Meet the man behind St. Pete's iconic, hand-painted Sun Signs
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2021
- Anyone who's driven around St. Petersburg has seen the iconic, hand-painted signage of Sun Signs. The man behind the paintbrush takes pride in resurrecting the style that went by the wayside in the 1980s. Williams says the hand-painted sign industry came to a halt in the 1980s when vinyl signage became popular. But he says there has been a bit of a resurgence for the art form lately. Sun Signs St. Pete is popular with restaurants, coffee shops, tattoo shops and barbershops.
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Extremely IMPRESSIVE
I love this story
I have seen some of these!
My friends uncle had a sign painting shop on Kansas Ave in Topeka. The buildings were mostly two or three story built of deep burgundy red brick. Probably 19th century.
His work space was 30 feet wide 70 feet deep, and 21 feet tall. He would fasten sign material to the wall to construct a highway billboard 14 feet x 48 feet or even larger sometimes. He would make a few lines for scale, then freehand everything. He worked off of huge rolling step ladders. He also used a three foot broomstick to rest his arm and steady it.
I was 18 at the time and amazed. Firstly, I never realized billboards were so huge.
Secondly, this man was a master of his craft.
Hope you save some of those old signs.
Great job Jeff ! Very impressive … St Pete appreciates you😎💫👑
👍love it!
One of the many reasons why St Pete is such a great little city!
Glad to see him reviving the lost art.👍
Outstanding I hope this young man does well with his business! Well done
I APPRECIATE THIS, HELLO HELLO....!! HE IS VERY VERY GOOD AT THIS LOVED THIS VIDEO!! ONE VERY AMAZINGLY TALENTED ARTIST! KEEP IT UP!!
Jeff! Awesome dude keep up the good work friend!
I enjoyed watching this video. My biological father’s family had a sign painting business in the Miami area during the 50s, unfortunately when my parents divorced when I was very young I never got to know them. I did however spend many hours growing up lettering posters and creating different alphabet letter designs -- maybe the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
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Great video ... I am a member of the motion picture set painters and sign writers local 729 Union in Los Angeles but set painter N sign writers have a different Card. I know Los Angeles Trade Tech has a Really Great Sign Writing program that ive been wanting to take. Maybe i can get my sign writers card once i get that going.