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Colin Hamilton

Asian Gong Stand
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SOLD- A traditional Asian gong stand mixes a Torii gate design with a natural, west coast style- reclaimed red cedar driftwood that is hand split and assembled with wood pegged mortise…

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Six foot Bench
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This is a custom ordered cedar bench I recently made for a client here on Pender Island.  It is 6′ long, and made all from salvaged old growth red cedar…

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Tracy’s Gate
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A hand split cedar pedestrian gate made for an avid gardener.  Mortise and tenon joinery.

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Single gate
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A classic style “x” and picket gate ready to be installed.  Hand split red cedar with mortise and tenon joinery.

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Colorado Gates with Arbour
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A set of gates made to open wide enough for a tractor to access the orchard behind.  Gates open singly for a pedestrian.  Hand split cedar with mortise and tenon…

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Torii Gate with Bell- detail
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A closer look at the design of the bell and how it is being held in place.  The wood holding the bell from either side has been simply cut to…

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Torii Gate with Bell
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A Torii style structure designed to hold an elaborate bell in a Japanese garden.  Variations in the natural colours of red cedar add to the simple design.  

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Six foot Bench
150 150 Thuja Wood Art - Reclaimed Cedar Furniture Wood Art Vancouver Victoria Gulf Islands British Columbia

A six foot long bench provides outdoor seating for three people.  A solid back, wide arms, and thick slabs give strength and durability to this bench.  Hand split red cedar…

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Nighthawk Hill Sign
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A Conservation Covenant sign for a Pender property named Nighthawk Hill.  Red Cedar, hand split and assembled with mortise and tenon joinery, and hand carved and painted lettering and image.

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Colorado gates
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These hand split cedar gates double as a vehicle access and as a pedestrian entrance.  A good example of what can be shipped and reassembled, these double gates and arbour…

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Torii Gate with Bell
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This project was commissioned by a client all the way across Canada in Nova Scotia.  The client had acquired a beautiful custom made bell that hangs from an elaborate metal…

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Nighthawk Hill Sign
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This handsplit cedar sign was built for a property called Nighthawk Hill with a conservation covenant recently placed on it.  It is a lovely property on Pender Island with a…

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Drystack stone retaining wall
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prepping for drystack stone retaining wall This was a fun project building a short retaining wall for wonderful new cabin on South Pender Island.  I used all local sandstone, which…

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Signs for Hawaii
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These are two signs that I recently made for a client in Hawaii.  They are both made from salvaged old growth red cedar that I have hand split.  The address…

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Thuja Wood Art Featured in Aqua Magazine
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Back in the fall, a local Pender writer came by for an interview with Colin for the Spring issue of Aqua Magazine, a Salt Spring Island publication that promotes the…

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