Writing on the Wall

I had the joy and privilege of doing a spot of remodeling whilst Bob was on holiday last week. He was quite surprised to come back to leather furniture, iron and slate tables and a wall of deep crimson flanked by warm tans. On the crimson wall I designed a typographic treatment of the Voice Vision Statement. Armed with my laptop, an LCD projector and a silver pencil, I stood and traced the lettering. It took me a few hours of tracing but it came out splendidly. Next week the painting on the wall will begin – in a rich antique gold.

The opportunity to transform a room is always such fun for me. It’s a ton of work but I love seeing the end result and watching the jaw drop when they walk in and view the room. Doing one with a painting on the wall is a new one for me, but I am also excited to see how it turns out. I was thinking of doing something like this in the lobby now. Dave Carey and I have talked many times of doing some type treatments on walls, so this is my second attempt. The first was when I did vinyl lettering around the top of the Publications office at Grace College & Seminary. Vinyl is cool because it is so precise and hard edge, but it is also expensive. So we’ll see how the painting comes out.