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Custom Sculpture & Sign Co.

127 Wampler St.
Nickelsville, VA 24271
276-479-0388 - Sign Shop
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Here’s a super fast version of a recent YouTube post showing the process of creating a 7 ft. hippo for the Toledo Zoo. www.sculpture-signs.com Having fun with clay! Have a great day! www.sculpture-signs.com Here’s the finished restored carving. An artist named Jim carved this 20 years ago. I sanded, filled cracks, primed and put 2 coats of marine paint. It should be set for another 10-15 years. It was my first time on the west coast since I was a boy. www.customwoodcarvings.com #customwoodcarving #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville It’s a good day to mill some logs! My son and I are plugging away this winter. We have 70 logs to mill for our timberframe home. www.customwoodcarvings.com Finishing touches on 17 mugs before they go in the humid closet to dry. Today I put on 17 handles. Normally in the past I have pulled the handles, formed them and waited a few hours to let them firm up, then attached them to the mugs. Today, I tried something different. I have a table top clay extruder that takes different profile plates. I used the CNC to cut out a custom mug handle profile out of 1/4” aluminum composite board and extruded perfect, consistent handles! Plus I could attach them right away since they weren’t all wet from the pulling process. My experiment worked! I love when that happens. www.sculpture-signs.com I had a good momentum today making mugs. Throwing on the wheel is fun and peaceful. Tomorrow is the not so fun part of making the handles. Thanks for looking! Stay tuned! www.sculpture-signs.com #virginiapottery #nickelsvillepottery #myfavoritemugs We are filled with hope and anticipation for 2020. Here’s to the exciting possibilities of the new year from our family to yours! www.sculpture-signs.com Sloth mode engaged... www.customwoodcarvings.com #customwoodcarving #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville Well, I finished working my way down the carving sanding, filling cracks and repairing soft wood with bondo, and then priming those areas. Tomorrow I will attempt to paint 2 coats of the marine paint. Then we can take down the staging with the great help from my new friends Carlos and Pablo. Carlos took me to see the water this morning. Huge waves here compared to CT! Lots of palm trees and cactus here too. Www.customwoodcarvings.com #customwoodcarving #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville I’ll be in San Diego for the week restoring this carving. I did not carve this. I am filling cracks, making repairs and giving it a fresh coat of marine paint. It’s roughly 27’ tall! Www.customwoodcarvings.com #customwoodcarving #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville, #woodcarvingrestoration My 18 yr. old son, Miciah, made a special gift for his big sister this Christmas. I thought you all would enjoy seeing how it turned out. We sure do. Another happy customer! Thank you Georgia Forestry Association for the opportunity to earn your trust. See more at www.customwoodcarvings.com #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville An owl for some dear friends. www.customwoodcarvings.com #customwoodcarving #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville #customwoodcarving #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville Has any one ever had this happen to the bottom of the saw? This is a stihl 201. The bottom had been getting very hot. Then one day it actually melted and there were flames on the bottom of my saw! Has this ever happened?!!!! Exciting news! My 18 yr. old son Miciah, has been working hard in our shop building a “mass rocket stove”. This is an extremely efficient wood burning stove/ heater. The fire chamber is a j shape made from fire brick that goes up into a 50 gall. drum to create the secondary burn of all the remaining gases. Then the draft exits at the base of the 50 gall. drum into a roughly 30 ft. long run of 8” stove pipe that exits through the roof. Cement block walls surround the stove pipe and are filled with a mixture of clay dirt and sand which makes the “mass”. You load sticks into the fire chamber upright. The stovepipe then heats up the earth mass. Ideally a few hours of burn in the morning will be enough to heat the mass and the mass radiates heat the rest of the day until the next morning. We will see if this works and let you know. After about a month of working on this we finally did our first test fire last night! I am so encouraged to announce that it worked amazingly! The barrel got up to 700 degrees in about 15 - 20 minutes and the shop got up to a toasty 73 degrees!! Woohoo!! Next we will finish filling and packing the mass and lay the final course of block. We’ll finish the top with a 1.5” thick slab of concrete so we can use it as a work bench. I’ll keep you posted with our finished pics. Www.customwoodcarvings.com #customwoodcarving #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville OK I’m pretty excited about this firing. This glaze is exactly what I’m looking for. This is a keeper. My goal is to create 3 glazes that I’m happy with. I’ve got 2 down 1 to go! Woohoo! #customwoodcarving #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville Finished pictures of a perched eagle carved in poplar and finished with Benjamin Moore arborcoat 326-10 natural oil. I try to give enough of a loose suggestion of feathers to give a sense of realism without getting caught up in having to carve every single feather perfectly. It’s a tricky balance that always challenges me when carving eagles. Thanks so much for your comments and suggestions. www.customwoodcarvings.com #customwoodcarving #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville Oiling a perched eagle carved in seasoned poplar. Tomorrow I’ll take the final picks with natural light. www.customwoodcarvings.com #customwoodcarving #customwoodcarvings #customsculpture #customtreecarving #chainsawcarvingvirginia #chainsawcarvingnickelsville #chainsawcarvingscottcountyvirginia #stumpcarving #bearcarving #eaglecarving #chainsawcarvingtennessee #chainsawcarvingnorthcarolina #chainsawcarvingashville #customsculptureashville Working on these eagle talons... www.customwoodcarvings.com
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How to make something look like cast bronze – Finishing technique

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. January 30, 2019 One Comment

Watch this video to learn this great finishing technique!

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  1. marcia edwards January 30, 2019 at 11:23 am

    Very cool.

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