tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398138889308744492024-02-08T06:28:05.367+00:00JLF DesignsA blog for UK Helmet Paintwork Specialist JLF Designs. JLF specialise in painting helmets for the motorsport industry, including Lewis Hamilton and Dan WheldonShirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-69086615707791749302015-11-02T19:50:00.002+00:002015-11-02T19:50:19.482+00:00Vegas Helmet SwiftspinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-16021191286857922612011-10-17T20:54:00.000+01:002011-10-17T20:54:36.362+01:00RIP Dan Wheldon.We're totally in shock at the sad news about Dan Wheldon and can't find the right words to say. A great driver and a great friend of ours who let us push the boundaries on his designs and was always happy to try new ideas. His only instruction was to "go wild!". I always looked forward to getting Dan's helmets from Bell knowing I'd be working on something special, something fun. Working with suchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-18981851052699576882011-05-25T15:38:00.006+01:002011-05-25T17:21:54.354+01:00Indy Car Blog - JLF Designs are celebrating 20 Years!Sorry we have not updated the blog recently, it has been a very busy start to the year! See below for our latest blog post on Indycar.com we are celebrating a very special anniversary! click here for the post. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-73667896246968429162011-01-13T21:38:00.002+00:002011-01-13T22:08:20.460+00:00Autosport International Show Day 1 of the Autosport Show and it was a good day with a lot of orders and interest in the artwork and prints. It was also great to catch up with a lot of old racing friends and customers that we haven't seen in a while. If you're coming to the show, come over and visit us on stand 6907 (hall 6) near the Historic section. We've got plenty of helmets on display with some for sale along with theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-3553017685723051772010-12-21T13:13:00.003+00:002010-12-21T13:30:55.851+00:00Art by JLFOver the last 6 months we have been working on a new addition to the services we can offer, and now we can announce the launch of our airbrush artwork and prints!We will producing a small amount of high-quality paintings, and limited-edition prints will be available to buy from the new website set up to promote the paintings www.artbyjlf.comPrivate commissions will also be available but only on aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-10656250925723566812010-11-23T14:41:00.003+00:002010-11-23T15:08:58.465+00:00Ready painted Helmets for saleWe have a selection of ex-display helmets for sale at great prices. They are all new and unworn and have only been used as display helmets, and need to go so we can update our workshop display. Beat the Christmas waiting list and order a new, painted helmet here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-807144962062681842010-11-02T13:05:00.003+00:002010-11-02T13:13:10.130+00:00Lewis Hamilton helmet videoVideo from SAP regarding the details of Lewis Hamiltons helmet. Nice pic of our logo at the begining!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-72211806068117822912010-10-21T22:58:00.002+01:002010-10-21T23:14:24.037+01:00Indy Car Blog 3The IZOD Indycar series website has posted a feature on a helmet we painted for EJ Viso. The article shows some pictures of the painting process as well as a picture of an airbrushed painting of an IRL night race. You can view the article here.Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-92155953545384736832010-10-06T22:31:00.000+01:002010-10-06T22:31:46.846+01:00
Britain has a new World Record holder after Lloyd de Boltz-Miller set a new World Record for driving a kart solo for twenty four hours.
The 25-year old from Norwich broke South African Myk Prescott’s benchmark distance of 1,152.54km at 7:36am with three hours remaining on the clock. By 10:37am (1 October), a full twenty four hours after he started out, Lloyd had eclipsed Prescott’s 2008 Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-75344442242208707082010-07-30T20:02:00.001+01:002010-07-30T20:12:31.024+01:00Helmet Art: Butterfly and Hockey EditionHelmet Art: Butterfly and Hockey Edition
IZOD Blog
The 2nd instalment on the Indycar website featuring an article about EJ Visos' butterfly helmet and Dan Wheldons' Edmonton helmet.Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-49574191079048424792010-07-19T17:15:00.001+01:002010-07-19T17:18:19.070+01:00The world of helmet designMany thanks to Daniel Incandela and the team at Indycar.com who have asked us to Blog about our work and some of the processes behind it. From time to time we will be showing progress info and photos and some sneak peaks of helmets we are painting, and you can find the first blog here.
The world of helmet design
http://blog.indycar.com/2010/07/19/the-world-of-helmet-designs/Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-74125208179399616222010-07-09T00:27:00.002+01:002010-07-09T08:29:41.328+01:00Lewis Hamilton shows off his new helmet design for the British Grand Prix, Silverstone, July 8, 2010Lewis Hamilton shows off his new helmet design for the British Grand Prix, Silverstone, July 8, 2010
Click through for more pictures from the ESPN site.Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-41070132332552141592010-06-08T21:16:00.002+01:002010-06-08T21:25:55.885+01:00Retro style helmetAnother Swiftspin of a helmet we did a few years ago. Don't forget you can zoom in close and rotate as much as you like by using the icons.
Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-55584131152062006112010-05-30T19:56:00.001+01:002010-06-08T21:23:29.943+01:00Video of Takuma Sato's Lotus HelmetSimon Fitzgerald from BHP has made a great video of Jason working on the Takuma Sato/Lotus helmet. I have uploaded it to youtube and you can find it here
Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-50035579382069048182010-05-21T17:36:00.000+01:002010-05-21T17:36:44.002+01:00Swiftspin!
We recently sent four helmets to a company called Swiftspin in Bristol who photographed the helmets and created these great 360 degree views!Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-21725668504235486242010-05-13T22:59:00.000+01:002010-05-13T22:59:59.022+01:00Lewis Hamilton Monaco 2010 helmet
Lewis asked for a new design for this weekends' Monaco Grand Prix, so we designed this new scheme with a special Casino theme. The top features a roulette wheel with a pair of dice on the back, and a variation on the side red bands. These pictures were taken before the shell was sent back to Japan for assembly, and we'll post some pictures of the completed helmet once we get some.Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-22121885210491420812010-04-29T23:01:00.000+01:002010-04-29T23:01:36.906+01:00Monaco & Indy special designs This month will be busy with several special designs being painted for the Monaco F1 GP and the Indy 500 race. Lewis Hamilton will be wearing a new design for Monaco with a Casino theme, and special Indy designs are being painted for Dan Wheldon, Ernesto Viso, and Takuma Sato who is having a commemorative design commisioned by Lotus to celebrate their return to the Indy 500.I'll be flying over Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-15038022886110371902010-03-25T22:55:00.001+00:002010-03-26T09:25:37.810+00:00New Arai Iridium VisorsWe have just taken delivery of genuine Arai iridium visors for the CK6, SK6, GP6s and GP6 models. They are in limited supply and available in red/gold, silver, blue and blue/green. They are available from our shop here.Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-64710390384366948252010-03-21T21:35:00.000+00:002010-03-21T21:35:58.265+00:00Busy start to the race season
The pre-season is always a busy time of year but this year has been especially hectic. 3 new F1 drivers (Karun Chandhok, Paul Di Resta and Fairuz Fauzy) as well as lots of other new drivers has meant some long working hours and not many days off. It's been hard work and difficult to keep up but we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-16748036908292408312010-02-16T19:33:00.002+00:002010-02-16T19:33:43.202+00:00New videoShirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-22201589687237406502010-01-20T22:51:00.000+00:002010-01-20T22:51:08.305+00:00Autosport Show/Ginetta AwardsThe Autosport Show was held last week at the Birmimgham NEC and we had helmets on show with several companies including a display on the Arai stand. It was a great showcase for our paintwork and a chance to meet friends, customers and some of Arai's drivers.
On Friday night some of the helmets were taken over to the Metropole Hotel where we had been invited to display some helmets at Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-63763050420763174882009-12-30T22:10:00.000+00:002009-12-30T22:10:20.023+00:00New Arai junior karting helmet - CK6The first batch of the new Arai CK6 arrived in early December and we had several to get painted for customers for Christmas. These were finished before Christmas but we couldn't show them here until now, as most of them were surprise presents!
Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-9263934278251020022009-12-18T00:15:00.001+00:002009-12-18T14:54:59.279+00:00Motorsport News FeatureMotorsport News visited the workshop a while ago and the feature they put together is in the Christmas issue which is in the shops now, you can view the whole article here. http://www.jlfdesigns.com/MN58-59.pdfShirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-36011708294294817082009-12-01T09:06:00.000+00:002009-12-01T09:06:29.041+00:00Gorillaz Helmet.Here's a helmet that was painted in a Gorillaz theme.
Under the characters are many hours worth of hand-painted grafitti over a metalflake base. Block colours with pinstriping over green candy were put through the middle to give a contrast to the detail on the sides.
This helmet was painted for fun in my spare time (which isn't often!) and will be used as a show helmet for the Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639813888930874449.post-44759833553284328422009-11-30T22:54:00.001+00:002009-11-30T23:11:27.104+00:00Showtime!Sunday was a busy day as Del and myself made visits to the Kartmania Kart Show and the International Bike Show. Luckily the venues were only about 30 miles apart so first we visited the Kart Show where several stands had JLF painted-helmets on them, including the Arai stand. Also on display were helmets belonging to Vettel, Alonso, Kovallainen and Damon Hill so we were in good company!
After&Shirley Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04471749384474875027noreply@blogger.com