Sign Painters by Faythe Levine & Sam Macon

Author:Faythe Levine & Sam Macon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2012-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

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San Francisco, California

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I’ve always been

interested in my own

handwriting and

how it’s changed as

I’ve grown.

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When I was in art school, I was a painter. For whatever reason, when I graduated I put down my paintbrush for a number of years. When I first moved to San Francisco, I was determined to find work using my hands. I was hopeful about piecing together a living doing inspiring and creative things. I didn’t know what that would look like until I was walking down a street in my neighborhood and saw some people installing a sign. I went up and asked them who painted it, and they said this great shop, New Bohemia Signs. I was super excited, so I holed myself up for the weekend and put together this really funny portfolio. It’s embarrassing to think about that work now.

My other work outside of sign paint-ing is as a gardener / farmer. I’m naturally drawn toward hands-on activities that are meditative, that I can be invested in and then have this amazing final product. I get in a similar headspace when I’m tending to the soil or focusing on making a letter look a certain way. I’m slowly, carefully doing something for a long time. What feels so nice is to focus on one small part, then step back and see the whole garden or finished sign.

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