Jim’s sign writing workshops

Grappling with the idea that letters are made out of a series of shapes was a challenge for our second set of workshops with Jim of Seven 9 Signs.

Using paint and brushes we learnt the (very) basics of holding the brush, how to place the brush on the paper and how ‘not’ to twist it to make letters –  trying to forget everything we thought we new about writing words.

Sign writing workshops with Dan

During the end of June we ran three sign writing workshops with artist Dan Griffin-Hayes. Dan worked with our attendees to produce hand drawn signs on wood using a range of simple techniques which turned in to some great results…