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New York House.

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Walker's Pharmacy.

Great Western Railway.

Jacks Barber Shop.

Transfer Ornaments, Palm Bro's & Co.

York Design Week.

Hoults Wine Bar - Roller Shutter

Arcade Beer & Liquor.

Cadeby Main Colliery 1889 - 1986.

Knuckle.

Bean Brothers.

A private commission of a number 6.
Painted by hand and in reverse with a bespoke green mixed by hand to make a unique - one off - piece of work.
The gilding has been applied to the back of the glass using the technique of water gilding and on this piece Umberto chose 23c gold.
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The frame was bespoke made by our friends Saddleworth Picture Framers.
The guild commended framer works closely with Signs by Umberto to ensure the bespoke glass pieces are framed to the highest standards.
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In this piece the number 6 has been designed for the American singer-song writer, John Mayer.
The typeface known as 'Mayer' was designed by David A Smith of Torquay who kindly gave Umberto the typeface to use across projects that may require it.

Dimensions:

230 x 230mm

Thickness:

6mm

The Yorkshire Post Magazine.

A private commission of a letter - A .
Painted by hand and in reverse with most colours mixed by hand to make a unique - one off - piece of work.
The gilding has been applied to the back of the glass using the technique of water gilding and on this piece Umberto chose 23c gold.
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The frame was bespoke made by our friends Saddleworth Picture Framers.
The guild commended framer works closely with Signs by Umberto to ensure the bespoke glass pieces are framed to the highest standards.

Dimensions:

230 x 230mm

Thickness:

6mm

Rudge Motorcycle Petrol Tank.

Signs by Umberto were approached by a private client to make a house number plate using the font Futura.
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The client specifically asked Signs by Umberto to use a font dating from the period the clients has had been built.
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We agreed to work with the typeface Futura - and here is little about it's history which the client felt reflected their interests and tastes:

Futura
Futura is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Paul Renner and released in 1927.
It was designed as a contribution on the New Frankfurt-project. ... It was developed as a typeface by the Bauer Type Foundry, in competition with Ludwig & Mayer's seminal Erbar typeface of 1926.
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In this picture the number 20 has had the process of water gilding applied on the reverse of the glass using 23c gold. Finished off with a 5mm black outline and set against a basalt blue back drop.

Dimensions:

254 x 254mm

Thickness:

6mm

Signs by Umberto were approached by a client to make an initial letter H.
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The letter H was a commission to used as a gift and showcases the letter in Helvetica.
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The letter has a 5mm outline, gilded in 23c gold using the technique of water gilding.
The body of the letter has a four colour bevel hand painted on the reverse of the glass.
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Each colour has been mixed by before applying to the reverse of the glass.

Dimensions:

230 x 230mm

Thickness:

6mm

Working across Higher Education.

N & T

N & T commissioned as a wedding gift.
This glass piece was oil gilded in reverse, a technique that gives the gold a matt appearnce.
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Both letters are gilded using 18c gold and the ampersand uses 12c gold which has a white gold appearance.
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The whole piece was drawn by hand prior to making and each colour has been mixed to make a truly unique bespoke piece, a nice touch for a special occasion.
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The acancthus scrolling around the lettering has three colours applied, two of which are outlines and detailing to the structure of the scrolling leaves.
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The frame was bespoke made by our friends Saddleworth Picture Framers.
The guild commended framer works closely with Signs by Umberto to ensure the bespoke glass pieces are framed to the highest standards.

Dimensions:

460 x 230mm

Thickness:

6mm

Arcade Coffee & Food.

A private commission of a number 8.
Painted by hand and in reverse with a bespoke green mixed by hand to make a unique - one off - piece of work.
The gilding has been applied to the back of the glass using the technique of water gilding and on this piece Umberto chose 23c gold.
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The number has a block shadow to it's right painted in black.
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In this piece the number 8 came from a typeface designed for the American singer-song writer, John Mayer.
The typeface known as 'Mayer' was designed by David A Smith of Torquay who kindly gave Umberto the typeface to use across projects that may require it.

Dimensions:

230 x 230mm

Thickness:

6mm

You're my ice cream baby.

Wayne Anthony's Barber Shop.

Signs by Umberto

Traditional signwriter based between West Yorkshire and Manchester specialising in reverse glass signs and gold leaf application.

All work © of Robert Walker - owner of Signs by Umberto.

Artwork except Knuckle on the pages Record Sleeves and Reading are not the work of Signs by Umberto and are on display only to showcase the inspiration to the sign writing.

All images copyright of Robert Walker 2017