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Custom Sculpture & Sign Co.

127 Wampler St.
Nickelsville, VA 24271
276-479-0388 - Sign Shop
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Pulled him out of the kiln, filled cracks, sanded and ready for oil.
A life size Samoyed carved in sycamore for a customer in central Virginia. Thanks for looking and sharing! If you enjoy these posts, click the follow button.
This is a life size carving of the famous pitcher during the 1930’s Babe Ruth era, Walter Johnson. Carved in red oak, kiln dried and finished with wood preservatives. Installed in an athletic park in Rockville, MD. If you enjoy these posts, click the “follow “ link. Thanks for looking and sharing.
Life-size perched eagle carved in poplar for a Georgia conservation group.
This was a 7 ft. stag beetle carved in foam and hard coated with epoxy. The legs are steel rod covered in epoxy putty. This shipped out to Phoenix, AZ. Thanks for looking and sharing! If you enjoy these posts click the follow link.
Hummingbird stump carving in Bristol, VA. Thanks for looking and sharing! Click the follow button if you enjoy these posts.
10 ft. momma and cub in pine finished with arborcoat 326-10 oil. Shipped out to the beautiful Big Timber, Montana KOA campground. Thanks for looking and sharing. Click the follow button if you enjoy these posts.
Honey cub wood carving. Roughly 18” tall. Thanks for looking and sharing.
This little guy is ready for a week in the kiln. Then, I’ll do the final sanding and details before the wood preservative is applied.
Life-size dog portrait carved in paulownia. Thanks so much for looking and sharing.
I find taking the time to really study reference images during the process of a carving helps me to see all the cuts I need to make. The better the references, the smoother the road to reaching the goal of believability. If you want to get better at realism, make sure you are utilizing plenty of good reference images. Thanks for looking and sharing!
Life size perched eagle. Thanks for looking and sharing!
6 ft. Momma Bear located in central Virginia. Thanks for looking and sharing!
9 ft. stump carving of iconic baloon image in Wytheville, VA. Thanks for looking and sharing.
10 ft. perched hawk stump carving for a public park in Rockville, MD. Thanks for looking and sharing!
This is one half of a sculpture carved from foam, hard coated with epoxy resin and painted with rust paint to look like weathered cast iron. The complete sculpture was two kayakers mounted on opposite sides of a column- a boy on one side and a girl on the other. This was created for a school in the Bronx, NY. Thanks for looking and sharing!!
These are carved out of two blocks of cherry I pulled out of the woods. They are based on the famous Black Forest brown swiss cow carvings from Switzerland and Germany. They are headed to a customer near Cincinnati, Ohio. Thanks so much for looking and sharing!
A 4 ft. lazy bear in pine, located in central Virginia. Thanks for looking and sharing!
Happy 2023 from our family to yours. I want give a big thank you to all of you who have been such an encouraging support this past year. THANK YOU!! Blessings to y’all this new year!
This is a life-size Tervuren carving for a customer outside of Chicago. Thanks for looking and sharing!
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Arnold Palmer carving restoration

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. September 28, 2018

The Dominion Valley Country Club had a 10 – 12 yr. old stump carving that was deteriorating, so we came …

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Carved Eagle Relief

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. January 31, 2023

A client contacted me about an eagle sculpture he was inspired by on a trip in Gettysburg. He wondered if …

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Mama & Cub Mailbox Bears

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. January 17, 2023

These mailbox bears were a fun piece I did a while back. I carved them here at my studio in …

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Tips On Chainsaw Carving Tree Stumps

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. January 10, 2023

I was carving a stump recently and thinking about all the little things I’ve learned in the last 18 years …

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Wildlife Scene – Hawk, Owl and Fox Stump Carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. January 7, 2023

A client located in Virginia contacted me in the spring about carving her 9′ tall white oak stump. She didn’t …

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Life Size Cougar Stump Carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. January 2, 2023

A customer in Houston, Texas reached out to me about creating a life-size cougar using a stump in his front …

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How to Turn a Wood Carving into a Bronze Sculpture!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. December 16, 2022

Fellow carver and friend, Paul Waclo (http://www.chainsawcarvingbypaul.com/), brought a desktop version of his popular wood-carved eagle design to my shop …

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Life-size Silverback Gorilla

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. October 9, 2022

The fine folks at Silverback Distillery in Afton, VA (https://www.sbdistillery.com/) ordered a life-size silverback for their business. We went with …

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8′ Tall “Beast” Incredible Scrollwork Relief Carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. January 9, 2022

A design firm out of Ohio contacted me last year about creating a custom bear for their client’s restaurant. This …

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5′ Tall Concrete Whale Tail

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. September 7, 2021

A customer out of Cape Cod contacted me about creating a whale tail sculpture for his home. I drew up …

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Larger Than Life Coon Hound!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. June 22, 2021

This client contacted me to create a sculpture of her coon hound mix. It was a gift for her husband …

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Climbing Bear Family – Old Lyme, CT

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. November 12, 2020

This client had seen a previous carving I did in her town of Old Lyme, Connecticut, and contacted me to …

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Wytheville Article – Hot Air Balloon Carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. November 2, 2020

Click this link to see the Wytheville news article on a hot air balloon stump carving. https://swvatoday.com/news/article_58505484-1d29-11eb-9553-6f0e4f038624.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

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3D Carving of the Hands in Michaelangelo’s Creation of Adam

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. September 23, 2020

A previous client in Connecticut contacted me about creating another carving on his property this year. I had made him …

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Giant 5′ Tall Bulldog!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. September 18, 2020

I was asked by the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to create a huge bulldog as a surprise for …

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Custom Muscovy Duck Logo Sign

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. August 29, 2020

Our client in Tampa, Florida contacted us about creating a 3 dimensional sign of her logo. I really like the …

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Custom Bear Cub Signs

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. August 26, 2020

We are creating these adorable weatherproof resin cast bear cubs that can hold a sign saying anything you want. Just …

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Custom Silhouette Gate Sign

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. July 21, 2020

This custom silhouette sign was for a client based out of a small town in Southwest Virginia. He raises Wirehaired …

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Custom Cherry Elephant for Private Library

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. July 10, 2020

This client, from Minnesota, contacted me about creating a custom elephant sculpture for the new cherry-paneled library he was building …

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Red Tailed Hawk

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. June 20, 2020

A client in Connecticut contacted me about turning a large ash tree in his front yard into a landing red …

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HDU Foam Carved Cute Cub

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. June 13, 2020

Our customer contacted us about making a 3′ tall climbing cub to be mounted on a tree in their yard. …

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