Dimensional Signs

The Queen

An upscale sports-bar sign

Published

16 years ago

January 16, 2008

Steve Aust Signs of the Times March 2008 Issue

Shane Durnford, proprietor of an eponymous signshop in Creemore, ON, Canada, refers to this watering hole at the Queen’s Hotel as a “casual sports bar,” but one look at this regal sign indicates beer spilling and chest bumping might be frowned upon within. After having devised it with Adobe® Illustrator® CS2, Durnford fabricated this 9 ft. x 3 ft. x 14-in. sign with stack-laminated, 2-in.-thick panels of 18-lb. DesignBoard HDU, which he bonded with West Systems’ two-part epoxy. He handcarved the substrate with carving gouges, a Foredom tool with Kutzal bits, flexible rasps, sandpaper and an Arbortech cutting wheel. He crowned his signage with exterior-grade, latex paint and goldleaf. Durnford designed the metal hanging bracket, which George Ioudine Iron Works (Acton, ON) fabricated. Ioudine also helped Durnford install the signage.

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