I can give a partial list of people that have been to *my house*: Rick Glawson, Lola Grey, Gary Anderson, Alton Gillespie, Jim Norris, Punch Belvin, Sonny Franks, Cosmic Ray, David and Susie Butler, Doc Welty, Dusty and June Yaxley, Rove Gratz, Brendon Brandon, John Cox, Gary Godby, ...hmmmmm I can't think of the others.
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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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I've too have met a lot but their are still so many more that its hard to chose 5. I couldn't even chose 5 per state.
John Studden (cause I wanted learn about glass) Larry White (ditto) Ricky Jackson's wife (cause I have a few questions to ask her) Rosemary St. Marie (seems like a very interesting person) Ian Stewart Koster (cause we can talk horses)
-------------------- Laura Butler Vision Graphics & Sign 4479 Welch Rd Attica, Mi 48412 Posts: 2855 | From: Attica, Mi, USA | Registered: Nov 2000
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Bobby Salyers Sheila Wayne Webb Russ (you can do so much so very well!) Tater-I like that name! Doug Allen Raymond Chapman Sonny Franks (might get to meet if I make your meet!) Arthur Vanson Henry Barker (to ask about Sweden, since my great grandparents came from there!) and last but not least.....
I got to meet Jane & Bill @ Jill's meet. And, I agree, they are wonderful people. I also admire them because they can work together, and still be married Go figure?
""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3484 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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Come on now guys, you are making me blush! Rick the secret to working together is having two buildings.....
People to meet.... Nettie- I'd like to meet you too! Everyone talks so highly of you, especially Barb, and I admire your talent. OP's wife/girlfriend- That woman has to be a saint! (Just kiddin', OP!) Don Coplen's new sweetie- Met Don at Jill's and figure she has be to alerted how lucky she is! Raymond Chapman (again, I think)- I THINK he was at the meet we co-hosted in 1991 in Bloomington. But that whole experience of hosting 300+ people was just a blur! I'd like to actually visit with him. Dan Antonelli- I just love his confidence and style.
ALOT of the others that people are mentioning here, we HAVE met, and I feel so lucky to have been able to travel around and do that! Is this business great or what!
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Laura, you have questions for my *wife*?? hmmmmm... if this is about the girl in Indiana, I *swear* she told me she was 18!!
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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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I’ve met all the original Letterheads and many more over the 35 years I have been working with signs. If you’re not on the list, I’ve either met you or I think I have, or I forgot, or I ran out of time, or I owe you money, or I...
So, with tongue ensconced firmly in cheek, here is my list of five Letterheads I’d like to meet (you’d never believe I was a math major):
Rick Beisiegel–our “out of shop” lives are so similar. We both spend many hours a month doing the same volunteer work. Dan Sawatzky–Grandpa Dan does some outrageous stuff! I want to meet him and see his creations up close. Thomas Edison once said: “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” I get lots of inspiration from Dan’s perspiration. Arthur Vanson–Arthur is truly among the elite when it comes to typography. I always learn something from his layout sketches. Larry White–What can he not do with glass? Kelly Thorson–an up and coming talent with glass. Saskatchewan must be the home on the range, for I never hear a discouraging word from her. Steve Greer–to thank him for being such a good sport after all the ribbing I gave him during the Router Wars. OP–to see if he talks like he spells. Sheila Farrell–to see if she spells like she talks. Patrick Whatley–so we can discuss whether foot and inch characters are used for apostrophes and quotation marks in countries using the metric system. Donna in B.C.–I can learn more about lettering fire trucks. Amy Brown–does some nice work. I also want to see her router setup. Doug Allan–I’d rather visit at his place than mine. Doug Phillips–I’d rather visit at his place than mine in the summer. David Fisher, Jon Butterworth, Ian Stewart-Koster–since I’m now in the world tour mode, I’d like to go to Australia. Due to the Coriolis effect, did your Avery peel backwards down there? Catalin Dretcanu, Periandros Damoulis, Henry Barker, Vallentin Vassileff–I might as well go the rest of the way around the world. There’s some real talent across the pond. Mike O’Neil–We’ll land in Labrador so I can see eastern Canada as well. Neil Butler–might as well hang with a Newfie while I’m there. Dave Grundy–good Corel man, probably won’t be able to catch him in Canada. Oh, well, I like vacationing in Mexico. Phil Steffen–we can visit “Carleton’s prize” together. Cam Borz–so I can listen to him rant. Karyn Bush, Chris Welker–while I’m in the area, I might as well listen to them rant. If Chris starts to wind down, I’ll toss a log of Avery on the fire. Tony Vickio–he’s world famous so I have to get his autograph, besides, at this point, I’m still nearby. I’ll get pictures for Raymond of Tony using water borne paints. Michael Berry–I’ll grab a load of sign brackets while I’m there. Jill Welsh–I can finally stop in a hardware store and have someone know what I’m talking about when trying to find fasteners to use with Michael’s sign brackets. Brian Born–a very sharp person who is going to do well with his new endeavor. John Deaton–what a cartoonist! Dawud Shaheed–to help him clean the back of his truck (as long as he doesn’t post photos of mine). James Donohue–the MacGyver of eastern Tennessee. Wayne Webb–the MacGyver of the Florida panhandle. Ernie Balch–MacGyver squared. Anyone who built his own CNC machine from scratch is my hero! Roy Frisby–to inventory his supply of holes. I feel a void and experience an emptiness as I write, for there’s less to this than he lets on. I think he is hole-ding out on us. We must get to the bottom of this hole thing. Gavin Chachere–I’ll learn more about paint sharing one cup of Starbucks with him than I already know, and I’ll probably laugh so hard I blow the coffee out my nose. Bob Darnell–great Corel designer and illustrator. Dan Antonelli–like Bob on Illy. Everything Dan does reeks of class! Stevo Chartrand–very nice logo designs. Rick Chavez–I never fail to learn from him. Pierre Tardif–beautiful calligraphy! Frank Magoo–an upbeat, helpful person. Kimberly Zanetti–where else will you find a chef so adept with sign design? Oh yeah... Mike Pipes–add photography to the graphics and food prep. Cynthia Pack–her grit and determination in spite of physical limitations is inspiring. Glen Taylor–neither flood nor high water shall stay this courier from his positive attitude. Ryan Young–we’ll plot the next Letterville hijacking caper. We might need some of his custom helmets to survive the thumping Barb and Steve will give us. Mike Levalee–the only guy who has turned pyromania into a legal product with high demand. Barry Branscum–adds computer pyromania to the mix. Bob Burns–to find out how on earth he managed to get salable output from his ColorCAMM. Laura Butler–we’ll compare flying stories. Bob Stephens–Laura and I want to know why he insists on jumping out of perfectly good airplanes, no matter who is at the controls. Anyone who loves snakes can’t possibly be afraid of pilots. Curtis Hammond–After reading “The Battle of Katrina”, I have nothing but respect for him. William DeBekker–I’ll check out his new (old?) shop and drive the Temple Canyon Road (haven’t been on that piece of perilous pavement in a while–well, actually, there is no pavement). Rapid Roger–to find out if there’s anything RapidTac won’t do. Steve and Barb–special thanks to them for making the Letterville playground happen.
...and plenty more. Everybody brings something to the table!
If things work out, I’ll try to get stuck in Lodi and then whittle my list some more at the Cincinnati Zoo.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I'd have to say everyone also. Because I'd say you could take away a little from every one. Good or bad doesn't matter. Because you guys are the kind of people I think I could relate to on a level that would not make me wanna slam my winky in a sliding glass door!
And I can't wait to start meeting all of you at some of these here meet things you keep going on about
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I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message... Posts: 1640 | From: Sevierville, TN | Registered: Jul 2005
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living in the uk it is hard to meet all the people that have influenced me as most of them are over the pond, last year went a good way to meeting most off my list when I attended the Meet in Greece..........I met
David Butler Gary Anderson Noel Webber and a host of other people...Sheila Ferrell, Sonny Franks.........just too many to list.
Ones I'd like to meet
Mike Lavallee cos nobody swings an air brush like him. Tramp Warner who I may meet in Stirling in May.
Mike Stevens just to have said thanks for the books.
David Hightower just to see where he gets the inspiration for his striping.
My old boss and mentor George, now sadly gone. to say thanks again for the five years I was apprenticed to him and for all he taught me including five years of brush practice writing Gill Sans almost every working day!!!!!
do I have to pick any more cos there are so many.
-------------------- Paul Priestley Signworx South Yorkshire England paulpriestley@blueyonder.co.uk
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