posted April 03, 2007 09:16 PM
It is my pleasure to announce the winners of the March 2007 edition of the Sign Of The Month Contest.
- Three Dimensional
Project: The Wine Seller
Sign Company: Kel-T-Grafix, Holdfast SK
Designer: Kelly Thorson, Holdfast SK
Experimental piece to try out some new techniques
The "window" is a mirrored tile with glass stones glued on. The leaves and studs are Magic Sculpt and bronzing pulvers. The lettering is PVC with 24K gilded Magic Smooth embossed letters. The door is made of salvaged lumber form an old building and snowfence.
- Two Dimensional
Project: Erickson Furniture
Sign Company: Brushwork Signs - Faribault, MN
Designer: Dave Correll
Store Identification Sign
Sign made out of MDO, polymetal and a little bit of HDU. Flat painted with acrylic latex.
- Vehicles
Project: Stratford Airporter
Sign Company: Creative Ink Design Group - Stratford, ON
Designer: Doug Downey
Airport Transportation Vehicle
"We designed and produced this job for a company that takes and picks up people at the airport. We made the plane look like it was either taking off for landing for arrivals and departures. We applied controltac that was printed and laminated using a 540 Versacamm by Roland."
- Windows, Walls, and Banners
Project: Hang Ups Custom Framing
Sign Company: Sign Creations - Lilburn, GA
Designer: Sonny Franks
Window Lettering
- Design and Art
Project: Blatz Trucking
Sign Company: Stevo Design - Edmonton, AB Designer: Steve Chartrand
Trucking Company Logo
"This is a truck lettering design set up for a digital print. All designed in Corel Draw. The client give me total free reign on the design. I was trying for a "Karen Souza" type look to it."
- Electric Signs
Project: The Liars Club
Sign Company: Sign Works - Des Moines, IA
Designer: Brent Logan
Double sided Neon Sign
The Overall winner is:
Project: The Liars Club
Sign Company: Sign Works - Des Moines, IA
Designer: Brent Logan
Double sided Neon Sign
The rest of the winners are continued in next post...
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Sign Company: A Sign of Excellence - Carrollton, TX
Designer: David M. Harding
HDU wall mounted sign Background is 3/4" Precision Board HDU laminated to Aluminum square tubing frame. Edges have Precision Board return to give appearance of more depth. Background finished faux Limestone with various colors of Sherwin Williams SuperPaint. Outer borders are routed and carved 1" HDU with hammered finish to simulate hammered copper. Prismatic lettering is routed and then hand carved of 1" SignFoam3 HDU. "FIRESIDE" letters painted flat black with Sherwin Williams SuperPaint. "PIES" is given hammered copper look. Copper finish is Modern Masters Metal Effects Copper paint with Metal Effects Permacoat Matte Patina Sealer. Copper drop shadow is routed of ½" Precision Board HDU and finished with Metal Effects Copper paint. Interior of oven is recessed 2", coated with Magic Smooth from Abracadabra Signs and Designs, Ayr, Ontario, Canada, and finished with black beauty smalts. Flames in oven are routed and hand carved 1" SignFoam3 HDU, finished with red and yellow glass smalts from Letterhead Sign Supply, Petaluma, California. Horizontal stripes were routed and filled with red glass smalts
Design Workshop Challenge - A tie!
Sign Company: Bucks Signs
Designer: Arthur Vanson
Sign Company: Arrow DeSign - Ham Lake, MN
Designer: Bruce Bowers
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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posted April 04, 2007 12:02 AM
Wow, thanks... This was a fun project, I'm glad people liked it. Thanks for doing this Bruce. And Congrats to Brent as the overall winner - it was well deserved.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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posted April 04, 2007 10:02 AM
Wow! I can't believe I won. Thanks everybody! I see my old contact info is still on the board. Contact me at Brent.Logan@charter.net for my new address in Reno. Thanks again.
posted April 04, 2007 07:49 PM
Wine Sellers is one cool conglomeration of materials and techniques. There was some beautiful work entered this month.
I have to confess that the logo designer for Fireside Pies is David Beck. I gave him his due credit when I entered this in the Signs of the Times contest but didn't cut and paste enough of the specs when I entered it here in Letterville. David designed the brand, I decided what to do with it and came up with the construction processes and materials.
David also designed the logo for Coal Vines Pizza, which has been displayed on Letterville in the past.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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posted April 05, 2007 10:34 AM
Hey... who you calling "senior"? I don't qualify for AARP, yet! Sheesh! Respect your elde... er... ahhhhh... PEERS. Yeah, PEERS... that's it.
Congratulations to all the winners! There is some awesome work being done. Let's see more!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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posted April 06, 2007 12:29 PM
What a great coming home present! Thank you and congratulations to all the winners and particularly to Brent on a truly magnificent sign.
-------------------- Arthur Vanson Bucks Signs Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England arthur@buckssigns.co.uk -------------------- Posts: 805 | From: Chesham, Bucks, England | Registered: Mar 2002
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