Joseph Giampino can’t find any emerald-green paint. Half-pint cans of 1 Shot lettering enamel paint are stacked in every corner of his Maywood Road studio, bursting at the seams alongside tool ...

Have you ever taken a moment to look at the signage on windows, doors and walls of local businesses? If you’ve noticed hand painted lettering, it is likely the work of Josh Flohre. He is Dayton’s own ...

In a Helvetica world, some artists are out proving the appeal of lettering made by hand, sign by sign. Take BT Livermore, who’s based out of Butte. A sign above the temporary second-floor workspace in ...

Santiago Sánchez brushes red paint along the edge of gold letters, creating a 3-D effect on the black tin sign he's painting. He pauses to pour red "One Shot" paint into the bottom half of a ...

This story starts with an old suitcase. And a sign painter who had, in his own words, "the audacity to try." Koy Suntichotinun, who goes by Koy Sun, wanted to do something different and make a change, ...

In an increasingly digital world, where design software can turn anyone into an instant Leonardo da Vinci, it’s easy to forget that signs were once lettered by hand using sable brushes, mineral ...

Lester Carey parks his shopping cart full of paint supplies on the neutral ground on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Claiborne Avenue. Carey, dressed in a red shirt tucked into high-waisted ...

ST. FRANCIS - Before signs were designed on computers and made with vinyl letters, they were created by sign painters like Jeff Williams, owner of The King of Paint in St. Francis. "Everything was ...

In fact, Lee’s works should be the first thing you see. “I do all the hand painted signs for McMenamins hotels and restaurants,” he said. “Pretty much any one you go, the signs are something that ...

In the sprawl of Denver, signs are optical forces in storefronts and parking lots, giving rare air to their communities and attracting people in magnetic fashion for all reasons. Nick Miller has been ...