When Archie Proudfoot first picked up a chisel-tipped sign painting brush it was the first brush he'd touched in years. At school he had dreamt of being an artist one day, but in the midst of more ‘sensible’ choices that dream was lost. By learning how to paint signs the old way he found a route back.

The years of dedication and discipline Archie devoted to manipulating brushes and mastering the craft of signwriting powered a wider creative rediscovery. Once he could pull off those long elegant brush strokes he rode the wave of the revival in the craft, painting signs for businesses and homes all over his home city of London. In his first small shared studio space he began to create artwork using these techniques, exploring our relationship with language in glass, gold and enamel.

The combination of this craft sensibility and an artists eye began to attract larger commissions, and over the years he's made work for the likes of Soho House, Audi UK, Hauser & Wirth and the Tate. Now Archie gets to live that old dream: Turning up every day to his beautiful studio, drawing, painting or filming a broad range of work for himself, buyers and clients. But whatever the project is it always comes back to the brush.