{"id":6392,"date":"2021-01-16T16:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T16:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?p=6392"},"modified":"2021-01-16T16:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T16:28:34","slug":"an-unusual-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/01\/16\/an-unusual-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unusual Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I get asked to carve quite a few signs and plaques, but not many featuring prehistoric monuments ~ that was the case when a customer from Wiltshire contacted me regarding this Christmas present for her friends at Springbottom Farm, close to Stonehenge. The plan was to carve a large oak sign featuring the famous site, surrounded with animals found on the farm ~ these included Sussex cattle, Gloucester Old Spot pigs, Wiltshire Horn sheep and a variety of chickens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sourced a suitable piece of oak and got cracking&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20201130_154026-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20201130_154026-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20201130_154026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20201130_154026-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_20201130_154026-400x300.jpg 400w, 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