We do a lot of HDU foam letters now that we have our CNC router and these latest set are for a new frozen yogurt business on the other side of the island called Island Froyo and will be painted and mounted to a concrete wall.
The logo art for Island Froyo was given to us by the client's designer and we soon made appropriate adjustments as to make readability/visibility easier as well as making it easier to produce using our router. Once the logistics were worked out, we cut the lettering. Most of the letters were cut in reverse (face-down) so we could also pre-drill the stud holes in the backs...
New Bamboo Inn Hanging Sign
The original sign was sandblasted out of wood and decades old when the request came in to design and develop a new sign based on the old one's layout. The logo and fonts themselves were recreated and ideas were sorted on the construction of the sign, whether it be carved out of HDU on our CNC Router or maybe assembled in pieces, etc. Finally it was decided to make the sign out of cut acrylic and a bamboo mat, along with 3/4" MDO board.
With the router files programmed to cut the lettering in three different levels, the dimensionality of the sign was created.
First,...