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A Show of Hand
Colt Bowden’s self-made signs for his signshop, Gold Hand Signs.
Signpainter Colt Bowden designed, gilded, painted and carved these signs for his signshop, Gold Hand Signs in McMinnville, OR. Bowden, who has painted signs professionally for 11 years and previously co-operated MAC Sign Painting (McMinnville, OR), wanted to use goldleaf, a pictorial/carved hand and a 100% hand-drawn, hand-lettered design to commemorate his new shop.
“Design-wise, I love the 1930’s and 1940’s and drew inspiration from old phone books I’ve collected from that era,” said Bowden, who used his left hand as a model.
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Mars Bravo: The Most Interesting Name in the Sign Industry
Mars Bravo is not the kind of name you hear very often in the sign industry — the kind of name more likely to follow, “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage…!” In this episode, Eric interviews Mars to find out about her start in the sign industry and her ideas for the future, first with how she got her name.
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