David Adrian Smith
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David Adrian Smith 1968 Stroud, Gloucestershire |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Designer, glass embosser, gilder and signwriter |
| Website | davidadriansmith.com |
David Smith (born 1968) is a British designer, glass embosser, gilder and signwriting artist based in Torquay, Devon (United Kingdom)
He started his own sign writing company in 1990 and after 13 years sold the business in 2003 to concentrate more on hand crafted lettering and glass gilding. His main techniques include water and oil gilding, verre églomisé, acid etching, brilliant cutting, French embossing, glue chipping, sand blasting, screen printing and sign writing. In recent years David Smith has also focused on traditional, ornamental hand drawn design. He teaches the craft of sign writing and reverse glass gilding all over the world.
David Smith was born in 1968 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. He moved to Torquay in 1978. In 1984, with help from his father, he began a traditional 5 year apprenticeship at Harmony Signs in Paignton, learning glass embossing and sign writing.
In 2012, Smith was hired by American singer songwriter John Mayer from Sony Music/Columbia Records to design an album cover for John Mayer's studio album "Born and Raised". The cover was styled like a circa-1900 trading card. After completion, Mayer used the album-cover on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and the David Letterman Show. Besides the album cover, David Smith designed artwork for the single "Queen of California". He has also worked on posters and other merchandise associated with the album and single.
Also in 2012, David Smith was commissioned by Jameson Whiskey to design a St.Patrick's Jameson Whiskey bottle for the brand. The design, apart from being used on the limited edition bottle, was produced as a hand crafted mirror that can be seen at Jameson Experience, Midleton.
In 2013 Smith made gold leaf glass signs for the Burberry store in Regent Street in London. The Ginstitute on Portobello Road, London, has received ornate gilded advertising mirrors produced by Dave Smith. Later in 2013, the artist worked on an album cover for the band The Kings of Leon. The artwork was used for the single "Beautiful War" of their album "Mechanical Bull". Other notable commissions in the music industry include artwork for the Band The Grateful Dead (Typography and poster) Bernie Marsden's biography book cover (Whitesnake) Wheres My Guitar.
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