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Colin Hamilton

Welcome Address Sign
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This address sign offers a hearty welcome in Japanese characters, to those entering the property.  The sign itself is a design based on a Japanese Tori gate, made with salvaged…

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‘Welcome’ address sign
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This Japanese inspired address sign is styled like a Torii Gate (a traditional Japanese entrance to a sacred space) and ‘welcomes’ all to the property with the Japanese characters.  It…

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Schaeffer Bench Project
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Earlier this winter while salvaging old growth red cedar I noticed one piece of wood in particular.  This piece had very unique feature in that the wood was both the…

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Frog Song Forest Covenant Sign Project
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My latest project this winter has been building a sign for a wonderful land conservation covenant on Pender Island,BC.  The Kikuchi’s, a local family here on Pender, have recently purchased…

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Mudie Entrance Project
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A Unique Hand Split Red Cedar Fence and Gates To keep out of trouble this winter, I spent my time building a wonderful entrance and fencing project for the Mudie’s…

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Birdhouses
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Handsplit Red Cedar Birdhouses So what does one do with all the scraps and left over pieces of cedar from bigger projects?  Well I have found many fun things to…

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Ramsey coffee table 1
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This coffee table is made from salvaged driftwood, all hand split red cedar. This cedar has some amazing colour variations in the grain, brought out by sanding it smooth and…

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A Wilde composting toilet outbuilding!
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The Wilde family gets a new outhouse… When my friend Celine approached with the idea of building a funky little structure to house their new composting toilet, I was interested…

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Handsplit cedar bench ships in pieces with easy reassembly
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Handsplit Red Cedar Bench This wonderful bench is six feet long and comfortably seats two or three people.  It is made from all salvaged red cedar driftwood.  There is no…

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Colins bench
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Here is a 4′ bench made of reclaimed red cedar, hand split with mortise and tenon joinery.

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Four rail split cedar fence
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This is your tradional rail fence, four sections high. Notice the posts are all off the ground on saddles, so they wont rot in the dirt.

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Sprung gate latch with one way catch
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This custom sprung gate latch is made to only swing one way as you can see with the catch.

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Wildart Photography in hand split cedar picture frame
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I made this hand split red cedar picture frame for Wildart Photography, whose picture is in the frame.

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Custom sprung gate latch
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This custom sprung gate latch was designed and built by George Hudson, here on Pender Island, BC.

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Handsplit cedar entry gate
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This is the entrance to a nice fenced side yard.  The hand split ‘z’ style gate matches the fencing, note the old metal grate built into the gate as a…

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