You just never know where a love of lettering is going to lead you! When there was a work stoppage at the San Francisco Symphony in March, they asked for some signs to replace the hastily scrawled ones they had been using on the picket line. Here are a few of them:
Truth is, these were only slightly less hastily scrawled...I had just three evenings to churn them out. The large sign--which I'm shown below climbing onto the kitchen island to make--was carted around town to identify the musicians while they performed in parks and on street corners.
One of the striking musicians found work as my studio assistant!
Who knows if it was the signs, but the strike did settle in just eighteen days...whereas last time (1996-97) it was ten weeks. Just sayin'...
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| A very tired sign maker. |
Next frontier: tequila bottles. ¡Stay tuned!
Love this! The signs are gorgeous and the SFS is indebted to you. The quick resolution was OBVIOUSLY not a coincidence. (Putting that IAMPETH directory to good use, too!)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jane! I wondered if anyone would catch the IAMPETH directory, and I should have know it would be you!!!
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