My Website Design
It’s always hard to design your own front website page. I had all sorts of ideas on what I visioned the final design to look like.
Decorative Bathroom Mirror
I made this mirror for my wife to keep her happy. I was for ever promising a new mirror in our bathroom and so for her birthday made her an ornate mirror.
Dave Smith Victorian Reverse Glass Sign
Made for the end credits of my film which you can see here. Acid etched lettering with 23crt Gold-Leaf blended to 12crt Gold. The background was hand painted and finger blended , all the lettering…
P.H.Zang Brewing Co - Step by Step
This Victorian reverse glass sign was made for a local pub in my town. It was designed from an original trade card that Rick Glawson bought from an advertising show in Los Angeles.
Victorian Reverse Glass
These images are examples of original Victorian glass pieces from pubs scattered around London & the British Isles. This page is a homage to the Victorian glass artists who produced this work 100 years before…
American Reverse Glass
This page is dedicated to the American Craftsmen who were continuing & developing glass decoration techniques on the other side of the pond from the late 1800’s onwards. I would also like to mention here…
French Embossing
French Embossing is the corroding of glass with an acid to produce a great variety of Tones, textures and decorations. Very widely used during the Victorian period and still practiced today.
Heat Slumped Glass Signs
Various examples of curved glass made in my studio, using the same basic techniques of Victorian craftsman. The later pictures show the technique of forming the glass in a kiln to a pre-shaped metal former.
Mural Painting
A blast from the past! Some of my early hand-painted, pictorial work. Large paintings onto painted plywood.
Glue Chipped Glass
Glue Chipped Glass has to be one of the most intriguing techniques of reverse glass. I was first exposed to the glue chipping technique on glass while on holiday at the Disneyland Park in Aneheim,…
Etched Bicycle Glass Sign
This small glass panel employs acid-etching through a painted resist known as asphaltum. The outer border was tool-nipped on the edge and chemical silvered. Detail on the bike is scratched through gold and painted. The…
Restored Glass Signs
When presented with aged & damaged examples of early reverse glass advertising pieces & ornate mirrors, it is important to restore sensitively.
Lettering Font Victorian Design LHF
This is one of eight fonts I have designed for Letterhead Fonts USA. Click to enlarge the design below.
Brilliant Cut Glass
This labour intensive work rewards all of the effort it takes to produce, with a finished result that glitters & reflects light like no other glass finish.
My Morris Traveler Van
These iconic vehicles were common place on the roads of Britain in the 1960’s and 1970’s The Morris Minor van was more often used as a trade vehicle than the 1968 Morris Traveller pictured here,…
Connecticut Valley Tobacconist
This design was produced to a high resolution for reproduction on a panel, 40ft x 30ft at a tobacconist convention in Las Vegas, USA 2008. As with all of my work, it was drawn by…