FAIRBANKS Daily News Miner on Hardluck Studios— When Dubh Black describes the hand-painted sign propped up behind him at Hardluck Studios, he sounds like an art professor discussing the technical merits of a fine painting. The specially blended enamel paint used on the sign has the highest pigment loads you can get, and is formulated so it leaves no brush marks. Black raps on the sign with his knuckles, noting that the dried product is as hard as plastic. The medium density overlay board is bonded together to withstand virtually any weather condition. Read full article...
Sign Painters: The Movie...We see them almost every day without a second thought. Weathered by time, distinct characteristics shining through, hand-painted signs are a product of a fascinating 150 year-old American history. What was once a common job has now become a highly specialized trade, a unique craft struggling with technological advances. Sign Painters, directed by Faythe Levine & Sam Macon, stylistically explores this unacknowledged art frm through anecdotal accounts from artists across the country including Ira Coyne, Bob Dewhurst, Keith Knecht, Norma Jeane Maloney and Stephen Powers. These vanguards of unseen originality are leading a renaissance with a keen creative purpose and exemplify the working class American success story. Sign Painters celebrates those keeping the tradition intact with a bespoke approach and appreciation for a balance between art and commerce.
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Hardluck Studios recently painted replacement signage for all 25 cabin plaques in Pioneer Park. The park is a favorite tourist destination that houses cabins from the Alaska gold rush era, 2 museums, and the riverboat Nenana. Signage for the cabins was originally produced 35 years ago, and has begun showing signs of wear. We proposed a new design to the Park Management for the plaques in fall of 2014. See photo to right for a preview of the new signage. Signs will be hung in time for the Park's opening in May, 2015.
Posted: Sunday, August 3, 2014 12:00 am | Updated: 8:52 am, Sun Aug 3, 2014.
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