posted
Bob, I really love the craft I choose many years ago but I've also was a pattern maker and made mens shirts and I'm not talking t-shirts. Today I make tools for working signmakers and pinstripers even though other trades have put my tools to work. I love designing stuff because I feel it comes so natural too me.........
------------------ HotLines Joey Madden,47 years in the Classic Art of Pinstriping Grants Pass, Oregon Learn something new........ http://members.tripod.com/Inflite
posted
We wrap packages to be mailed with vinyl. Fix hoses with holes with vinyl. Paint outdoor furniture with leftover sign paint. Make shop shelves with leftover MDO.Our kitchen cabinets have vinyl faces. I am currently working on another small business I am very excited about. With all my sign 'talents' it helps with this new venture ALOT! I will let you know what it is in a couple of weeks.
posted
My work is a hobby of mine, but another hobby I love is customizing cars and trucks.
I'm in the middle of building a custom set of seats for my truck, out of fiberglass. Not just seat covers, the whole entire seat from the sliders that secure it to the floor, to the seating surfaces and even the seat back adjustment. I will be making my own padded seat covers as well, waterproof at that.
One of the techniques I plan on incorporating into the design is very subtle graphic elements in the actual fiberglass. I'm going to lay cut vinyl graphics onto the prototype for the seats, then clear over the vinyl so when I produce the mold from the prototype then make the new seats from the mold, they will have slightly raised graphics on them as part of the gelcoat/fiberglass.
I have minimal experience stitching, but my grandfather was an upholsterer, my grandmother was/is a seamstress, and my mother learned from both of them so I can learn from her.
Who knows.. maybe in 5 years I wont be producing graphics at all.. or maybe I'll have an expanded business building custom automotive interiors, body panel fabrication, and have a graphics division off to the side somewhere..
------------------ Mike Pipes Digital Illusion Custom Graphics Lake Havasu City, AZ http://www.stickerpimp.com
Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
| IP: Logged |
posted
One of my hopes for this summer is to learn from my girlfriend's mom-in-law how to make teepees. She is the "teepee" maker here in this area. I would then like to paint designs on them to reflect a story or message reflecting a certain tribe of Indian folklore or tradition. My friend is one of my best friends I have in Ohio! Her husband is an anthropologist/archaelogist. Very interesting people!
------------------ Deb Creative Signs "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime."
Posts: 5373 | From: Loves Park, Illinois | Registered: Aug 1999
| IP: Logged |
posted
my daughter just did her science fair project using vinyl for the headlines and laser jet printouts for the copy. And as a result is now selling stickers to all the kids at school and splitting the money with me
------------------ jon peterman 109 mardan dr grants pass, or. 97527 signjon@cpros.com a.k.a. dc-62 success is getting up more times than you fall down
Posts: 434 | From: grants pass or. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
| IP: Logged |
posted
I like to do a bit of decorative steelwork if time permits. Had oportunity aplenty when I was doing my apprenticeship and done a reasonable amount for decorative brackets etc but these are the ony surviving pictures of a couple of therapy jobs. Rather than slow down this post to a ccrawl I've posted the url's
posted
Whenever somebody sees something I have done and says "I didn't know you could do that." I simply reply "Sign people can do anything." It's true because we have to figure out ways to do things that our customers dream up or we do. We deal with so many substrates, paints, vinyls, shapes, tools and do most things only once in a while. I pride myself in using tools for things they were never intended to do. We are truly Jacks and Jaquelines of all trades.
------------------ Dennis Goddard Excalibur Signs & Graphics Tampa Fl
Posts: 1050 | From: Tampa Fl USA | Registered: Apr 2000
| IP: Logged |
posted
I sell bumper stickers all over the world to fans of the Northern Exposure TV show.... http://www.splashsigns.com/NXPAGE.HTML "In your dreams Fleischman!" and... "It's not the thing you fling, it's the fling itself!"
------------------ Adrienne Morgan Splash Signs www.splashsigns.com "Rainkatt'on chat
posted
Gaskets....man ..can I make gaskets now! A factory perfect carbeuretor to gastank gasket for my roto tiller... Costumes for kiddie parades! A sign shop is a place to make a living....but it can also be a place to DO some living......fun fixin for a house... or make fun stuff... no wonder this place is such a rathole,who has time to clean?
posted
I make gifts for my kids and nieces and nephews - e.g. I made a wooden art box for my niece/Godchild which has a lid which is also a blackboard and her name lettered on the lid in the same style as the cover of the speedball textbook 23rd edition. I filled it with lots of brushes and crayons and coloured chalks and craft paper kiddie scissors etc. %/%/%/...%/%/%/%/%/%/...%/%/%/... Hey Dave - I can't seem to view the pics I'm getting a "these cant be downloaded" message.
------------------ "Every time I paint a portrait, I lose a friend" - John Sargent
Karen Tighe, Strandhill, Sligo in the Wild Wet West of Ireland.
mIRC = cafe_cruiser
Posts: 238 | From: Great Britain | Registered: May 2000
| IP: Logged |
I find it very interesting to see what other talents people have beside sign making.
Adrienne, I loved that show, what a cool side line.
And Joey, I can really respect an individual that can invent tools and thing of such, who would of thunk you as a shirt maker?
I bet most of those shirts had pinstripes on them
My son is now 2 1/2 and when I was making his table I had him "help" me. He carried the wood ( with my help ) he even helped me do some cutting, safety glassess and all. Now he runs around saying he helped daddy make his table, how cool is that! I want him to have the experience of feeling gratification out of doing things himself. Hopefully this will help build his self esteem.
I forgot to post a pic, so when I get to the shop today I'll add it to this post.
------------------ Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA bob@creativesignworks.com
"Some people's kids"
Posts: 5149 | From: Millbury, Mass. U.S. | Registered: Nov 1998
| IP: Logged |
posted
Yo.....Michael! Tell me about the gasket you made. What material and how.
I've been carving Valances for all the windows in the house. Lots of fleur-de-lis and scrollwork. Carved a few Christmas tree ornaments over the past few years.
------------------ St.Marie Graphics & Makin' Tracks Sound Studio Kalispell, Montana stmariegraphics@centurytel.net http://www.stmariegraphics.com 800 735-8026 We're chiseling every day of the week! :^)
posted
Sign Painter ????? Seems like about all (Sign Painters) that I have known over the past 45 years are a VERY talented bunch of people. If you are a true Journeyman you can weld, plumb, carpenter, paint, design electrical,,etc etc and the list goes on and on. As for myself I am building a custom design three wheeled motorcycle from the ground up at this time, I also have about 25 limited edition prints that I sell on my web Page and at several Galleries around the country. I also build and sell Fiberglass 55 Chevy Furniture and accessories....Check out my site, and I would welcome any feedback or questions....Shep' http://artbyshep.homestead.com/index.html
------------------ Arvil Shep' Shepherd Art by Shep Oak Island, NC shep@ec.rr.com http://artbyshep.homestead.com/index.html
posted
Shep, cool stuff but I have a suggestion for your website.
Maybe try putting some navigation on the left, where you can access images of the chairs and prints, instead of having them all on the first page making it take a long time to load.
Looks like cool stuff but I was about to give up on the site cause it was takin a loooong time to load up!
------------------ Mike Pipes Digital Illusion Custom Graphics Lake Havasu City, AZ http://www.stickerpimp.com
Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
| IP: Logged |
posted
mr boone..saw somewhere they have a program that has all the gaskets you need in it. and you can pull up a gasket on the screen and draw it with the plotter and or cut it...i guess...you got one of these programs? ian an old NAPA parts man...i know what its like not being able to find a stupid little gasket...that you just cant finish the job without..
------------------ joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-944-5060 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND
Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
| IP: Logged |
posted
oh yeah, I got my wildlife art stuff on my web site too......I sell prints from those if anyone's interested..... Too hard to make it in that genre, so I'm learning to paint wildlife on walls!! http:www.splashsigns.com/WILDLIFEPAGE.HTML A
------------------ Adrienne Morgan Splash Signs www.splashsigns.com "Rainkatt'on chat
Printer-friendly view of this topic