My First Letterheads: Sea Level, Amsterdam, 2026

During last month’s Letterheads 2026: Sea Level, hosted by Amsterdam Signpainters, a woman approached me to say that I was partly responsible for her flying over from New York to attend. Her name is Maggie Jaris and I hope that her story here encourages other ‘newbies’ to sign up for their first Letterheads.My First LetterheadsBy Maggie JarisI learned about Letterheads right at the start of my sign painting journey. I was taking an online class with Liane Barker and someone asked how we could keep progressing after the course. Liane mentioned that meetups, like Letterheads, were powerful opportunities to learn from other painters, connect with people, and really just see what is possible.That all sounded wonderful, but it was 2022, and much of the world was still in some degree of lockdown. Large, in-person gatherings seemed very far off, and so did the idea that I might ever feel like I belonged at one, considering how much I had left to learn.Over the next two years as I tried to…