This is me doing a vinyl installation at a much beloved landmark, the historic Dole Mansion in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
Yes, women can be and are signmakers.
Early in my 20s, I went to a local billboard company to apply for a job as a signmaker.
"Women don't make signs," was the response I got.
Wonder if that company is still in business today.
There are a lot of bad interpretive signs out there.
Sorry/not sorry.
My kids and I still play "trash the sign," when we visit parks and preserves - we're actually critiquing the signs.
We also played, "name that font" when my kids were younger. They were surprisingly good at it.
It's been a great privilege to work with some of the smartest, most dedicated folks I know to help create, research, design, illustrate, and produce interpretive signs since 1989 - yes since the dark ages.
Early in my 20s, I went to a local billboard company to apply for a job as a signmaker.
"Women don't make signs," was the response I got.
Wonder if that company is still in business today.
There are a lot of bad interpretive signs out there.
Sorry/not sorry.
My kids and I still play "trash the sign," when we visit parks and preserves - we're actually critiquing the signs.
We also played, "name that font" when my kids were younger. They were surprisingly good at it.
It's been a great privilege to work with some of the smartest, most dedicated folks I know to help create, research, design, illustrate, and produce interpretive signs since 1989 - yes since the dark ages.
