[tcb] Re: panel driving
- From: Mike Selvey <sidecar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:17:49 -0600
Sammie-
Couldn't agree with you more about the "Mylar Sign Shops" that have
sprung up everywhere. To their credit, the mylar does outlast
conventional sign paint, but it doesn't have that same "feel" as a
hand-painted sign. They need no artistic skill whatsoever to operate
the computers that cut the mylar. For the first ten years of my working
life I was part of the dying guild of actual sign PAINTERS who did all
their work with a brush and a pounced pattern. I remember a guy who
could lay out letters on a 14'X48' bulletin sign without any guide at
all, he was that good. I also remember very old alcoholic painters
whose hands would shake up a storm with a brush loaded with
paint...until it hit the sign, then it was all sweeping flows of perfect
straight lines and beautiful curves worthy of Michaelangelo!
Some day I'll have a VW single cab. You can bet it'll have my own hand
painted sign on the sides!
Mike Selvey
Nacogdoches, TX
'79 Westy "Santa Fe Edition"
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