Starr Studios

Sign Painting and Design Studio Serving Dallas Fort Worth located in Denton, Texas

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Copenhagen Signs: The Sign Painter's Redemption

Sean talks with Jakob Engberg of Copenhagen Signs in Denmark, a conversation about addiction, meditation, and redemption while painting signs.

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The Gentleman Racer: Mike Satterfield and the Death of Consumerism

Sean talks with The Gentleman Racer founder Mike Satterfield about the over-politicization of modern life and the much-needed death of our culture of consumerism.

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UK's Sarah Harvey: Stickin' It to the Man One Gypsy Wagon at a Time

Sean and English Gypsy Wagon painter Sarah Harvey talk paint and design, working for the occasional celebrity client, living free outside the confines of the "norm" and Frank Zappa.

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Sign Painter Mike Meyer: The Man, The Myth, The Legend

Sean and globe-trotting sign painter and instructor Mike Meyer catch up and discuss the trade as well as sitting with your own mortality, paying it forward, and Polka music.

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2020 Was One Hell of a Year

After a world-changing year, Sean Starr is in relaunch mode with the podcast and looking towards the unknown future with a focus on talking with other sign painters on where we all go from here.

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Goodbye Dolores: The Final Episode

Join Tom and Sean, The Cranberries Noel Hogan and Fergal Lawler, Singer Sarah Jaffe, Van Morrison's guitarist Dave Keary and a dozen other Limerick, Ireland based musicians and artists as they say farewell and share memories and music of Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan who passed away earlier this year.

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Interview: Ches & Alex Perry of Chicago's Right Way Signs

Interview: Ches & Alex Perry of Chicago's Right Way Signs

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Interview: Kathryn Hall, Curator of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Interview with Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Curator Kathryn Hall. We talk about the current exhibit “For Hire: Contemporary Sign Painting in America”

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Review: 2017 Acura RDX AWD

Review: 2017 Acura RDX AWD

At the end of January I had the opportunity to take the 2017 Acura’s luxury-compact-crossover, the RDX, on a 600 mile road trip. This meant spending plenty of time behind the wheel getting to know the car. The car has a subtle, inoffensive, and distinctly Honda feel to it. The inside of the RDX is smartly trimmed in leather. The heated front seats are power offer power adjustment. There are loads…

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Interview: Piquant Media Limerick, Ireland

Sean and Tom catch up after a crazy January and Tom interviews the creative heavyweights of Piquant Media in Limerick.

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Goodbye 2016, You Were Kind of a Stinker.

In this last episode of the year, Tom and Sean say fare thee well to 2016, roast Chris Dobell and discuss the current state of affairs of sign painting.

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How To: 1949 Floorpan Installation Part 1

How To: 1949 Floorpan Installation Part 1

By: Aaron Starnes The floors in my old Ford were in serious need repair. They were soft and flimsy feeling and they were patched together with sheet metal and rivets. This kept the dust and road grime out of the cabin but I knew something evil was lurking under those janky patch panels. I drilled out the rivets holding the patch panels down and pulled them up to see what was underneath. Surprise,…

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Interview: Canteen, Limerick Ireland

Tom does some rogue reporting with the folks at Canteen, a music centric cafe in the heart of Limerick Ireland.

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How To: 1949 Ford Windshield Installation

How To: 1949 Ford Windshield Installation

By: Aaron V. Starnes ALL of the glass in my Ford was terrible. What wasn’t broken was laminating badly. Some of it, like the vent windows, I can deal with. I even think the delaminating looks kind of cool. But the broken and dangerous stuff had to go. There was a big foggy spot directly in the driver’s line of sight. This combined with the awful hole in the seat bottom made for a…

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Inspiration.

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WIP: Lots of hours and gold leafing going into an antique Mosler safe restoration I've been working on after hours over the last few weeks. (at Denton, Texas)

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Sign Painter's Q&A: Sean Starr in Cleveland

Sean answers all sorts of questions in Cleveland Ohio at the Weapons of Mass Creation Fest #7

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