Below are featured a number of signs with lettering hand painted lettering either straight on the flat surface or over hand engraved lettering, the wooden plaques can be stained and laquered to the desired finish. An overview of the creation is outlined below.
OVERVIEW OF CREATION PROCESS
ORIGINALS
NEW SIGNS WITH CHANGES
The two original signs pictured above needed to be replaced with changes to the opening hours, addition of text where a plate with text had been added and the reversal of the arrow direction on the first sign. The resulting signs needed to be of similar appearance with lettering in the same font, engraved on a solid pine plaque and protected against the weather.
It would have been possible to have the lettering engraved with a cnc milling machine. Athough hand engraving is a skilled process that is time consuming, it can still be more cost efficient when compared to cnc milling on one-off jobs. Obviously if there were 10 identical signs to be made then this would not be the case.
STEP 1
A solid pine board of the same dimensions as the original plaque was smoothed and set in front of a video projector where the original sign was projected onto it at original scale size. The image was then traced onto the board with pencil.
STEP 2
The lettering was then engraved into the wood
STEP 3
The pine then stained similar to the originals
STEP 4
The engraved lettering was then overpainted
STEP 5
The signs were then both finished with 2 coats of half matt laquer
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