Use Instagram to market your sign work
Ever since we started sharing photos of great-looking signs every day on Instagram (you’ll find us at @signcraftmagazine), we’ve heard from sign people… Read More
Author Archives: SignCraft Magazine
Michael Keene
In 1975, at 20 years old, Mike Keene got engaged, married his wife and moved to Colorado—all in the space of five days…. Read More
Will McLear
Shop name: Ocean Graphics Shop size: 2700 sq. ft. Staff: Five Age: 35 Graphics equipment: Roland printer/cutter Royal Sovereign laminator Graphtec plotter Inventables… Read More
Tony Sullivan
Shop name: Graphix Signs & Design Shop size: 1000 sq. ft. shop space plus 675 sq. ft. office Staff: Two plus Tony Age:… Read More
Design & Price: Van lettering
In every issue, SignCraft gives a few sign makers an imaginary project. We ask them to do a sketch of the sign they… Read More
Letters
Help push Bob Behounek and the Chicago Brushmasters support of Ronald McDonald House over one million dollars. Vote today! Bob Behounek, Chicago-area sign… Read More
Shop Trucks
Send us a photo of your shop truck today at signcraft@signcraft.com or to SignCraft, P.O. Box 60031, Fort Myers, FL 33906. Read this… Read More
Signs We’ve Seen
We’d like to see your work! …or photos of signs you’ve seen. Email them today to signcraft@signcraft.com or mail to SignCraft, PO Box… Read More
Tips & Tricks
Make sandblasted HDU woodgrain look even more realistic I often sandblast high-density urethane through the Grain-Fraim to simulate sandblasted woodgrain backgrounds. Over the… Read More
Try this easy approach to estimating
Ever wish there was a formula you could use to check your pricing? Here’s one we learned about from Jim Jackson of Artcraft… Read More
Custom PVC posts are an easy upgrade to sell
Custom posts and mountings are a great way to make signs more appealing and more effective. They make the sign more obvious—without adding… Read More
Design drives successful digital prints
To say digital printing is everywhere would be an understatement. Vehicle wraps, flat signs, wall coverings, floor graphics, stickers, windows—it’s everywhere and then… Read More
The secrets of killer truck lettering design
Good design never goes out of date, and that’s as true of vehicle graphics as it is about architecture or furniture design. Recently,… Read More
Design & Price: 3D residential sign
In every issue, SignCraft gives a few sign makers an imaginary project. We ask them to do a sketch of the sign they… Read More
Art Amerman
Shop name: A&A Signs Shop size: 1400 sq. ft. Age: 62 Graphics equipment: Roland SP540 printer Summa S-class 48-in. plotter EMseal laminator Roland… Read More
Jeff Cahill
If your SignCraft collection goes back that far, you’ll find Jeff Cahill on the cover of the Summer 1983 issue, along with a… Read More
Kurt Gaber
Shop name: Gaber Signs Shop size: 3000 sq. ft. Staff: Two full-time Age: 54 Graphics equipment: Roland XR-640 printer/cutter FlexiSign Gerber Omega Three… Read More
Letters
Hand-lettered signs bear the maker’s mark Dear SignCraft, Back in the day B.C. (Before Computers), I studied and admired many hand-lettered signs. Being… Read More
Shop Trucks
Send us a photo of your shop truck today at signcraft@signcraft.com or to SignCraft, P.O. Box 60031, Fort Myers, FL 33906. Read this… Read More
Signs We’ve Seen
We’d like to see your work! …or photos of signs you’ve seen. Email them today to signcraft@signcraft.com or mail to SignCraft, PO Box… Read More
