For fire departments, cities and public buildings · Los Angeles

Gold leaf lettering, station signs and murals for public buildings

A station number or a memorial wall should look like it was done right, by hand, and last for decades. We letter, gild, build and paint in one LA shop, with the paperwork public projects need.

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Sound familiar?

Done right, and done to last

Few shops still gild by hand

Traditional gold leaf lettering for an engine, a door or a station sign is a rare trade now.

Public work comes with paperwork

Insurance, vendor setup and approvals have to be right before anyone can start.

It has to last decades

A station number or a memorial wall is meant to outlast everyone who approved it.

Recent work

Hand-painted gilded lettering on a red rail car panel

Gold leaf numerals 30 with a dark shadow line, gilded on glass

Lit parrot sign in a bulb-ringed circle below the Pasadena Playhouse lettering in the theater lobby

From the same shop

Everything the building needs

Gold leaf lettering

Engine doors, station numbers and glass lettering in genuine gold leaf.

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Dimensional letter sign set in a landscaped garden

Station and building signs

Dimensional and hand-painted signs for stations, parks and public buildings.

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Hand-painted oval panel of flowers in a dark frame

Murals

Murals and painted history walls for stations, lobbies and public spaces.

See Scenic Finishes & Murals →

Four carved walnut architectural site models

Commemorative walls

Memorial walls, donor walls and plaques, built and finished to last.

See Themed Fabrication & Millwork →

COI, W-9 and vendor setup paperwork on request.

How it works

Send photos, the wording and any spec or bid documents.

Get a proposal and price, formatted for your purchasing process.

Approve the drawings and a gold leaf sample before work starts.

Made in our shops, installed by our licensed install partner.

Start anywhere

Send us whatever you have

A photo and a rough size are enough to start. We'll come back with an approach, a price and the paperwork your purchasing team needs.

Photos

Measurements

Artwork or logo

Department standards

Dedication date

Budget

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The details

Shops

East LA and North Hollywood

Paperwork

COI, W-9 and vendor setup on request

Insurance

$2M general liability

Install

Licensed install partner

First reply

Within one business day

Pricing

Bid to your scope, with tax, delivery and install as their own lines

Tell us about your project: what you're making, who it's for, and where you are in the process. Drawings, a rendering, a brand deck or a napkin sketch all work. We'll reply within one business day with questions and a first approach.

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No files needed here. Once you submit, we'll email you within one business day with next steps, and you can reply with drawings or files then. We work with .STEP, .DXF, .AI and .PDF, or any parametric model or vector file. If you have something more bespoke, we'll work with you.

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