Here is the new double sided signs for my friends at the Jackson’s Poultry Company.  If you happen to find yourself on Granville Island in Vancouver I suggest you drop by for some great poultry selection. This new store is a spin off from the famous local legendary Jackson’s Meats and Deli established way back  in 1911. To learn more of their great story you can start by visiting them at: WWW.JACKSONSMEATANDDELI.COM

 The new sign for the sign shop has finally made it from design and production onto the front of the shop. It only took a few years to finally do my own sign but here it is.

After many years making signs and carving into wine barrel tops for all my great clients, I took some time to make a sign for myself. I carved an image of my hand clenching a wood chisel carved from wood (somehow ironic) punching through a barrel top. I chose to carve the company name into a wooden banner. I then gave the banner an aged look to advance the fact  barrel carving itself is an old craft and each recycled barrel I carve has a story to tell. I’m now in the process of making some cool hanging signs to compliment this piece. Stay tuned. 

I  had a client ask me to do a carving for the door to his wine cellar that would match the barrel carving I did for him. The result was a diagonal piece carved in red cedar and clear stained as well as color stained.

These barrels  are more examples of the group of five that were carved for the well known Lake Breeze Winery in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. The barrel on the left shows the view as seen fron the top of the property and the barrel on the right hangs on the “Artist’s View” cottage located on the beautiful winery property. The view through the window of the cottage is depicted in the barrel carving to which I added the table and other props to give the feel of an old European artist’s room.