by Faythe Levine (Editor), Glenn Adamson (Introduction), Faythe Levine (Editor), Glenn Adamson (Introduction), Sam Macon (Editor)
Sign Painters is about the people, practices and art of sign painting and hand lettering. The book is comprised of transcribed interviews and images Faythe Levine and Sam Macon collected over two years of filming with working sign painters across America. The conversations, ruminations and thoughts expressed by these working sign painters communicate the history, the current state, and the future of this oft overlooked trade. Though the book will be a great read for the sign painting community, the book is more directed at your average aesthetically minded citizen. Anyone interested in art, design, public space, community, etc. should find this book of value. Sign painting occupies an interesting cross section of art and commerce, design and utility, artistry and labor, and this book tells this unique story.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 184
Edition: 1
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 01 Oct 2012
ISBN 10: 1616890835
ISBN 13: 9781616890834
Book Overview: Foreword by the painter Ed Ruscha (former sign painter); First anecdotal history of American sign painters; A rich collection of typography and process images; Second book by Faythe Levine, the author of the successful Handmade Nation.