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John Downer Glass Gilding Video

Following up from last week’s Midweek Miscellany post, here is glass gilder John Downer talking about creating that amazing lettering for Reserve‘s window in Los Angeles:

Reserve Glass Gilding by John Downer from Reserve LA on Vimeo.

2 Comments

  1. Lindsey Thomas Martin

    Thanks for this. I’ve been a fan of Downer’s Iowan Old Style for years.

  2. Great video. I must be one of the dozen or so that still do this. My dad did it for 40 plus years before he retired and passed the trade on to me. Cool stuff.

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