Over 35 Years of Traditional Craftsmanship
With over 35 years of experience, Texas Master Gilder, Sign Painter and Visual Artist Sean Starr has been creating original art and providing gilding, decorative painting, engraving, restorations, and sign painting services to other artists, architects, interior designers, collectors and business owners throughout the United States and abroad.
His work has been featured in the documentary film and book "Sign Painters" as well as on the Discovery Channel, Robb Report, Juxtapoz, Art Forum, Dallas Observer, Houston Press, Fort Worth Magazine, and Cavallino Magazine to name just a few. Sean Starr is the host of the documentary film “Art is Love: Nepal.”
Centrally located in Texas, the studio works regularly with clients in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, the Houston area and the Texas Hill Country, as well as with clients all over the United States and have executed projects as far away as Ireland and Nepal.
Statuary, Architectural & Liturgical Gilding
From statuary and architectural gilding exterior projects exposed to the elements to interior pieces and details, we utilize traditional materials and old world techniques using genuine gold and metal leaf on wood, bronze, glass and more.
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Gold Leaf Signs
We design and execute a wide variety of gold leaf lettering and graphics on glass ranging from 23.75k gold leaf to silver, copper and Dutch leaf and create gold leaf signs on metal and wood.
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Custom Mirrors & Verre Eglomise
For many years, Sean Starr’s specialty has been in the design and execution of gilded glass mirrors and artwork known as verre églomisé. Verre églomisé is a decorative art technique that involves the application of gold or metal leaf, often combined with intricate painting, onto the reverse side of glass.
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Traditional Sign Painting
Sean Starr is recognized as one of the leaders in contemporary sign painting in the United States and in addition to being featured as one of the artist’s in the book and documentary “Sign Painters”, his sign painting themed artwork has been exhibited in gallery and museum exhibitions around the world.
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Classic Car Lettering & Gold Leafing
From Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance winners to classic car collectors and commissioned art pieces for clients like Indian Motorcycle, Sean’s work has been covered in the top auto and moto magazines around the world.
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Traditional Hand Engraving
All work is designed and executed by hand by Sean Starr, using a combination of a Steve Lindsay Engraving hand-piece, hammer and chisel and a variety of custom made tools made in the studio.
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