About the service
I design and hand-paint ceramic house number plaques that turn a plain address marker into a small piece of art for your front door, gate post, or fence. Every plaque starts as a slab of stoneware or earthenware clay that I roll, cut, and shape by hand, so no two pieces are perfectly identical, a subtle texture that machine-made signs never have.
Once the clay plaque is dry, I paint your house number using ceramic underglazes, choosing a palette that matches your home's exterior: warm terracotta and cream for a Mediterranean look, deep cobalt and white for a coastal cottage feel, or muted sage and charcoal for a modern facade. Numerals can be painted in a classic serif, a rounded hand-lettered style, or a clean modern sans, and I am happy to add a small motif alongside the digits, a house silhouette, a leaf branch, a wave, or your street name in tiny script.
After painting, the plaque is dipped or brushed with a clear glaze and fired in a kiln at a high temperature, which fuses the glaze into the clay and makes the surface weatherproof, UV-stable, and easy to wipe clean, so it will keep its colour outdoors through rain, sun, and frost for many years. The finished plaque arrives with pre-drilled mounting holes or a ready-to-use adhesive backing, whichever suits your wall, and I include simple fitting instructions.
Sizes and shapes are flexible, rectangle, oval, arch, or a rustic freeform edge, and I always send you a sketch of the layout for approval before the piece goes into the kiln, so there are no surprises about spacing, colour, or numeral size. Whether you need a single-number plaque for a house, a two-line marker with a house name plus number, or a matching set for several buildings, I can plan the batch together with you. Turnaround, packaging for safe shipping, and a few reference photos from previous commissions are all discussed at the start, and I am glad to answer questions about clay, glaze colours, or mounting before you order.
Once the clay plaque is dry, I paint your house number using ceramic underglazes, choosing a palette that matches your home's exterior: warm terracotta and cream for a Mediterranean look, deep cobalt and white for a coastal cottage feel, or muted sage and charcoal for a modern facade. Numerals can be painted in a classic serif, a rounded hand-lettered style, or a clean modern sans, and I am happy to add a small motif alongside the digits, a house silhouette, a leaf branch, a wave, or your street name in tiny script.
After painting, the plaque is dipped or brushed with a clear glaze and fired in a kiln at a high temperature, which fuses the glaze into the clay and makes the surface weatherproof, UV-stable, and easy to wipe clean, so it will keep its colour outdoors through rain, sun, and frost for many years. The finished plaque arrives with pre-drilled mounting holes or a ready-to-use adhesive backing, whichever suits your wall, and I include simple fitting instructions.
Sizes and shapes are flexible, rectangle, oval, arch, or a rustic freeform edge, and I always send you a sketch of the layout for approval before the piece goes into the kiln, so there are no surprises about spacing, colour, or numeral size. Whether you need a single-number plaque for a house, a two-line marker with a house name plus number, or a matching set for several buildings, I can plan the batch together with you. Turnaround, packaging for safe shipping, and a few reference photos from previous commissions are all discussed at the start, and I am glad to answer questions about clay, glaze colours, or mounting before you order.
