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Oh joy, oh joy, the lady wants her sign to be gold leaf. Gonna bid on a job for some Gold Leaf signs which may be, dare I say it,,, Water Guiled Windows. I'm gonna even bring my little Glass Guiled samples. Let's see how it goes and I hope I don't screw up.
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Good for you, how often does that happen? I am sure you can handle this, you are a professional. I think I have done three or four gold glass jobs in my career. A big advantage for me was that I was the only one who could do it. Price it adequately.
I read a Signcraft article years ago (I believe authored by Mike Jackson) about an older sign painter (whose name I cannot remember). He specialized in gold work and serviced a lot of banks. If he was dealing with a banker who balked on cost, this guy would just say, "I understand if you can not afford this level of work". That always got him the job. I have used that line a few times with lawyers and it works!
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6885 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Or Parrish. I think he used to say "I'm gonna rob a bank" Well the job will have gold leaf on the signs. But because the building is still in construction, as time goes by, I may on interior widows, opps, windows suggest some gold leaf. Outside round signs will be hung off some restored antique exterior brackets. So I want them to be about 2 inches thick, but light weight, but not so light that even a 5 mile a hour wind will blow them around. And not sandblasted redwood. It wouldn't look right for the building. The building is made to resemble a 1900 Carrigge House and it is called the Carriage House, 3 stories tall. I even thought of power coated steel for the base with acrylic letters, or maybe DiBond over 1.5 in foam. They will be round shaped signs, 2 0f them at 36" by 36". I'd like them to look as if they came straight out of 1900 Chicago. Here at my shop, I just finished up lettering and pinstriping a 1980 single horse carriage. No flames. It has traditional striping almost like what you would see on a antique fire engine. 24K Gold leaf scrolls and lettering, pinstriping done with metallic gold and marron paint. It's gonna go in the entrance at the Carriage House. What's it called? The Foyer or something?
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Opps, that's 1890 horse Carriage at my shop. It was made in jolly old England.
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Now I'm thinking wood frame covered with DiBond. Also add some pre-made decorative elements, such as some antique looking drawl puuls here and there. Maybe a big round one at the bottom to secure the outside DiBond or thin alumunin wrap.
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It was Steven Parish who had the key's to the Bank's in the Mid-West. I saw an Interview of him saying: "If you want to make Money, deal with people who have Money. Bank's always have Money "
However, the Bank's trusted him so much, they gave him the Key to their Bank, to allow him to work after hours
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