Between 2024 and 2026, I spent two years in Australia training with retired master signwriter John Craddock of Fine Handmade Signs, learning through the same apprenticeship-style approach he used when teaching at Melbourne's trade school. With formal signwriting courses now largely a thing of the past, this kind of one-to-one tuition has become increasingly rare. Access to a learning style that resembled the traditional curriculum provided an exceptional depth of knowledge difficult to gain from self-teaching.

For me, traditional signwriting is more than producing beautiful signs. I am committed to preserving the craft itself—its techniques, traditions, and the way knowledge is passed from one generation of signwriters to the next. Learning through a rare apprenticeship-style approach has shaped how I work today, and I see every commission as a small contribution to keeping this heritage alive for the future, not simply as another job completed.

Alongside this, I have been awarded funded professional development grants and support to receive individual mentoring from other signwriters, and to undertake specialist reverse glass gilding training in one of the craft's most respected traditional techniques.

These experiences continue to shape my work today, combining time-honoured craftsmanship with careful attention to detail in every commission.

I am grateful to have learned from several industry experts, ensuring the work I produce is of the highest standard.

2023 | Cultivator Specialist Mentoring Grant - £2000

2022 | Cultivator Skills Development Grant - £1000

2021 | Cultivator Creative Business Development Programme

2020 | Outset Cornwall Business Development Programme