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127 Wampler St.
Nickelsville, VA 24271
276-479-0388 - Sign Shop
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Please come and join us Friday evening and Saturday. We will have wood fired pizza Friday evening. Saturday we will have live craft demonstrations, make your own crafts for kids, live gospel music at 1 pm after the parade, great food and fellowship until evening. See you soon!
Carving some marina pilings in Old Saybrook, CT.
I recently restored this pine horse bench for a dear customer. I put new bases on them, a new muzzle on one horse, new maple slabs, sanded, filled cracks and oiled. These are 10 years old!
This is a life-size fox made from garden tools. It’s different from carving, but a fun experiment in a new material and technique. I hope you like it!
6 ft. wood carved bear with sign for a cabin in PA. Thanks for looking!
Blocking out a 6 ft. bear in poplar. Thanks for looking!
Have you ever heard someone talk about "dimensional" signs? Here's what a dimensional sign looks like. A sign made of multiple layers and textures, usually made with weatherproof high-density foam. Thanks for watching!
Carving some marine themed pilings at the gorgeous Saybrook Point Inn in Old Saybrook, CT.
I created a King Kong face out of clay, then made a mold. Next, I made several resin casts. The customer has created a King Kong themed car and these will be attached to the car. A switch will send smoke out of the nostrils.
This carving is roughly 2’x 4’ made of poplar and finished with a satin clear coat. It was carved partly by CNC and partly by hand. It was made for the new police station in Maiden, NC. Thanks for looking.
This 8 ft. anchor was made in high density sign foam, painted and hung in the lobby of a school in Bronx, NYC. This was a blast to make. All the layers and textures and use of metallic paints was very satisfying. Thanks for looking and sharing!
Herons are one of my favorite subjects to carve because of their graceful curves. Thanks for looking!
The Toledo Zoo commissioned this weatherproof, 7 ft. foam/ fiberglass epoxy hippo to house a penny machine in their souvenir section. Hippos have so much character to their form. This was a blast to create. Thanks for looking!
Mountain Dew commissioned this portrait of NFL player Andrew Hawkins and surprised him with it on his live podcast. The finished portrait was fired clay and painted to look like a bronze cast, then mounted on a hardwood base. Thanks for looking!
This was a 5 ft. diameter oak barrel end shipped from Germany. We added a white oak relief carving of their logo to the end and they hung it on the wall of their restaurant. This thing is huge! It is an impressive focal point for their patrons in Charlotte, NC.
The Caterpillar Company celebrated their 40,000th big dozer and ordered this 3 ft. long D-11 Dozer carving to add to the celebration. Carved out of paulownia. Thanks for looking!
This carving is roughly 2’ x 4’ x 1” thick and carved from weatherproof HDU foam. This was carved partly with a router and partly by hand, then painted. It was commissioned by a residence in central Virginia. Thanks for looking.
A 30” tall bear cub made from high density foam, then painted. No epoxy seal necessary with this foam. It is a 15 lb. density HDU foam used in professional sign making. Completely weatherproof- no cracks, no rot, no maintenance! Thanks for looking.
This Arnold Palmer carving was carved by someone else. I was commissioned to restore the carving. I replaced rotted wood with good wood, filled cracks, sanded and oiled it and replaced the base with a metal plate. This is located in Haymarket, Virginia at a country club. Thanks for looking!
8 ft. grizzly carved in foam, sealed with epoxy resin and painted. Taxidermy inserts for mouth and eyes. This sculpture is weatherproof and durable. This was created for a customer near Reno, Nevada to greet his guests as they enter his home.
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Mad Hatter Engagement Ring Holder

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. March 25, 2014 6 Comments

One of the mediums to create sculpture is epoxy clay. This clay is used for sculpture and taxidermy and gives you about a 2 hr. work time before it starts to harden. the advantage is it dries to a very durable, hard plastic without the need for a kiln. Once cured it is grindable and sandable and can be added to with more clay.  It is a perfect medium for small, detailed sculptures or prototypes like this mad hatter. This customer, (A soldier in Afghanistan),  sent me a picture of this mad hatter design that has two hats. The large hat comes off to reveal a smaller hat with an engagement ring in it. A clever idea… Here are some pics to show the process.

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Once the details were complete, it could be painted with multiple coats of acrylic paint and finished with a clear coat satin spray.

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Then, the base was created with moss and flowers…

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Here are the finished pics…

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Here he is with the big hat off.

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CategoriesMisc, Misc. Design, Ornamental, Pottery, Uncategorized
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6 Comments

  1. Marcia Edwards March 25, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    Wonderful and whimsical. Profound words.

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  2. CJ March 25, 2014 at 9:06 pm

    So creative!

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  3. Kay Rubendall March 25, 2014 at 10:25 pm

    What a clever idea and well done, Kris!

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  4. Cadence Williams May 6, 2014 at 11:16 pm

    Kris – Your customer, The “soldier in Afghanistan”, is my new fiance. He proposed on May 2nd and I happily said yes!
    I can not tell you how PERFECT this sculpture is. 🙂
    Alice in Wonderland is my all time fave, and I don’t believe a better job could have been done on the Mad Hatter… I LOVE IT!!!
    Wonderful wonderful work. Thank you. .

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  5. customwoodcarvings July 3, 2016 at 12:54 am

    Reblogged this on craftedclaycom.

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