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Hand painted Gambia (and Jamaican bonus) 28 May 2012 | 11:01 am
Julbrew is Gambia's national beer and the crocodile is revered in the country for its healing and other powers. A recent trip to a wedding in The Gambia, West Africa, was another piece of delight for...
Farewell and RIP to the Hammersmith Palais 11 May 2012 | 01:26 pm
Photo: Caroline Derry / HAT Thursday, 10th May 2012 marked the final destruction of the once proud Hammersmith Palais, home to this underground-platform-long ghostsign. Dances were once twice daily ...
Dr Ken Jones' mosaic technique for ghostsigns photography 19 Apr 2012 | 11:01 am
Lemoore, California (Photo: Copyright, Dr Ken Jones) Dr Ken Jones is a former NASA imaging expert whose work in the 1970s included digitally photographing the surface of Mars. This required the use ...
Walls by Deidi von Schaewen 12 Apr 2012 | 11:01 am
Deidi von Schaewen's 'Walls' is a lovely hardback book that documents hand painted advertising on walls in the 1960s and 1970s. It's geographical coverage is noteworthy with examples from Berlin, Lon...
Digital Engagement & the Ghostsigns Archive: History Workshop Article 5 Apr 2012 | 11:01 am
Photo: John Grogan Laura Carletti and I have written a short paper for History Workshop Online. This builds on the survey and offers some reflections on the development of the archive in 2009-10. ....
Graphic DNA documents the visual language of the street 26 Mar 2012 | 11:01 am
I've recently been in regular contact with Geraldine Marshall whose project, Graphic DNA, caught my attention. It is the topic of her PhD thesis, under the supervision of Dr Caroline Archer. I took ...
Writing on the Wall working to preserve and restore ghostsigns in the Netherlands 9 Mar 2012 | 02:01 pm
Photo: Writing on the Wall This organisation in the Netherlands was established in 1999 and has been working ever since to raise the profile of hand painted wall advertising in the country. They als...
Faded Paint: Trailer for forthcoming signpainting documentary 4 Mar 2012 | 02:01 pm
The Colossal Media Facebook page recently alerted me to this trailer (see below) uploaded by Rick Janzen about a film he's making about the declining art and craft of signwriting. This will add to t....
Vancouver demolition reveals intriguing ghostsign 26 Feb 2012 | 11:50 pm
Photo: Photocat62 Twitter and my Google Reader came alive this week following the demolition of a Vancouver building that left the best part of this 1920s sign clear for all to see. Located on corner...
Frank Jump on 90.7 WFUD 19 Feb 2012 | 11:43 pm
Photo: Frank Jump Great radio interview with Frank talking about his work, his book and the topic in general. (A brief mention of this blog shortly after 12 minutes - thanks Frank!) Subscribe in a....
