I am lucky enough to live in the great town of Warwick, NY – we have wonderful restaurants and shops and its a destination for many people on weekend getaways. There is a new trendy shop opening, bfree and we were lucky enough to be called to help with her “new” look.
The clients logo needed some tweaking and unfortunately wouldn’t work on the sign. We started by taking the logo and reformatting it to match the “feel” of the store and to better represent what you would see inside.
Our graphic designer Nanette jumped in and began creating a new logo which would incorporate wood, brushed metal and copper.
Client loved it – now its time to make this baby!
We began with 15# Precisionboard HDU at a 1.5″ thickness. This will allow us to get all the elements, except the bfree letters on one panel. We carved the brushed texture and branch into the background and the wood texture of the frame using our MultiCam 3000 CNC.
We drilled holes and cut pockets for our lettering which we’ll make separately as a two part letter. 
While the machine was working away Peter experimented with the some techniques to create a realistic copper finish.
We’ve sealed the foam with a coat of AquaResin and and primed. ready for paint!
We are using Modern Masters metallic silver as the base coat for the brushed metal. we’ll then add several glaze coats of latex color over it. When the sun hits it during the day it will shine like real metal and at night the overhead goosenecks will really bring out the metal finish and texture.
While Peter is painting the silver Holin is in the paint booth painting the letters. We’ve carved the copper “swirl” texture directly into the PVC cut letters for additional texture. We’ll then mount the 1/4″ Copper PVC textured face to 1/2″ black PVC for dimension and to also add some contrast.
The letters are done – we’ll take them off and focus on the wood frame.
The latex base coat of the wood frame goes down then two or three coats of darker glaze. We now have a nice contrast of colors against the copper and black letters.
All painted – ready to go on the truck for the install.
Installed and lit and looks great! We wish bfree the best of luck with your new location.
-Steve