Always nice to be asked from a repeat customer to supply some more sign work for their new premises.
Wooden Pavement and Hanging Sign done in flat black lettering on a matt white background.

Big thanks to Elle @Dewberrystudio for the shout out again on this one!

Got the honour of doing some more Historic Restoration Signwork here in my home city of Leicester. This time in the Legal Quarter of Greyfriars Conservation Area.
Project being to restore an original old wooden sign for a local Law Stationers ( sadly long gone now ) to its former glory. This being just a small part of the restoration underway at the moment around this side of the city.
The lettering was traced and copied before restoring the sign itself, then the lettering was repainted the same style, layout and colours as the original using tradition hand painted methods.
Really pleased how this came out and a pleasure to be able to work as part of this Historic Project.
Big thanks to Justin for the shout also!

Before Restoration

Finished Sign

Above sketched on before applying paint.
Below with new traditionallyhand painted names.

The traditional side of my trade is in full-flow it seems this winter. I do quite a few Honour Boards this time annually, so it's sort of expected, but this year even more so (which is great, as the weather is not the best for being up a ladder!)
Nice to get the odd Xmas sign to brighten things up also, this one below is another hand painted sign done for the guys at Roaming Giraffe. Have had the privilege of doing a few for them over the years, always fun jobs!
Near the end of 2025 and good to be busy!
Take care all!
Al.

A mix of both Traditional Signwritten and Graphic work coming through Al Scott Signs this month.
Hand painted lettering just works on older vehicles, as that's how it would have been done originally. For the newer vans it's all about the design I think... this is where you get to stand out from the rest!... and it really doesn't have to cost the earth.
Both these were done onsite, locally.
Best, Al Scott.

Early on this year i was left an answer message on my phone ( yep, as a lot of people will testify I’m the bloody worst at picking up my calls when on-site )
To my surprise it was the BBC, who were at that moment in time, making an episode of DIY SOS here in my home city of Leicester called 'Independence for Isla'
Anyway, long story short...
Truly honoured to be asked as a local Signwriter and Sign Painter to contribute and be a small part of the surprise for little Isla and her family!
Isla was born with  a rare genetic disorder, mandibuloacral dysplasia, which makes her bones dangerously brittle and causes her major organs to age prematurely.
My small part ( in what was a massive local come together )  was a Hand Painted and Gilded wooden Sign. Painted in Isla's favourite colours and with the family words 'Be Safe, I Love You'.( The Family had always had this message above the entrance door so it was read when leaving the house )
I hope the Sign gives the family lots of joy and a big thank you to Gordon, and the rest of team at BBC for the shout out to contribute.
Incredible job done by tons of Local businesses and people who gave up their time to get the transformation and surprise done in such a short space of time.... amazing job!!!
The Leicester episode of DIY SOS is now on Iplayer and was aired last night, filmed originally back in February this year.

Back to Paul Pender & Sons to Hand Paint a few more Classic Trucks.
Had the privilege of doing quite a few classic vehicles for 'Pender's' over the years, as well as the odd wall sign or 3 🙂
Paul Pender & Sons are very well known around Leicestershire, being one of the largest and well respected Funeral Directors in the City.

Lovely people, and his collection of Classic Vehicles is a joy to behold ( and work on! )

All these were done using traditional methods and materials - hand painted onsite.


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A large part of my work is the annual updating and maintaining of various Honours Boards around the Country.  It's one of those jobs that's incredibly rewarding, seeing all the past names and dates written by generations of Traditional Signwriter's who have had the privilege of adding to these historic boards. Most are either Gold Leaf or Painted, and nearly all I do are hand painted, using Traditional Signwriting methods.

Cool to see one of my Hand-painted signs at Glastonbury this year - A big, big thanks to Hen, Jack and all at Roaming Giraffe Events for the project!