s first year, we began inviting sign people to send photos of their best piece of advertising: their shop… Read More
Cover photo: The Bake Shop – Adam Straus
August 3rd, 2025 by signcraftSometimes a high school job can lead you to a lifelong career. That’s how it worked for Adam Straus, whose high school co-op… Read More
Inlines can energize a layout
July 28th, 2025 by signcraftWhen Lane Walker [Solo Signs, Reno, Nevada] wants to add a little extra sizzle to a sign layout, he sometimes adds very fine… Read More
Cover photo – Schnitzels – Noëlla Cotnam
July 27th, 2025 by signcraftCut-out letters can transform the building itself into a sign, turning the building into the background. Individual letters are a popular way to… Read More
Sam Pitino: Painting signs and passing the craft along
July 21st, 2025 by signcraftSam Pitino found himself back in the sign business unexpectedly in 2021. He was the creative director at an advertising agency where he… Read More
Cover photo: Fortified Tattoo – Alex Kurakake
July 20th, 2025 by signcraftIt goes without saying that the primary message on a sign should be obvious. Make that “really obvious.” Bob Behounek likes to devote… Read More
