Outcasts Sign
We were recently asked to produce a bespoke wooden sign as a surprise gift.
The Process
This beautiful Wooden Sign was made from solid Iroko for a bagel and coffee food truck near Dublin, Ireland called Outcasts. There was quite a process involved in creating a piece like this so we thought we’d share…
- Original design provided by client, then our Graphic Designer tweaks to make positioning and dimensions work
- Wood is cut to size and shape, in this case 450mm diameter and 40mm thick
- Wood is completely covered VERY carefully with masking tape
- Wood goes into our laser machine and the design is deep engraved. To get the required effect this piece had to go through twice. It takes approximately 3 hours to laser engrave an image like this
- Engraving has to be carefully hand painted, due to the depth, with a white layer so that the colour will adhere thoroughly
- Time to go on the printer to get that beautiful vivid blue
- Masking tape removed, hooks and rope attached and lovingly oiled with Tung oil to protect and bring out the gorgeousl wood grain
(this was a double sided piece also so each stage had to be done twice!)
If you would like to create something like this, please get in touch with your ideas/requirements.