Author Archives: Gary Anderson

Gary Anderson’s shop, Bloomington Design, is in Bloomington, Indiana. Now retired, he has contributed to SignCraft for over 35 years, and authored two books: Signs, Graphics & Other Neat Stuff and More Signs, Graphics & Other Neat Stuff, both published by SignCraft.

Building great-looking, durable posts

| June 13, 2021

The most common structural member for sign mountings is a post. And perhaps the most common sign use is a 4-by-8-ft. overlaid plywood… Read More

Basic sign structures: Posts, Boxes and Fences

| June 4, 2021

The structures that support freestanding signs can do a lot more than hold up the sign faces. They are a part of the… Read More

Creating appealing 3-D signs

| January 5, 2021

How much money do we have to work with? Does it need to be conservative, creative or wild? How willing is the client… Read More

The ones that got away

| June 20, 2019

Most of us do a lot of signs that are what I call “professional.” It’s a clean, legible design that delivers the message… Read More