A Sign for Ten Women

Wood sign to Ten Women Main Street

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Ten Women Gallery on Main Street, Santa Monica, the mother store to Ten Women Venice, asked me to create a sign for their little shop.

When I first did the sign, I did it in straight, good, old fashioned calligraphy with no embellishment.  The substrate is wood and "It" had other ideas...  I did the shadowing with a zig marker, the lettering in acrylic and when I sprayed it with a finishing spray the zig marker ran.  Live and learn as they say and a good lesson as it turned out. 
I had to gesso the entire surface and start over by adding various acrylic colors and some dictionary words, unique, handmade, creation placed within using gel medium and start the lettering all over again.  I sprayed a fixative first to insure that everything would stay put and then the finishing spray of varnish.
As it turned out, it was a much better fit for where it was going to be hanging.  Happiness was in the error.