Painting Signage

A couple of years ago, I was in an antique shop in Corning, NY. While I was talking to the owner about some silver plate spoons that I was buying to paint, she mentioned that she hated her Open/Closed sign and that she was looking for someone to make a different one for her. We talked about it for a bit and I got the job. He shop logo included antique toys and she mentioned how much she loved the doll. So, the doll became the centerpiece of the sign. Her logo was just a line drawing, so the colors were pretty much up to me. It is a little hard to see in the photos, but the doll is awake on the lighter Open side and her eyes are closed on the darker Closed side of the sign. The sign is painted on synthetic canvas called Kreative Kanvas. Each side was painted on a separate piece of the product and then the two sides were glued together. The tricky part was devising a way to hang the sign on her glass door. We opted for suction cups. The sign was a big success and is still in use.