Marty mummert biography

Back in the ‘80s, Marty Mummert took a string of odd jobs, including a position with a sign company.

“They said everything was going digital, and I said, ‘That can’t happen—I gotta learn how to hand paint signs,” he said.

Mummert, who had recently come out of the Air Force, took up a new calling.

He felt like it was his duty to preserve the time-honored, hand-lettered craft of sign making.

His first hand-painted sign, created on plywood, was for a shop in Newport News, Va.

And so it began—Mummert worked at the sign company, which was turning digital, during the day, while he continued plying his old-fashioned, hand-painted trade on the side, after hours.

“I think I’m an old soul—I really do,” Mummert said.

“I look at how things were—and I might be stepping on toes—but we just accept stuff today. I mean, is there any character or creativity left?”

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