Daryl McMahon: Signs

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Tobacco barrel

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A vintage mid-century nail keg that I upcycled into a

reproduction tobacco advertising barrel.

Approximately 18 inches tall X 13 inches diameter with a new layered

and lettered heavily distressed paint finish. Stained and aged interior.

Convex Eye Clock

Handmade, painted and distressed convex eye clock of
my own design, about 13.5" diam. x 2.5" deep.
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Pharmacie des Peres de Famille

Appartements a louer

Reproduction of a small French Apartment sign

24.5 inches x 11.5 inches plus hook.

Storefront sign

My reproduction of a naïve antique storefront sign.

Made from 1-inch-thick pine with antique nails, and cutouts that

were likely to allow it to fit the shape of the original storefront.

Approx. 84.3inches tall x 14.75inches wide.

Detail

Ship Chandler's sign

Since this sign never existed in the past, it's technically not a reproduction... but these words were painted on the wall outside of the c 1900 Georgian shopfront of a ship chandler in old London.

(To be specific, 91 Ropemakers Fields at its junction with Nightingale Lane, Limehouse.)

A result of my growing obsession with lost London.

Approximately 27.75"W x 43.75"H x 2.25"D

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Optician's sign

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My reproduction of a 19th century optician's sign.

Carved, painted, and heavily distressed with an aged chain for hanging,

about 40 inches wide.

Wallpapers, Curtains, Books....

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A large reproduction sign on pine.

Approx. 71 inches long x 22 inches high.

Original was gold on a blue field, and significantly larger at 101 inches.

Front view

Provisions

My altered reproduction of a late 19th century American trade sign.

Hand-painted on a chamfered pine panel.

Approx. 48 inches long x 19 inches high.

Update: Sold.

~~Available at the show, Oct. 10th-13th.~~

For info on the show, click here

City Drug Store sign

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My reproduction of a late 19th century drug store sign.

Wood, 48"wide x 31"high x 1" thick.

Entire circumference edged with strapping, attached with rusted tacks.

Rusted and aged hanging hooks.

(click photo to enlarge)

Epicerie Parisienne

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I have been wanting to do a sign on fabric for ages...

After seeing the original of this sign I had to take a stab at reproducing it, and I'm happy with how it turned out.

About 5 feet long, painted and distressed heavy muslin fastened to wide pine boards with old, rusty tacks and nails.

(Click the photo above to see the full sign, enlarged)

details, details....

Articles de Fantaisie

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My reproduction of a 19th century shop sign from New Orleans' French Quarter, in a smaller size and different colour palette than the original.

Pine panel with applied moulding and rusty eye-hooks.

Just shy of 46 x 18 x 2 inches.

Cordonnerie Franco-Belge

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Large reproduction "Cordonnerie" sign, about 40"wide x 30"tall.

The original of this sign was lettered in gold. (...of which I'm not a fan.) My version has the text in a warm taupe/straw colour, (which doesn't come across in this photo) on a hand-burnished black background, with "remnants" of trim and rusted tacks.

Dye Works sign

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I had been looking for an opportunity to try a new paint finish, so when I saw the original of this sign on Pinterest, it seemed like a good candidate to try it out on.

About 22"high x 16"wide.