This morning we woke up with everything covered in a thick coat of ice from yesterday’s storm. It’s like waking up in a glistening winter wonderland. Unfortunately my pictures do not do justice to the beauty of the rising sun reflecting off all that ice.
A roaring good sign
We just finished this fierce looking sign for an estate in Bernardsville NJ. It features raised 23K gold leaf letters over a crushed glass smalts background. The lion head in the star’s center is 3d carved.
2019 Vectric User Group Meeting, Denver
Last weekend I had the pleasure to be a guest speaker at this years annual User Group Meeting, held in Denver, Colorado in front of 325 very talented professionals and hobbyists. I talked about my automata project, how I designed, built and finished it. I look forward to seeing projects on the Vectric website inspired by some of the finishing techniques I shared making custom carved signs over the past 30yrs.
A Sign of Progress
Today we had the pleasure to instal an dimensional sign for the Manhattan Office of Congressman Jerrold Nadler. It makes a great selfie sign for visitors to the office.
And the Winner is...
We are very proud to announce that our sign for Chatham Township Volunteer Fire Dept has been awarded 2nd place for best Original Design and Fabrication, Non-Illuminated, Small Shop in the annual International Sign Competition hosted by Signs of the Times Magazine. Thank You Signs of the Times. To take a look at the other award winners, visit https://read.nxtbook.com/st_media/signs_of_the_times/signs_of_the_times_september_/best_original_design_non_illu.html
This handcrafted carved sign sign features a crushed glass smalts background with raised gold leaf prismatic letters. The maltese cross also features a crushed glass smalts background with hand painted raised details.