Bee Inspired
Whilst trying to source a beeswax polish to suit our requirements we found that most contained Turpentine which we weren’t so keen on as it can be harmful, so in the end, after reading some interesting blogs offering useful advice, we decided to make our own. That way we’d know that there was nothing but goodness in our beeswax wood polish.
Read MoreShould I Use Recycled Plastic or Wood for Sustainable Signage?
A couple of weeks ago, myself and Kate (co-owner of Inspirwood) took our Border Terrier dog Woody out for a woodland walk to one of our favourite places, Haldon Forest, near Exeter. We can remember this place before it became rather commercialised and is part of the Forestry England’s plantations. Having said that, the place…
Read MoreTrail Boards for The National Trust
Team Inspirwood have been working with many National Trust properties over the years to make their holiday trail boards more sustainable. These boards have been made for The National Trust Saltram House October / Halloween Trail and are up and about their grounds over the half term break. In old folklore, tree’s were said to…
Read MoreSkate, Surf & Ski – we can do it all!!
Recently we have been designing and producing a number of trophies for various sporting organisations including Surfing England, Snow Sport Wales, Skateboard GB and Forestry England. As you can see below there are so many options as to how your trophies can look. All you need is the beginnings of an idea or simply your…
Read MorePicture Perfect Postcards
Every year we make thousands of postcards for artists, organisations and events. Here are just a few examples of ones we’ve made recently.
Read MoreSpring has Sprung
With the mercury very tentatively rising here in the UK, lots of us are starting to use our gardens, and people are getting very creative with how they use their outdoor spaces. Summer Houses, Garden Bars, Pizza Corners, Crafty Dens, Man Caves and more are becoming ever popular. A handmade bespoke sign makes for a…
Read MoreChristmas Collaborations
Over the last few months, we have collaborated with a number of artists who were new to us as clients. We helped them to turn their beautiful designs into wooden Christmas decorations. Take a look at just a small selection here – they really are beautiful! Whilst Christmas 2021 is almost upon us and we…
Read MoreWooden Jewellery
Delicate Designs We recently produced these beautifully designed wooden necklace pendants for artist Sandy Gardner. The Bee, Kingfisher, Owl and Ladybird shapes are printed and made from 3mm Birch. We love how well the intricate illustrations and vibrant colours come to life through the wood. If you have some delicate designs that you’d like to…
Read MoreOutcasts Sign
We recently made this beautiful sign from solid Iroko for a bagel and coffee food truck near Dublin, Ireland called Outcasts. There is quite a process involved in creating a piece like this so we thought we’d share…
Read MoreMossy Media
Another first for us here at Inspirwood! we created this stunning large sign for local, eco-friendly, mattress company Naturalmat. The sign was made from solid Oak and measured 1500mm x 275mm. We laser cut the company name out and made a recess tray for the living moss to sit in. We think it looked amazing…
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