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Custom Sculpture & Sign Co.

127 Wampler St.
Nickelsville, VA 24271
276-479-0388 - Sign Shop
Hours are not fixed. Please call before you visit the shop.

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More shots of this momma and cubs.
This a 5 x 10 sign made of aluminum composite board with aluminum frame and vinyl letters. The background gradient was sprayed. I fabricated aluminum flat bar into hanging brackets while my friend welded a post to a bracket. Then it was ready for install!
Mama and cubs carved in pine, for a cabin in Kingsport, TN. Thanks for looking!
Applying wood preservative to this Mama bear and cubs. Carved in white pine. Thanks for looking!
Mama bear with 2 cubs on this one…
This is a 30” x 11 ft. cherry stump full of burls that we debarked. Then, we carved a scrollwork design over the entire surface using imagery of vines, leaves and flowers. We utilized the hollows to create contrasting negative space. We cleaned out the hollows and made sure the water could drain well. Then, we saturated the inside and outside with an oil wood preservative and mounted it on a custom concrete pad. It took two weeks to carve and oil and is located in the garden of a residence in Georgetown, Washington DC. We used the following tools:
We used a chain hoist to erect this 11 ft. Cherry carving today. Tomorrow we’ll continue to fill cracks and do final touch ups before we apply the oil. Stay tuned!
Coming to the end of the paisley relief carving. We poured the pad and power washed the inside hollow areas in preparation for epoxy. The outside will get oil. Thanks for looking and sharing!
Making progress…
Starting a unique carving on-site in D.C. this week. I’ve never seen or done anything like this sculpture. It will truly be a one of a kind. Stay tuned!! Thanks for looking and sharing.
10 ft. Grizzly carved in pine heading out to it’s home in Big Timber, Montana. Thanks for looking!
Applying the finishing touches on this 10 ft. grizzly. A bear cub will be added to the base next… stay tuned!
This eagle is roughly 4ft. tall x 5 ft. wide and is carved from a red oak log. The wing tips and tail were add- ons reinforced with gorilla glue and timber screws. It was carved with 80% chainsaw and the rest smaller power tools. Next, it was put in a custom kiln for a week to season the wood. The cracks were then filled and the wood preservatives were applied to seal and color the wood. Thanks for looking! Check out www.customwoodcarvings.com to see more.
Working on a 10 ft. Grizzly. 2 more days and it will be ready to ship to Montana. Stay tuned…
Just got this big order of burr bits from #saburrtoothtools for an ambitious carving project in Washington DC that will require a team of us doing a lot of dremel work. Stay tuned!!
We created and installed two 5x10 ft. dimensional signs for each end of our beloved town to welcome visitors. They are made of weatherproof sign foam with a welded steel frame embedded inside. The frame was then used to attach it to a timberframe structure made of 6x6s.
Are you wondering why I built an insulated box around this carving? Well, have you heard that deep freezing your carvings using a chunk of dry ice in an insulated box will completely prevent your carving from ever cracking? I know, it seems too good to be true right? Think about it, when the wood fibers enter a state of deep freeze the atomic activity between the protons and neutrons begin to stretch into what is called “suspended metamorphosis”. This then allows the thermal dynamics of the cambium layers to synthesize with the molecular fusion between the outer sap wood and the inner core. Resulting in a symbiosis of energy that creates an ever increasing vortex of hardening bands that surround each annual growth ring. So, the fibers surrounding the pith will begin to undergo a property change called “arborium calcification”. This completely reverses the carbon’s natural tendency to want to find a pressure release that we recognize as a crack. Isn’t that amazing?! And to think, an obscure, retired, self-proclaimed doctor and tree expert from Nigeria has known this all this time and finally decided to post this amazing break through. Incredible. Unbelievable, really…
Carved and glued the tail on today. Tomorrow add the feathers to the tail and detail the talons and fish.
Having fun with the feathers. I tried a new technique of dragging the tip in a u shape and I really like the effect it gives for the body and leg feathers. It looks natural yet random and active.
Defined the head and body today…
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Sycamore Playful Otter Carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. March 31, 2020

I carved an otter for a client in Texas this last November. I love otters and this piece is one …

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Rusted Anchor & Ship’s Wheel Sign – Over 8′ Tall!!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. March 20, 2020

A nautical themed charter school in the Bronx, New York, asked us to create this huge, rusty, patinaed, weathered wood …

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Four Huge Sculptural Bulletin Boards!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. February 7, 2020

A repeat customer (a nautical themed charter school in the Bronx, New York) commissioned us a few years ago to …

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Carved Barrel Head Sign

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. February 3, 2020

We’ve really enjoyed working with the Olde Mecklenburg Brewery in Charlotte, NC on several previous jobs. This last winter they …

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My kiln drying experiment worked!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. January 27, 2020

Check it out!

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7 ft. Hippo Sculpture for the Toledo Zoo!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. January 23, 2020

The Penny Machine Company (http://pennybiz.com/) ordered this custom hippo sculpture to surround their penny machine at the Toledo Zoo. It …

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Perched Eagle

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. December 30, 2019

This was a commission by the Georgia Forestry Association as a memorial. It was carved out of seasoned poplar wood. …

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Contact info change

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. November 20, 2019

Just letting everyone know that my cell phone number 860-876-7529, which I’ve used for the last few years will no …

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The largest chainsaw carved bear on the east coast!!!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. November 14, 2019

The Landon School in Bethesda Maryland had to cut down a huge poplar tree. They left an 18 ft. tall …

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Get your $65 box of HDU carving blocks!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. August 23, 2019

For $65 you get a roughly 12″ x 24″ x 3″ box of HDU (High Density Urethane) foam. This foam …

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Custom 10 ft. grizzly carving – Westerville, Ohio

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. August 15, 2019

We traveled to Westerville Ohio to carve this bear on site in the back yard of a residence. We used …

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On site grizzly carving in Westerville, Ohio

July 23, 2019

Here are some pictures of a carving I am currently making. I’m about 60% complete…

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Custom Soaring Eagle Carving

July 23, 2019

A customer from Westerville Ohio ordered this custom soaring eagle as an accent piece to be hung under the front …

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Custom English Bulldog carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. June 22, 2019

The Dover Airforce Base in Delaware has the bulldog as their image. They ordered this carving for their base. This …

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African Grey Parrot Carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. June 7, 2019

A customer ordered this as a gift for a loved one. It is a life size African grey parrot roughly …

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Custom frog sculpture – stump carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. April 7, 2019

This is a true tree frog....

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Review of the 3M Accuspray paint gun – My favorite!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. March 22, 2019

Check out this video review of the 3M Accuspray paint gun. This is my preferred paint spray system for my …

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Custom 8 ft. Grizzly Carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. March 22, 2019

A customer near Reno, Nevada got in touch. He wanted an aggressive 8 ft. grizzly to greet his guests as …

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Custom Portrait Bust – Andrew Hawkins Former NFL player

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. March 20, 2019

Mountain Dew Corp. used a design firm out of NYC (Golin) to get in touch because they  wanted to surprise …

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How to make something look like cast bronze – Finishing technique

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. January 30, 2019

Watch this video to learn this great finishing technique!

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