Lewis is our shop mascot and he needs your help. Signs of the Times Magazine has nominated him for a Reader's Choice Award and he needs your vote to win. To vote, please visit the voting site at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/33YY9LX. Choose your 3 favorite signs by clicking on the photos. Click on the Done button at the bottom of the page and your vote is placed. This hand sculpted piece was carved out of high density urethane with epoxy putty added for detail. If you would like to see Lewis in person, drop by our showroom. Thanks for your Help!
A Sign as Lovely as a Tree
Here at Great American Sign we make a lot of signs to protect people, today we made a sign to protect a tree, a 200 year old tree outside of a housing complex on the campus of Drew University.
Thank You
Today we were gratified to accept an award from our friends at the United States Sign Council www.ussc.org, a great organization we have proudly been a member for 20 years. We placed first in the Non Illuminated Building Sign competition for a sign we produced locally for Ridge Marketing www.ridgemarketing.com. It was especially gratifying to receive an award considering I was in competition with such giants in the sign business like Stoner Graphics of Hershey, PA and House of Signs, Frisco CO who combined took home 5 awards of their own. Congratulations to them and all the other competitors. It’s truly an honor to be in the same company as these great innovators.
St James Sign is featured in Sign & Digital Graphics Magazine
A series of signs we recently produced for our local Catholic Church was featured in a national trade magazine. The article discusses the process we underwent getting the signs approved through production. Its a great honor to our company the town and St. James alike, Thanks S&DG! If you would like to read the article for yourself here is a link to an online copy of the magazine. http://read.uberflip.com/i/215703
Local Courtroom gets a Facelift and a New Sign
This year we have been blessed to do several local community projects. Our latest is a 4ft diameter carved seal for the newly renovated Basking Ridge Municipal Court. This was an interesting project, in that we got to try out a new process for creating realistic metal finishes on a lightweight carveable panel. For this project, the municipality chose a corroded bronze finish that we created using a metal infused paint. Seven layerers of paint were required to achieve this affect. Our final step involves spraying the piece with an acid solution accelerating the corrosion process, creating the aged metal look. The designers were interested in bronze because the green corroded surface went so well with the green they had planned for the wall behind the dais. The new courtroom looks great and we are proud to be a part of the effort. It is especially gratifying to do a local project that enhances the beauty of our home town!