Wow! I could just imagine being there. It would be neat to have him at a Letterhead meet! Kinda makes me wanna "see Rock City"...
Posted by Bill&Jane Diaz (Member # 2549) on :
Nancy, we will have someone similar to this at the LetterRip you are attending...Scott Hagan has painted 88 barns all over Ohio with the Ohio bicentennial logo. He also knew Harley Warwick who was the last of the Mail Pouch barn painters. So you will be able to sit in on Scott's seminar and work beside him on a panel or a wall if you choose. You can see Scott's work at www.ohiobarns.com Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
That would be easy, just use vinyl.
Posted by sam kinnear (Member # 3937) on :
and your name was tom sawyer
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
I read something once about how these guys used string for their layouts. The string was carried in large coffe cans , the cans were labled according to barn size. The string was knotted where the letters went, stretch a top and bottom string in place and have at it. The best I can remember , there was only three lines of copy on the Rock City barns. Doing these in the summer in the south must have been a real bear.
Posted by Roy Frisby (Member # 736) on :
This guy near here restored an old farmhouse. He had enough of the original siding planks for three sides. He covered the fourth side with plywood and we painted a "See Rock City" on it, black with white letters just like the original. Sort of unique for a home, don't you think!
Posted by Joe Rees (Member # 211) on :
The article on the Rock City site said his name was Clark Byers, now 85. This must be him. What a way to make a living.
