This Diary was started in January 2005 for showing our hand painted house plaques.- We update these pages on an ongoing basis with photos of recently completed custom painted house signs
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
House Sign with Heron Pictorial
Our customer located in the USA asked for a heron standing in water with reeds in the background. She saw a similar house sign painted by our artist Jean Ellams a few years ago. This one was painted by Ivan Brenton. The font is called Tiffany Bold
House address plate depicting bumblebee
Our customer requested a sign showing a bumblebee landing on a sprig of lavender with lots of lavender in the background. Painted by House Sign artist Rosemary Hitchman.
Red Breasted Robin house name sign
For this house name sign our customer asked us to paint a robin perched on a branch of pine with pine cones. The robin bird is quite a popular pictorial asked for by our UK customers - each pictorial we paint is different, even if a cutomer sees a design somewhere on our website and asks for that particular design, we individually hand paint the pictorial to fit withing the dimensions of the base plaque and lettering.
House Sign with Robin and red berries
Our customer asked us to make this large classic oval measuring 10.25 inches by 8.25 inches depicting a red breasted robin . he asked for the bird to be perched in a branch surrounded by red berries. The font is called Century Schoolbook.
Friday, June 15, 2007
House Name Sign depicting Catalpa blooms
Our customer located in the USA asked us to create a house name plaque showing a botanical pictorial of flowers and leaves of the catalpa tree. He mentioned they have a large catalpa on their property. This house sign was painted by Rosemary Hitchman, it shows great detail in the flowers - click on the picture to view it larger.
Magpies pictorial house sign
Our customer who is a Newcastle United football team fan asked us to create this house sign for him - it depicts TWO magpies for Joy. Painted on our large rustic slate oval measuring 13.5 inches by 9.5 inches. The font is called Tiffany bold. The birds where painted by Ivan Brenton.
House Sign with fox pictorial
Our customer located in the USA asked for a fathers day gift to be made showing a pictorial of a fox surrounded by woodland on this 14.5 inch by 10 inch classic oval. She asked for the word 'FoxHollow' to be written just like this in Goudy Handtooled font and we made the sign with fixing holes at the top for hanging on chains.
Friday, June 08, 2007
French House Name Sign with Kestrels
Our customer located on the Island of Alderney - one of the Channel Islands, asked us to create a house name sign showing a pair of Kestrels in flight. The house name means 'the kestrels' in french. Painted by house sign artist Ivan Brenton. We all think Ivan has excelled himself on painting the birds this plaque - the detail of the feathers is quite outstanding - to take a closer look, click on the sign. This one will probably be a 'House Sign of the Month' in the showcase on our main website.
House Number Sign depicting Cockerel
This sign was painted by our sign artist Rosemary Hitchman as a Gift for a relative - The base plaque is our large classic oval measuring 10.25 inches by 8.25 inches.
House Sign depicting Kingfisher bird
Our customer asked for Large Mews plaque measuring 15.5 inches by 7.25 inches with a pictorial of a kingfisher perched on a branch. This one was painted by Rosemary Hitchman. The font is called Century Schoolbook.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Ammended House Sign with Castle
Our customer ordered a house sign depicting 'Helm's Deep' the castle and ramparts from Lord of the Rings with the house name and number on the plaque. We made the sign but forgot to add the house number - a mistake on my part. So once our cutomer pointed the omission out to us we asked him to send it back so we can make an alteration to the painting to accomodate the number 40 at the top. - You can see the original house sign we sent out just a few images below......
Sunday, June 03, 2007
House Sign depicting half moon and stars
Our customer sent us a rough layout drawing by email showing the layout she wanted with the half moon and stars. The font is called Bernhart Modern. Painted by house sign artist Rosemary Hitchman.
Cottage House Sign with Male Pheasant
Our customer saw a previous example of a male pheasant painted on a house plaque and asked us to make her one with a similar pictorial. The font is called Century Schoolbook. We made the N02 in a traditional layout with a small 'o' at alligned to the top of the 'N' and underlined. The pheasant was painted by Ivan Brenton - he is brillant at painting birds!
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You won't see all house sign designs we make here as most of the house signs made by us are standard house names or house numbers without custom painted pictorials - you can view all our STANDARD HOUSE SIGNS at our home websites http://www.yoursigns.co.uk/ or our house sign shop to buy one.
You won't see all house sign designs we make here as most of the house signs made by us are standard house names or house numbers without custom painted pictorials - you can view all our STANDARD HOUSE SIGNS at our home websites http://www.yoursigns.co.uk/ or our house sign shop to buy one.