‘Knowsley Alphabet’ by Gordon Young, commissioned by KMBC Leisure & Cultural services for Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park, Huyton, Knowlsey. The glass is 6ft by 4ft and is half inch laminated. (it was heavy!) (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Gold Leaf Workshop’
L is for Lear – The Nonsence Alphabet, Knowsley, Liverpool
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011Monogramme Glass Sign.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Monogramme Glass Sign . A decorative reverse glass sign with various techniques inluding brilliant cutting and acid etching. (more…)
The Golden Age of Reverse Glass Signs and Signwriting
Monday, March 28th, 2011
A few images of times gone by of the older generation of craftsmen at work in there studios, brilliant cutting and glass embossing. (more…)
Golds that Glisten
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Hand made reverse glass advertising sign using over 100 year old techniques. This Glass sign was fisrt hand drawn and designed onto paper. I then took the design and built it on computer refining shapes back and fourth. (more…)
Letterheads Glass Signs
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
The glass signs in this section were projects for Letterhead gatherings that I have attended here in the UK. In 1995 I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Letterheads 20 Big Ones meet in Denver, Colorado USA, hosted by Mark and Rose Oatis. This gave me the chance to meet Noel Weber, a top glass artist and signmaker from Boise, Idaho. (more…)
