Our final session today takes us all the way to New Zealand where we'll get a look inside Auckland's Laser Foil letterpress workshop, and learn how they worked to create Erno Hajo's award-winning business card.

BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 06 kicks off online at 4pm London time, runs for over five hours, and is completely free: https://bl.ag/meet

I thought I'd have some stuff to edit out of my conversation with sign painter, designer, and all-round Letterhead Elaine Wallis, but there wasn't, and so her session runs to just over 50 minutes, versus the advertised 45, at today's BLAG Meet: https://bl.ag/meet.

During the conversation you can learn all about the kit box that she's resting her foot on in this picture, and its role in her life in signs that spans over 40 years.

People always enjoy taking a look around others' work spaces, and for this BLAG Meet (https://bl.ag/meet) we'll get a peek behind the doors of Jay Smith's studio/workshop in Idaho.

This will include a browse through some of the classic sign painting books that he was lucky to get his hands on recently, as reported here: https://bl.ag/bookish-good-luck-at-mclellan-signs-in-nampa-idaho/.

BLAG Meet (https://bl.ag/meet) is tomorrow, Saturday, completely free, and online from 4pm London time.

One of the live talks at the event will be from Rick Janzen of Canada's Streamline Studios: https://streamlinestudiosinc.ca/.

Rick is a veteran of sign painting for film, and has worked on numerous blockbusters, as well as series such as The Last of Us. You can expect plenty of wise words and insights into this and commercial sign painting applications.

One of the things I try to do with BLAG is embrace the many and varied international manifestations of the sign painting craft.

There isn't a lot written on its history in Spain, and Nico Barrios has been filling the void through his Masters research.

He'll be sharing some of this on Saturday via his presentation on the three eras of Spanish sign painting history.

Join us for BLAG Meet; it's free and online: https://bl.ag/meet.

I'll also be delivering a short session during Saturday's BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 06 (https://bl.ag/meet).

This is'ot strictly connected to the latest issue of the magazine, but I'm using the free, online event to share details of my forthcoming Kickstarter that aims to raise funds to finish a short film I've been working on: When Better Letters Met Brian Walker.

You can pre-register for the Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg.

After India and Belgium, we fly across the Atlantic for a look behind the scenes of the recent American Sign Museum expansion. 'Magic on Main Street' is the third BLAG Meet session (https://bl.ag/meet).

I got to see the new spaces last month, and the report is here: https://bl.ag/my-week-at-the-american-sign-museum/. Saturday's session will only scratch the surface, but will give you the opportunity to hear from those that brought the whole thing together.

BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 06 is free, online, and features five hours of talks, interviews, studio visits, and demonstrations: https://bl.ag/meet.

We kick off with @matratype and her quest to learn and devise the language to describe letterforms on India’s vibrant signage. (See previous post here: https://typo.social/@matratype/114042322483513686.)

I'm excited to see where these investigations have led to, and how they're being incorporated into the India Street Lettering project.

And, to bring things up-to-date, here's my deep dive into contemporary sign painter vehicles from 2023: https://bl.ag/what-a-ride-the-wonderful-world-of-sign-painter-vehicles/.

Given the relatiive popularity of the post above, here is another 'neon' vehicle.

It's perhaps less exciting, but does come from a collection of related historical sign shop photos here: https://bl.ag/ye-olde-sign-shoppe-at-the-american-sign-museum/.