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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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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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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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Mahoney’s Walnut Oil Review

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. December 12, 2018

Check out this video to see my favorite oil for smaller wood working projects… Here’s the Amazon link if you …

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Custom carved bear cubs

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. November 27, 2018

This customer sent a sketch of her tree stump with measurements and we added 2 cubs. One on top looking …

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A review of the Stihl battery chainsaw & belt

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. October 27, 2018

Here’s a short video demonstrating the Stihl battery chainsaw and belt…

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Caterpillar D-11 Bulldozer Carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. October 27, 2018

The Caterpillar Company is celebrating their 40,000th big dozer and ordered this 3 ft. long D-11 carving to add to …

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Bear cub looking for honey

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. October 5, 2018

This is a 3 ft. tall carving of a bear cub going after some honey. Finished with a wood preservative …

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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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All my favorite sculpting tools and materials in one place!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. September 23, 2018

Check out the new “Shop” page on my site. This is a gallery of all my favorite tools and products …

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My Favorite Wood Preservative & Wood Fillers

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. September 18, 2018

Check out this video! Then go to my “shop” page to check out the product links.

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Custom carved badge – Take the green out of poplar and turn it to gold!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. August 22, 2018

The Maiden Police Department saw some carved badges we created for the Forest Lake Police Station… They then ordered a …

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Family Tree Carving

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. July 12, 2018

This customer asked if we could create a family tree carving. We sent him various images of trees and he …

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