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Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :
 
I just got my issue of "A Magazine about Letterheads" (The British Issue)
every page "eye candy"!

this mag is not only about signs it is about "sign art".

Terry and Bridget Colley put on one incredible meet!

there is no way to describe the work contained within.

hats off to letterville's very own Cam Bortz.
(that is one nice panel cam!)

Doc Welty and Gary Anderson (you oughta know if these guys are involved, then it has to be good!

also thanks to bubba mike meyer http://www.mikemeyersigns.com
for turning me on to a wonderful magazine.
"you rock buddy!"

get yourself a copy by e-mailing Doc @

docwelty@kiva.net

thanks so much for the "candy"


mark

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Mark Fair

Mark Fair Signs
http://www.markfair.com

Home of "Sign of the Month
http://www.markfair.com/signomonth.html

2162 Mt. Meigs Road
Montgomery, Alabama 36107
334-262-4449

mark@markfair.com


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Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :
 
Thanks. I especially liked to center spread on Dave Smith's Bull and Brush glass project. That's the only time, at a letterhead meet, that I heard a collective gasp of admiration when it was uncovered. A lot of folks, myself included, spent a lot of time just staring at that thing, taking in the details. Magnificent is not too strong a word.

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"A wise man concerns himself with the truth, not with what people believe." - Aristotle

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Raoul Duke (Hunter S. Thompson)

Cam
Finest Kind Signs
256 S. Broad St.
Pawcatuck, Ct. 06379
"Award winning Signs since 1988"


 

Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :
 
you are right cam.
amal is the only sign mag i know that has a centerfold! LOL

beautiful stuff.

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Mark Fair

Mark Fair Signs
http://www.markfair.com

Home of "Sign of the Month
http://www.markfair.com/signomonth.html

2162 Mt. Meigs Road
Montgomery, Alabama 36107
334-262-4449

mark@markfair.com


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Posted by Rod Tickle (Member # 575) on :
 
Hi Mark, just wondering... what number is that issue? (the latest issue)

The last one I have of this great mag is Vol 5 number4, havent seen one since. I know we get things late but this is killing me

Cheers!! Rod "ticks"

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Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :
 
hey rod!
the issue i speak of is Volume 6 No. 1 2001.
it will be worth the wait buddy.


mark

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Mark Fair

Mark Fair Signs
http://www.markfair.com

Home of "Sign of the Month
http://www.markfair.com/signomonth.html

2162 Mt. Meigs Road
Montgomery, Alabama 36107
334-262-4449

mark@markfair.com



 

Posted by Nevman (Member # 332) on :
 
I spent about two hours of "unproductive" time today reading this month's mag - cover to cover.

I think I'll be having some good dreams tonight!

For those here who don't, subscribe to this magazine! You will not regret it!!

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Pat Neve, Jr.
Sign Man, Inc.
4580 N. US 1
Melbourne, FL 32935
321-259-1703
signman@signmaninc.com
Capt. Sign
Letterville Constituent
constituent: "One of the individual entities contributing to a whole"


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Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :
 
right on captain neve sir!
hope to see you at pat's meet.


mark

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Mark Fair

Mark Fair Signs
http://www.markfair.com

Home of "Sign of the Month
http://www.markfair.com/signomonth.html

2162 Mt. Meigs Road
Montgomery, Alabama 36107
334-262-4449

mark@markfair.com



 

Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
 
quote:
hope to see you at pat's meet.

Did I miss something here??????

is there a meet at Pat King's shop sometime in September??

Is Pat King's shop in Alabama?

How do I get from Canada to Alabama?

heheheheheheh I know...I'll get my buddy Steve Shortreed..opps AKA "DaMayor"..to guide me there..or MAYBE there will be a "guiding star"?

Who knows?..

All I know is..Shirl and I will be there..WITH GRITS! (got some leftover from the last "Dixie Meet"..Thanks Jimmy!)

For any of you folks that haven't been to a meet yet and feel intimidated about attending one..try to make it to Pat King's meet...You will be welcomed with open arms! AND you will be talking to folks that post here all the time..some of them talk "funny" but all of them talk the truth!

This has been a blatent publicity promotion of Pat King's meet..not paid for by Pat King!!!!

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Dave Grundy
AKA "applicator" on mIRC
"stickin' sticky stuff to valuable vessels and vehicles!"
in Granton, Ontario, Canada
1-519-225-2634
dave.grundy@quadro.net
www.quadro.net/~shirley



 

Posted by Sonny Franks (Member # 588) on :
 
Mark,
Whenever I start thinking that I'm getting good in this bidness, I just pull out any issue of AMAL and get an instant dose of humility. The stuff in there is mind-boggling. And I'm sure Cam will agree with me that the photo of Dave Smith's glass masterpiece could not have done it complete justice- during the meet, there was always a small mesmerized crowd around it, staring in amazement. There were also many incredible pieces from that meet that didn't make it in the mag. Some great shop trucks too. (not to mention the highly plagiarized Big Arse English Stout" shirts)

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Sonny Franks
Atlanta

"Well done beats well said every time"


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Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :
 
If you don't subscribe to A Magazine About Letterheads already, you need to give Doc a call at 812-723-2095 or e-mail him at docwelty@kiva.net

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Steve Shortreed
144 Hill St., E.
Fergus, Ontario
Canada N1M 1G9
519-787-2673
steve@letterhead.com
ICQ 316338
www.letterhead.com/profiles/shortreed/
 

Posted by PKing (Member # 337) on :
 
Got hold of my first mag.in 1997
Featured Tim Rocks whom I worked for in Birmingham.Saw this here web site as an advertisment.Got hooked up online and made my First "live"meet in Belvidire.It and the Letterhead movement amazed me so much that "now I are one"
Thanks Dave for the blatant mention of my September meet.First timers,old timers,or just the curious are invited.
YES Mark A.M.A.L. certainly ROCKS

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PKing is
Pat King of
King Sign Design in
McCalla,Alabama
The Professor of
SIGNOLOGY


 

Posted by Chris Elliott (Member # 1262) on :
 
Steve, I think that's Doc's fax number. The shop number is 800-726-3505. Also, they've got a great deal on back issues, $5 each or $75 for all 20 ($200 worth plus they come in a handy dandy binder). These things are keepers, get 'em while you can! I've been hooked on this mag ever since Mike Meyer gave me a copy at my 1st meet at Mark Fair's! It's downright addictive!

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Chris Elliott
1longshot@msn.com
 

Posted by bill riedel (Member # 607) on :
 
Oh yes, hats off to the Doc, a really terrific job of showing the incredible talent our brothers across the Atlantic have.
Hats off too , Terry Colley for a great job of bringing everyone together. When talent comes from as far as Australia and New Zeland It has to be good. Just like in the States, the people are just as nice.

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Bill Riedel
Riedel Sign Co., Inc.
Little Ferry, NJ
billsr@riedelsignco.com



 

Posted by CJ Allan (Member # 52) on :
 
GREAT ISSUE DOC.....!!!
Those folks across the pond sure do know how to do that Vinyl stuff huh.....??

Bill.......sure hope you make it down to "Pats Party", be good to see ya again........

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CJ Allan
CJs Engraving & Designing
Hazel, Ky.
270-492-6209
cjallan@cjs-engraving.com
www.cjs-engraving.com

A Proud "Professional Guest" of this site!!;)



 

Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
 
Hi Mark...Got AMAL the udder day (Mike Meyer's best buddy Elmer bought me a subscription) It is overwhelming.
The artists featured are all just so damn good that it makes me want to roll up in a ball & die. I am at best, a fair painter with questionable letter forms. I didn't know what negative space was till Mike Meyer told me about it back in 1993 or so! At that time, it was like when you go home from a restaurant & look in the mirror, only to find that you have a smidgen of broccoli stuck in your teeth, but nobody told you!
I love the craft so much, tho, that I persist. I know I will never possess even an eighth of the talent of those across the pond, or here. But dammit, I love looking at all that gorgeousness! Excellent, Duuude!
Love- JILL

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Jill M. Welsh
 



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