In with the old and out with the new

I am finding inspiration everywhere at the moment and have taken it upon myself to try and visit every possible museum, art gallery and studio space if I can in the hope to expand my knowledge of hand painted typography to enhance my personal projects.

Vintage typography seems to be the trend at the moment and recently I visited the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum in Northern Ireland which had a stack of it. There was vast amounts of old product signage as well as beautiful hand painted lettering on the various methods of transport from trams, trains to planes.

After seeing the signpainters talk I really appreciate the skill and time that people apply to their craft. It is something that seems to have started to be lost in recent years with the advancement of technology; which I why I wish to apply hand painted methods heavily within my personal project work and carry on documenting what I find in my journal.