This pencil sketch was designed for Jason and Stacey Gulledge from Paris, France. Read the rest of this entry »
In these pages, I hope to inspire in you an appreciation of design, "traditional signwriting", reverse glass decoration and ornate gilding that has been my passion and work so far.
This website contains images of my Signwriting studio in Torquay, Devon, showing a cross section of the kind of work that I specialize in.
I will also undertake commissions to design and produce Ornate Brilliant Cut and acid etched silvered mirrors, Reverse Gold Leaf advertising mirrors , hand painted and lettered pictorial pub signs.
Also many of the scrolls, banners and panels you see throughout the website and more are available for download to incorporate in your own design work.
David Smith 2010
Pencil Sketched rendering for Gulledge Gilded Glass sign
February 11th, 2015
Private Bar in Cleveland, Ohio
January 13th, 2015
Made for a private bar in Cleveland, Ohio. This pencil sketched artwork is the main design for the bar interior. This will eventually become a reverse glass sign in many techniques including gold leaf. Read the rest of this entry »
The Hour Glass
January 11th, 2015
Made for Paulinho Moreira from Brazil. This was hand sketched for a tattoo design.
Sam Smith Reverse Glass Sign
October 12th, 2014
This reverse gilded and acid etched glass sign was made for Sam Smith from Calgary in Canada in 2014. Read the rest of this entry »
John Saville & Sons, Chemist, York
August 23rd, 2014
John Saville [1834-1926], was a native of Sheffield. His father of the same name was
for many years proprietor of the Red Lion Inn in the market town of Howden in the
East Riding of Yorkshire.
Gastronomy Grocer
May 23rd, 2014
Hand sketched artwork for a Gastronomy Grocer shop in South Devon, England.
Manchester United V Liverpool -Glass sign
April 24th, 2014
Made for Sky Sports channel and Premire League Productions. This glass sign was produced for the show which shows the making of the glass sign for the Manchester United V Liverpool game. Read the rest of this entry »
Eco Soapia – Traditional Soap Company, Central London
April 24th, 2014
Hand sketched artwork for Eco Soapia based in London. Glass Sign to follow. Read the rest of this entry »
Dave Butler Sketch
April 22nd, 2014
This is a design I made for a dear friend’s 60th birthday. Someone I met over 20 years ago at Rick Glawson’s California Conclave. Dave has been a huge inspiration to me and many others. Dave has such a lovely family, his daughter Shiloh Butler O’rourke organised his friends to make artwork in different mediums for him to open on his birthday. Happy Birthday David Butler! Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Amo Wright
April 21st, 2014
Hand rendered sketch for a dear friend called Andrew Amo Wright. Andrew is a traditional signwriter and works with his family at Pinewood Studios, London England. Read the rest of this entry »
