CASE HISTORY: the collaboration of richard apps and NGS
”THE COMMEMORATIVE roman LETTERS OF SIGNWRITER RICHARD APPS”
WORKING WITH RICHARD
Out of the blue, the late, great London sign-writer, Richard Apps contacted me, by phone, one afternoon in 2022. He asked me to take over his numeral clientele, as he stepped down from the ladder to retire.
Seraina looked on as we spoke for the first time and went through ideas and details together. It was a big moment – my hero stepping down saddened me while I felt proud to be of service to him.
I was honoured because he was an incredibly gifted lettering artist; someone that I had admired, albeit from a distance, for several decades.
We clicked and so began our collaboration, which in his absence today, we still continue with a passion.
Nick Garrett
The Masterstrokes of Residential House Lettering Painters
Working with Richard recently, and being around his work in Chelsea for 30 years, allowed NGS to become home of the most special of London’s, heritage hand painted and gilded numbers.
I restored his numbers for him. I traced-off directly from his superb, ingenious and beautiful lettering.
Building an accurate memorial archive from such works (shown above and below) we present them as part of our ongoing RA memorial archive collection.
Around town as journeyman sign artists, we are indebted, constantly discovering his works… all of which live on, still making London more Beautiful.
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This page aims to draw from our gold Fanlight and Property Numbers heritage, and dream-up something exciting and new.
