The owner of Cardinal Plaza Shell contacted us about glass gilding for the windows at his garage in Virginia. He’d found some great ideas online, and creating custom gold leaf designs is part of what we do. We didn’t make the signs in those photos, but customers often show us something they found online as a starting point. A photo gives us a clear idea of the style of sign or logo you want. These photos made it obvious that our customer wanted something fancy, with ornamental gold leaf. The only problem was that the garage window was tinted, so we couldn’t gild the inside of the glass. Instead, we used gold leaf film on the outside. Our shop is in Edgewater, Maryland.
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Creating custom gold leaf designs isn’t easy. Photos help, but we also need to know exactly what text and graphics you want on your sign. The owner of Cardinal Plaza Shell put his ideas on paper. He scanned a sketch and emailed it to us, and we sent back a drawing for his review and feedback. We made a few small changes, then added an outline, and the design was ready to go.
As it turned out, this wasn’t quite what they wanted, but gold leaf film has its limits. Only so much detail is possible with gold leaf film or traditional leaf. We worried that these designs would be too complicated for the window. However, we made it work.
Some Photos of the Final Product
It’s sometimes hard to get a good photo of gold leaf, especially on a cloudy day, because the mirror effect doesn’t show up well. Because of the window tint, we used gold leaf film on the outside of the glass. In the end, the customer was very pleased with the results, and so were we. The lettering looks great on the window, and the design was worth the effort.
How Do We Vectorize a Logo When Creating Custom Gold Leaf Designs?
While creating this logo, we tried many different versions of the Shell logo, which are all available online. We vectorized those images, then cleaned them up and revised them as needed. The classic Shell logo comes in so many versions that our customer had a good selection to choose from for the final design.
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