Ginny Barlow Signwriter

Ginny Barlow Signwriter Hand painted signwriting. Traditional methods, any style. Narrow boats are my speciality. Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area.

Work in progress on the sign for BATH FOLK FESTIVAL which will be happening from the 2nd-11th October. Lots of great act...
23/09/2026

Work in progress on the sign for BATH FOLK FESTIVAL which will be happening from the 2nd-11th October. Lots of great acts and many sessions.
I'm looking forward to playing with Whistling Treason on Saturday 3rd!
https://bathfolkfestival.org/

What a great weekend at Goodwood Revival! Joby Carter Signwriter invited a few of us along to demonstrate signwriting a...
22/09/2026

What a great weekend at Goodwood Revival! Joby Carter Signwriter invited a few of us along to demonstrate signwriting and paint some little signs for charity.
I very much enjoyed painting this chrome effect lettering, I'd love to do more of this (but my next big job is a trad narrowboat so I'll have to show some restraint).
Great company painting alongside Jon May (thanks for the paper racing car sign!), Hana Sunny Whaler , Tobias Newbigin and Lisa MacLennan (thanks for my new mug!). Also great to meet the lovely Mo!

G is for Going to Goodwood! Which is what I'll be doing this weekend along with Joby Carter Signwriter and some other si...
15/09/2026

G is for Going to Goodwood! Which is what I'll be doing this weekend along with Joby Carter Signwriter and some other signwriting friends. We'll be demonstrating signwriting as part of Goodwood Revival's Revive and Thrive, and hopefully painting some signs for charity too. If you're there do come and find us and say hello.

Very much work in progress! It's definitely the first time I've been asked to paint a set of Uilleann pipes on a sign. I...
10/09/2026

Very much work in progress! It's definitely the first time I've been asked to paint a set of Uilleann pipes on a sign.
I've been in the workshop all day listening to the piping of the mighty Paddy Keenan who sadly passed away yesterday. One of the greats

I'm getting serious Letterheads FOMO seeing all the pictures coming from signwriting friends at Amsterdam letterheads th...
29/08/2026

I'm getting serious Letterheads FOMO seeing all the pictures coming from signwriting friends at Amsterdam letterheads this weekend! It's always so inspiring to meet up with different painters from all over the world and see people's different ideas and skills. Fingers crossed I'll make it to the next event!
These gatherings usually end with a charity auction of everything that's been painted and we bid on each other's signs. Here are a few I've painted at letterheads meets over the years

I'm walking a lot while I'm off work again for a couple of weeks. It's always nice to see old jobs out in the wild, here...
27/08/2026

I'm walking a lot while I'm off work again for a couple of weeks. It's always nice to see old jobs out in the wild, here's another one I spotted today. I did the signwriting and decoration on this six years ago back in 2020

One I wrote back in 2022 spotted out in the wild a couple of days ago. I don't usually use lower case lettering like thi...
26/08/2026

One I wrote back in 2022 spotted out in the wild a couple of days ago. I don't usually use lower case lettering like this but it was requested by the customer.

A double sided swing sign I painted and delivered to the Kennet & Avon canal trust cafe in Bradford on Avon last week. I...
24/08/2026

A double sided swing sign I painted and delivered to the Kennet & Avon canal trust cafe in Bradford on Avon last week. I have no idea who painted the old one, but I always quite liked it, so didn't stray too far from the original design. It was however completely rotten and so needed replacing. One of the trust's volunteers cut and background painted the board so I only had to do the fun bit 😊

I very much enjoyed having some fun and working with shades of pink on this one!This was a re-paint done by Jamie Mullin...
15/08/2026

I very much enjoyed having some fun and working with shades of pink on this one!

This was a re-paint done by Jamie Mullings at Devizes marina. Jamie's jobs are always top notch and a pleasure to signwrite!

The customer said she'd chatted to another writer a few years ago whose idea it was to use a squid te****le as part of the letter Q. Apparently that signwiter isn't doing it anymore, I have no idea who this was, but it seemed like a good idea so I stole it. I hope you don't mind and thank you 😊 (EDIT I've since found out who this was, the idea originally came from Somerset signwiter Kenny Selway). The rest of it was designed by me in the old fashioned way as a rough sketch on paper with a pencil.

I love working with pink. It's very rare to get a job using it though. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one out on the canal!

One I've just finished. This was designed by the customer and was a lot of fun to paint!
13/08/2026

One I've just finished. This was designed by the customer and was a lot of fun to paint!

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