Sign Writing

While browsing through MountainDewie's flickr, I found this photograph of a hand painted sign in a barber shop window in San Fransico. With developments in computer aided design hand painted signs are becoming a dying art, which is a shame because they can add a lot of character to businesses store fronts, vehicles and menu boards etc. After seeing this picture I remembered seeing a sign (hand painted as a matter of fact) near the Sunderland General Hospital for a signwriters in the area, which led me to think if there was much opportunity for careers in this line of work in the North East so I looked online and found a few specialist companies who offer a traditional hand painted sign service. Two of those were Ron Carroll Signs in Sunderland, and Opus Signs in Newcastle both hand painted sign specialists. It seems that there are not many specialists left in this region and it looks like something I would be interested in doing. From here I might decide to contact one of these company's to see if there are any opportunities for work, but I will definitely be getting some wood to paint on, or look in charity shops for cheap mirrors or picture frames to paint.