Large Wall Mounted Planter Project
My customer had a caravan she wanted to hide from her neighbours in Oxford and decided to grow Russian Vine, otherwise know as...
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keithclarke01
Mar 19, 20233 min read
Making Customer Ideas Come Alive
I took my customer's quick sketch and created two house number signs with "glow in the dark" numbers and arrows. The brief was to ensure...
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keithclarke01
Mar 7, 20232 min read
Planters for Landscape Gardening
At Hillsigns I make a range of triangular and rectangular high quality planters, often to a customer's particular specification. Starting...
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keithclarke01
Mar 6, 20231 min read
Wonderful Window Boxes
One of the most popular products for Hillsigns are handmade window boxes with a personalised engraving. All the parts are made from...
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keithclarke01
Aug 6, 20221 min read
Useful Tips from Hillsigns to Get a Perfect Finish.
I use a high gloss finish of my house numbers, signs and memorial signs. One problem has always been the varnish being wasted as it...
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keithclarke01
Aug 3, 20222 min read
Memorial Sign Video for Marketing
This is the longest video I have made to date. The programme I use is Movavi. It's a very intuitive app that allows you to produce a...
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keithclarke01
Jul 29, 20223 min read
Pet Memorial Plaques for Horses and Dogs
It was a great pleasure to make these 5 beautiful memorial plaques. My customer, Chris, asked if I could make a plaque for each dog and...
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keithclarke01
Jul 22, 20221 min read
Fantastic Memorial for Paul
I was delighted to make this combination of planter and oak memorial signs for my customer. Bringing his ideas into reality was such a...
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keithclarke01
May 10, 20221 min read
House No 60 - Part 3
The deep bark took several coats of varnish to be sealed from the weather as each one was absorbed. The front surface needed 5 coats to...
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keithclarke01
Apr 6, 20222 min read
House No 60 - Part 2
Setting up the slice of cypress in the CNC machine is relatively simple. I use ply wood strips screwed to the MDF base that I have fixed...
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keithclarke01
Apr 5, 20222 min read
New Sign Underway - House No 60
The most interesting part of making a new sign with natural products is choosing the raw material. Here at Hillsigns I have a range of...
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keithclarke01
Apr 4, 20222 min read
The final coat...
At Hillsigns I am making dozens of planters from re-purposed timber. They come in all shapes and size. Triangular, troughs, trug type,...
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keithclarke01
Mar 11, 20221 min read
Colin Came Too
On a trip to Aber Falls this week in north west Wales we took along Colin the cat. He is only 10 weeks old and this was his second outing...
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keithclarke01
Jan 3, 20221 min read
A Slice of Cherry - Making a House Number
Having been cut down 2 years ago here at Hillsigns, and allowed to slowly dry under cover, this 20 or 21 year old cherry is ready to...
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keithclarke01
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Making Hillsigns Window Boxes
This was one of the first products I made and one that remain popular. The wood I use is re-purposed and can vary in size from batch to...
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keithclarke01
Oct 3, 20211 min read
Amazing Table Made from Hillsigns Stump!
This tree stump was lifted from of River Severn last spring and the mud cleaned off with a power wash. Nothing else was done to the tree...
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keithclarke01
Oct 2, 20211 min read
A Simple Way to Bring Plants into Your Home
As with every Hillsigns product I have used on re-cycled materials. In fact these are the offcuts. Nothing is wasted! Carefully cut and...
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keithclarke01
Sep 29, 20211 min read
Eco Christmas Decorations from Hillsigns
I enjoyed designing and making these Christmas tree decorations from 3mm solid oak offcuts. Then had great fun filming and photographing...
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keithclarke01
Sep 26, 20211 min read
Large Triangular Planter Made to Exacting Dimensions
Hillsigns was delighted to make and deliver this amazing planter to our customer and ensure that it fitted to the mm! It complimented the...
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keithclarke01
Sep 10, 20211 min read
Triangular Planters to Suit Any Garden
Hillsigns has made a series of triangular planters over the last few weeks. Triangular planters can be just small 32L or 35L standard...
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