Hand-lettered signs, helmets, parts, motorcycles, and all sorts of things I'm interested in.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

One of My Favourites






This was one of my favourite sign projects in recent years. This sign started out as a dealership sign for Massey-Harris tractors, but was painted over when the dealership changed hands and became a Ford car lot. As I stripped off the layers of paint, it was fascinating to discover each of the dealerships that had painted over the sign. My customer wanted the sign to look like an old Plymouth Chrysler dealer sign, so I did up the double sided sign accordingly. I used an old Chrysler car emblem as my model for the Chrysler script. Thank you Judy for shooting the light blue panels. It was hard to give this one back!

Boat Cruise Sign

This is a car I did on sheet styrene for a 50's themed bank boat cruise, some three or four (five?) years ago. I'll be adding some more old stuff to this site, as well as any new projects as they finish.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

My new old paint and brush box.



This the side of an old sign painter's paint box I've begun to repaint. It belonged to a signpainter from the Island and is probably from the 1950's. It came with a ton of brushes, many still useable. I've decided to add my own treatment.

Old ice chest refrigerator from 1915




This was an interesting restoration project. Lots of dents to pull and old paint to scrape. Apparently it was to be a prop in the sequel to Night at the Museum, but I don't know if it made it into the film or not.






Helmets and pushbars.







Friday, July 24, 2009

Heritage Chiropractic sign.





Sign for Heritage Chiropractic, Chilliwack, B.C.

Sign for Kinkora Golf Course.

Sign for Kinkora Golf Course, Chilliwack, B.C.




The Commodore trying to avoid disaster!

The World of JEK

This is my first blog entry on this page. This blog contains many of the things that I'm interested in, from signs and hand lettering to motorcycles.