Nice to see old school craftsmanship alive and well on Lower Baggot Street. Broadsheet’s ‘man on the street’ sez:
It’s one of Dublin’s iconic pubs, so when I noticed they were getting the sign repainted, I wanted to see how it went. ‘Done properly’ according to one of the signwriters, and ‘at great cost’ – a three day job with the original board sanded right down to the wood and repainted from scratch. Finished on Friday.
Stunning.
I *cannot* support the simultaneous Munster and Leinster flags though.
It’s only rugby, it’s not like there’s any real rivalry there.
*high fives* ‘cmon Lunsteir!’
Beautiful work.
That scaffolding is far from “done properly”.
was just thinking that same thing!!! great potential for litigation here!
The guys are demonstrating a true old time skill and all you can do is complain about the scaffolding. Welcome to the fellowship of the miserable….
Skills.
Old Tom Mangan be a happy man now.
+1
Never mind the artwork. Where was the HSA in all this?
Yo, you can’t be an old skool signwriter without taking a few saftey risks. Lovely to see the craft is still alive and well in the big smoke. Watch this: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgn8wk_sign-magic-master-craftsman-tomas-tuipear_lifestyle
No proper scaffolding, no hard hat, no fall arrest harness, no exclusion zone, no signage for pedestrians, no hi-viz, (no, I’m not being serious.) Have all the health and safety nuts emigrated already?
Recession- what recession?
Ckeck out the late Kevin Freeney’s hand painted sign work
His work on former Ambassador cinema was top notch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gentlemanofletters/sets/
Great work. It’s heartening that in a sea of tacky Spar, Centra and budget book shop signage that there still are examples of the art of street frontage alive and well in our fair city. Would that these great men could be given a commission to restore all the commercial signage of the city.
I wonder if that’s the same chap I spotted doing the Murphy Sheehy fabric shop sign freehand at Castle Market recently.
Can anyone think of a sentence containing the word “and” five times in a row that could relate to this photo? It makes sense!
Well, I put a bigger space between Cat and and, and and, and Cage.
The space between Doheny and and and and and Nesbitt is just about right (having said that it’s an ampersand). What do I win?
…gold oak leaf medal from the grammar fascists!
That ‘D & N’ on the Lounge entrance is far far too big and it looks to me like these guys were using gold paint rather than gold leaf. Having said that it is heartening that somebody is still out there writing, I hope they can make a living at it.
Gold paint instead of gold leaf? Im Flabbergasted! Off with their heads!
You can claim your free drink at D&N. What’s an ambersand?