Cedar Signs A sandblasted cedar sign for Cardinal Plaza Shell. We were contacted by the owners of Cardinal Plaza Shell with request to build a custom cedar sign. The custom layout was created by Travis Brandon to the specifications provided by our customer. The design requirements were strict. However, our customer provided good samples of […]

Gold Leaf Sign – A sandblasted sign with 23 karat gold leaf finish. Brendon Brandon poses with a shovel? The faux stone frame is actually made of HDU, SignFoam… Another Classy GOLD LEAF SIGN… A sandblasted HDU sign finished with gold leaf, and installed at The Josephine Butler Parks Center in Washington, DC. This beautiful gold […]

Entrance Sign Holly Hill Harbor made by Designs & Signs. This sign is sandblasted HDU. We also make routed HDU signs and sandblasted cedar signs. The design for this sign was provided to us by the home owners association. A sandblasted community entrance sign at Holly Hill Harbor in Edgewater, Maryland. The sign is fashioned […]

Two matching hand-carved gold leaf signs for Escapade Advertising, designed and installed by Designs & Signs in Edgewater, Maryland. Sign foam was carved by hand to create the sun. The exterior lettering was then sandblasted. The letters were finished with 22 karat gold leaf. The interior suns were also gilded by hand. The larger free […]

Cedar signs manufactured and installed by Designs & Signs at The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland. A total of seventeen similar way finding signs were installed at this location. Each sign was constructed with cedar plank. The routed komacel letters were finished with automotive paint and pin-mounted with stainless steel pins. The circular […]

Carved stone lettering in granite at The World War II Memorial in Washington, DC.  Kevin handles all of our sandblasting projects. He has more than thirty years of carving experience.. Designs & Signs has carved and gilded various monuments and memorials in Washington, DC and the surrounding area. This photo illustrates the sandblasting process.  A compressor […]