Synagog Gold leaf job

[Wayne]

nice little gilding job- all hand lettered- small copy is half inch high.

[Mark Fair]

excellent wayne. I never was good at small hand lettered copy.

[Dave Correll]

that's tight! upper and lower case w/serifs...you are a mad man! well done, I give you a standing ovation!

[Signoholic]

To all that view this forum, guests especially, this is hand lettering at its finest! no stencils, no stickers, just perfection with a brush a pot of paint & real gold. Fantastic work Wayne.

[mark stokes]

wayne that is awesome you are one skilled hand painter . How long did that take to do?

[Mike Meyer]

Great job Wayne!!! This is what this Website is all about. Thank you Pete Ball.

I pray for the queen too. What? I do!

[Wayne]

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

- Took about 16 hours (including waiting round for the size to tack up-drinkin tea and nursing my sore fingers-(small letters owch!)

It seemed to take longer to lay out than to signwrite- I wanted to get a nice looking "block" of copy rather than an-in and out-margin mess.

Little tip here for ya-

When I layout something like this- I start from the bottom up- and fit the header into the space thats left-rather than the other way about -rather than having to sqweeze the text up to fit...Works for me.

[jake snow]

You are a true brushman Wayne. Very nice!

[milo]

Lovely job Wayne.
Will have to try that tip, marking from the bottom up.

Works well for you.

Ian

[Jillbeans]

That's just lovely, Wayne.
Excellent work.
I use your same layout trick! Saved my butt on quite a few occasions!
Love.....Jill

[Chunkie]

That's just lovely, Wayne.
Excellent work.
I use your same layout trick! Saved my butt on quite a few occasions!
Love.....Jill

And what a nice butt it is to be saved if you don't mind me saying :wink: . :D

[paulp]

Respect, man thats good.

[Rick Janzen]

That's some really nice hand lettering Wayne! It's nice to see a great skill being put to use.

[Bob Peach]

That is absolutely awesome. Excellent job Wayne!

[dave parr]

Somehow, gazing at a work such as this relaxes me. It is most certainly craftsmanship at its finest. It does my soul good to know folks are still practicing the art. I once aspired to achieve a level of skill as to near this as I could reach -- I am re-inspired. Thank you.

A blanket Thank You All, for the many other excellent works displayed at this site.