The Lost Arts

Here is a small collection of people that inspire me to keep going with the direction I am going right now..

Levi's® Workshops: Sister Corita from bingo pyjama on Vimeo.

Become a Microscope from Jon Barlow Producer on Vimeo.

David A Smith - Sign Artist from Danny Cooke on Vimeo.

FontCast #12 — Damon Styer from FontShop on Vimeo.

Rattler from Port Shy on Vimeo.

"Linotype: The Film" Official Trailer from Linotype: The Film on Vimeo.

David Wolfe, Letterpress Printer from Morgan Kirkham on Vimeo.

Love Letter to Syracuse from COLAB on Vimeo.

ESPO RAW FOOTAGE FROM OPEN AIR from knox on Vimeo.

Alexander Girard & House Industries from Bob Smartner on Vimeo.

Faded Paint - The Vanishing Sign Painter from Rick janzen on Vimeo.

SoLost: Yee Haw Industries from Oxford American on Vimeo.

Ping Pong Mural Time-lapse from Jolby on Vimeo.

Post 250 is just about me..

Thanks to my compadre TJ for snappin some lifestyle shots in our recent adventure to the land of Gold.

Visit his site, check out his work!!

P.s. I apologize for being a narrcisistic dork..

Egg Head Tempera

A fun new medium (for Me), used by the masters of old. Egg Tempera. Essentially egg yolk and pigment. This piece has brush marker lines on top of it.

Image Eye Optical A-Frame!

Next to my favourite sandwich/soup shoppe in Sugar House is a rad glasses boutique, Image Eyes Optical. I've been hankering for a new set of spec's, my ol' Burberry's were getting scratched up, my eyes were in need of a new look too. So..... I pitched a deal, and worked it out so we would both get a new look for our front and end up happy with a tax free trade of service and product.

Sign painting is a fun and at times mind stressing jobby (job hobby). This was the kind of sign that was fun to design, but painstaking to execute. Nonetheless, a week and a half of after school night work... and voila! the sign was ready to deliver.

Signing off,

45 Sign Co.

Colt Bowden

Photos from my SanFrancisco Trip! {no paticular order}

New Bohemia Sign Painters Art show @The Summit SF

This week I drove out to San Fransisco to see an amazing group of sign painters show their work. The New Bohemia Sign painters as they are called, a small business owened and operated by Damon Styer. I have been following their work ever since my friend Leland Rowley showed me their work and suggested I work at doing my signs more professionally.. thanks Leland.

Last year they had two shows and this year marks their first major show of work. Here is how it turned out!