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Colin Hamilton

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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Japanese Character Sign
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Hand split red cedar address sign.  Using the Japanese torii gate style, with Japanese characters for ‘Welcome’ carved and painted on.  Made from salvaged old growth red cedar, with traditional…

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Japanese Character House Sign
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Traditional Japanese characters for family name carved and painted onto handsplit red cedar sign with cedar frame from salvaged cedar which has turned blackish.  Made to hang on the wall…

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Wave Wall
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One section of a 150 foot long retaining wall- the wave design was created with blue-toned sandstone against orange and brown.

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Driftwood Bench
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A hand split cedar bench using one single piece of naturally shaped cedar as the back rest.  A roomy length of six feet fit a company of three or four…

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Fairy King’s Throne
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SOLD~ This hand split cedar chair, with naturally eroded spires evoking a fairy king’s throne, is currently for sale.  Sanded smooth and oiled with a natural oil finish, except for…

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Saratoga King Bed
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A king size bed- the tall, hand split cedar and knotty pine headboard doubles as a room partition.

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Saratoga Beach Custom Bed Project
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This past August I was asked to build a custom hand split cedar bed for a client in Saratoga Beach, on Vancouver Island.  I have made beds before and was…

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Wave Wall Project
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This has been my biggest project this year by far taking over 3 months to complete.  This project is a sea wall designed to entomb an archaeological site discovered during…

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Fairy King’s Throne
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This summer, during a wood collecting excursion, I found a single piece of cedar on the beach that was almost seven feet long and four feet across, but was only…

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