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I thought I'd have some stuff to edit out of my conversation with sign painter, designer, and all-round Letterhead Elaine Wallis, but there wasn't, and so her session runs to just over 50 minutes, versus the advertised 45, at today's BLAG Meet: bl.ag/meet.

During the conversation you can learn all about the kit box that she's resting her foot on in this picture, and its role in her life in signs that spans over 40 years.

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BLAG Meet (bl.ag/meet) is tomorrow, Saturday, completely free, and online from 4pm London time.

One of the live talks at the event will be from Rick Janzen of Canada's Streamline Studios: streamlinestudiosinc.ca/.

Rick is a veteran of sign painting for film, and has worked on numerous blockbusters, as well as series such as The Last of Us. You can expect plenty of wise words and insights into this and commercial sign painting applications.

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I'll also be delivering a short session during Saturday's BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 06 (bl.ag/meet).

This is'ot strictly connected to the latest issue of the magazine, but I'm using the free, online event to share details of my forthcoming Kickstarter that aims to raise funds to finish a short film I've been working on: When Better Letters Met Brian Walker.

You can pre-register for the Kickstarter now: kickstarter.com/projects/samro.

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After India and Belgium, we fly across the Atlantic for a look behind the scenes of the recent American Sign Museum expansion. 'Magic on Main Street' is the third BLAG Meet session (bl.ag/meet).

I got to see the new spaces last month, and the report is here: bl.ag/my-week-at-the-american-. Saturday's session will only scratch the surface, but will give you the opportunity to hear from those that brought the whole thing together.

"When I open a can of paint, I just love how it looks; I almost want to drink it." — British artist Richard Wright on training to become a signwriter.

From the Art Newspaper (@theartnewspaper@bsky.social) interview here: theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/28.

PS. I've added Wright to the list of 'celebrity' sign painters here: bl.ag/celebrity-signwriters-pa. Thanks as always to Tony Mead for the ongoing tip-offs.

Starting to do a touch of decorating in the new space, and this was one of the first things to go up.

'Measure Twice, Cut Once' by Painter Kafeel (bl.ag/kafeel) with a BLAG cameo from studio buddy Daniel (instagram.com/insertdaniels).

Kafeel's piece was the 'Wise Words' in BLAG 02 (bl.ag/02) and Daniel's, inspired by Costa Rica's 'carretas', made an appearance in Issue 06 (bl.ag/06).

A while back, Kirsten Bauer discussed the topic of sign painters signing signs, and while I was at the American Sign Museum I happened across this at the end of Raymond LeBlanc's book, Gold Leaf Techniques. He refers to them as 'imprints'.

Kirsten's original post with a section on the topic is here: kirstenmbauer.substack.com/p/e

There was then a little follow-up in the next issue of her newsletter: kirstenmbauer.substack.com/p/j