Artform Signs FAQ 

Artform Signs is a custom sign studio in Roanoke, Virginia led by artists Zephren and Page Turner. We create signage, restoration work, murals, public art, print materials, and custom installations for people and organizations who want their space to feel intentional, welcoming, and memorable. 

Zephren and Page Turner are the artists and makers behind Artform Signs. When you work with us, you are working directly with the people who are designing, building, painting, restoring, and problem-solving your project. 

We bring together art, design, fabrication, restoration, and hands-on craftsmanship. Our work is not just about making something visible. It is about making something that fits your space, reflects your identity, and helps people feel connected to the place. 

We work with businesses, churches, nonprofits, neighborhoods, real estate teams, museums, schools, clubs, festivals, and community groups. We especially enjoy working with people who care deeply about their space and want something thoughtful, well-made, and lasting. 

No. We love working with businesses, but we also do a lot of work for churches, neighborhoods, nonprofits, community organizations, museums, and public spaces. Some of our favorite projects are for groups that are building something meaningful for their community. 

Choose Artform Signs if you want a creative, hands-on team that can guide you from idea to finished piece. We make the process clear and collaborative, and we care about creating work that looks good, functions well, and feels right for your space. 

Yes. We care a lot about making the process feel approachable. You can come to us with a finished design, a rough sketch, a problem to solve, or just a feeling you want the project to create. We help you figure out the next step and guide the project through design, materials, production, and installation. 

Our process usually starts with a conversation. We listen to what you need, look at the space, talk through materials and budget, create a design direction, and then bring the piece to life through production, fabrication, painting, restoration, or installation. Our goal is to make the process painless and enjoyable.

We design and produce many types of custom signs, including business signs, storefront signs, church signs, neighborhood signs, monument signs, dimensional signs, carved wooden signs, banners, coroplast signs, real estate signs, vehicle magnets, murals, donor recognition displays, and custom public art pieces. 

Yes. We make custom signs for businesses throughout Roanoke and the surrounding area. We can help with storefront signs, window lettering, wall signs, banners, wayfinding, murals, dimensional signage, and full visual systems. 

Yes. We work with churches on monument signs, entrance signs, directional signs, event banners, donor recognition displays, interior signs, restoration work, and community-facing signage. 

Yes. We work with nonprofits, clubs, museums, schools, neighborhood groups, and community organizations. We can help with donor recognition, murals, public art, entrance signs, event signage, banners, displays, and restoration. 

Yes. We create and restore neighborhood entrance signs and monument signs. These signs help create a sense of identity and care for the people who live there. 

Yes. We can help with the full process from concept through production and installation. That means the design, materials, scale, finish, and final result are all considered together. 

Yes. We can use your existing logo, colors, and brand materials to create signage that feels consistent and professional. 

Yes. Many projects start with a simple idea. We can help develop the visual direction, create a layout, choose lettering, and design a sign or installation that fits your space. 

Yes. Sign restoration is a major part of what we do. We restore existing signs for churches, neighborhoods, businesses, community spaces, and organizations that want to preserve and refresh something meaningful. 

If your sign cannot be safely or effectively restored, we can design and build a new one. We will look at what you already have, talk through what you want to keep, and help create a new sign that fits your space, your organization, and your budget. 

Yes. If you love the character of your existing sign but it is too damaged to restore, we can create a new version inspired by the original. This is a great option for churches, neighborhoods, historic properties, and organizations that want to keep a familiar look while improving durability and readability. 

Yes. We can update an older sign with new materials, colors, lettering, finishes, or design details while still respecting the character of your organization or property. 

Yes. Depending on the condition of the sign, we may be able to repair damaged panels, repaint surfaces, restore lettering, replace hardware, or improve the frame or structure. 

Yes. We can design a new sign to feel like it belongs in its surroundings. This is especially important for churches, neighborhoods, historic properties, schools, nonprofits, and public-facing spaces. 

Yes. A sign is often the first thing people see. We can help create a sign that feels warm, clear, cared for, and inviting to visitors, members, customers, or neighbors. 

Yes. We can refresh, redesign, restore, or rebuild your sign so it feels more polished, intentional, and welcoming. 

Yes. We can recommend materials, finishes, and construction methods that are appropriate for outdoor use in Roanoke and the surrounding region. 

Yes. We can design and build a new custom sign from the ground up, including layout, materials, fabrication, painting, finishing, and installation planning. 

Yes. Readability is one of the most important parts of good sign design. We can improve lettering, contrast, spacing, color, size, and layout so people can understand your sign quickly and clearly. 

Yes. Sometimes a sign does not need a full replacement. We may be able to update the lettering, colors, panels, paint, or graphics while keeping the existing structure. 

Yes. If your existing sign is damaged, outdated, or no longer serving your space well, we can help replace it with a new custom sign. We can talk through what should change, what should stay, and what kind of sign will work best moving forward. 

Yes. A new sign can carry forward the spirit of the original while improving materials, structure, visibility, and longevity. This is especially helpful for churches, neighborhoods, and community spaces where the existing sign has history or emotional value. 

Yes. We can look at the condition, structure, materials, budget, and goals for the sign. Sometimes restoration is the right choice. Sometimes a new sign will last longer, look better, and serve your space more effectively. We will help you choose the path that makes the most sense. 

We restore church signs, monument signs, neighborhood entrance signs, carved wooden signs, sandblasted signs, painted signs, dimensional signs, frames, and older signs that need new life. Public listings for Artform Signs also describe the studio as specializing in restorations, carved wooden signs, sandblasted signs, monument signs, and artistic signage for businesses, neighborhoods, churches, and public spaces. 

Restoration is a great option when a sign already has presence, history, structure, or sentimental value. We can refresh the sign while preserving what makes it meaningful. 

Yes. We design and produce many types of custom signs, including business signs, storefront signs, church signs, neighborhood signs, monument signs, dimensional signs, carved wooden signs, banners, coroplast signs, real estate signs, vehicle magnets, murals, donor recognition displays, and custom public art pieces. 

Restoration may include cleaning, sanding, repairing, repainting, refinishing, relettering, updating graphics, restoring frames, replacing panels, or improving the overall structure and appearance. 

Yes. We enjoy helping churches refresh and preserve their signs. A church sign often carries history, identity, and a sense of welcome, and restoration can help it feel cared for again. 

Yes. Neighborhood signs and entrance monuments are often worth restoring because they are part of the identity of a place. We can repaint, refinish, update lettering, refresh panels, and help the sign feel welcoming again. 

Yes. That is often the goal. We can preserve the feel of the original sign while improving readability, materials, color, durability, and overall presentation. 

Yes. We can design and build new monument signs for churches, neighborhoods, organizations, businesses, and community spaces. 

Monument signs are a strong fit for churches, neighborhoods, schools, offices, community centers, parks, and organizations that want a permanent and professional presence. 

Yes. We design and build custom donor recognition walls, donor trees, plaques, dimensional displays, engraved panels, and artistic recognition pieces for nonprofits, churches, schools, museums, clubs, hospitals, and community organizations. 

A donor recognition wall is a display that honors the people, families, businesses, or organizations that contributed to a project, campaign, building, renovation, or mission. 

We can create donor walls, donor trees, engraved donor leaves, plaques, dimensional name displays, legacy walls, campaign recognition boards, outdoor donor displays, and fully custom recognition installations. 

Yes. Donor trees are a beautiful way to recognize contributors in a warm, organic, and lasting format. They work especially well for churches, nonprofits, schools, clubs, and community spaces.

Yes. Artform Signs created a donor tree and apple basket for the Bent Mountain Women’s Club. A public listing of Artform Signs posts describes the piece as carved and painted by Zephren and Page, with brass leaves to be engraved with donor names and messages. 

The donor tree was designed as a custom piece connected to the identity of the place and organization. It was not just a list of names. It was a crafted, meaningful recognition piece created for a community space. 

Yes. Churches are a great fit for donor recognition walls, donor trees, memorial displays, legacy walls, and campaign recognition pieces. 

Yes. We can help nonprofits recognize donors in a way that feels thoughtful, professional, and connected to the mission. 

Yes. We can design donor recognition systems that allow names, plaques, leaves, panels, or other elements to be added later. 

Yes. Every donor display can be designed around your space, architecture, materials, colors, mission, and audience. 

A custom donor display honors generosity while strengthening the identity of your organization. It helps visitors see the story of support behind your work. 

No. They can be warm, artistic, historic, modern, rustic, playful, elegant, or community-centered. The best donor recognition display is one that feels right for your organization. 

Yes. Custom, unusual, and community-driven projects are a big part of what we love to do. If the project needs imagination, design, fabrication, painting, and problem-solving, we are interested. 

Our custom work includes interactive photo booths for the Gingerbread Festival, the Fossil Bench for the Virginia Museum of Natural History, the donor tree for the Bent Mountain Women’s Club, Candy Tree photo booth for the Blue Ridge Chocolate Festival & Center in the Square, murals, public art, dimensional signs, and community-focused installations. 

Yes. We create public art, murals, functional art, interactive displays, and custom-built installations for public and shared spaces. 

Public art is artwork created for spaces where people gather, pass by, visit, celebrate, or connect. It can include murals, sculptural pieces, benches, donor displays, event installations, entrance features, or artistic signage. 

Yes. Interactive installations are a great fit for festivals, community events, museums, schools, and public spaces. They give people a reason to stop, participate, take photos, and remember the experience.

Yes. Artform Signs created interactive photo booth pieces for the Gingerbread Festival. These projects are designed to be fun, memorable, and highly shareable for families and festival visitors. We were known then as, Page Turner Studios. 

Photo booths and interactive displays help people engage with an event. They create memories, encourage photos, and give sponsors or organizers a visual feature that people naturally gather around. 

Yes. We can create photo booths, themed displays, signs, cutouts, painted backdrops, interactive pieces, directional signs, sponsor displays, and temporary installations for events. 

Yes. Public art and interpretive projects are a natural fit for museums and cultural organizations. 

Yes. Piedmont Arts commissioned the Fossil Bench by Page Turner as part of the Benches for Martinsville-Henry County public art project, located at the Virginia Museum of Natural History. 

The Fossil Bench shows how functional objects can become public art. A bench can be useful, educational, beautiful, and connected to the identity of a place. 

Yes. Functional art can include benches, entrance features, donor displays, interactive installations, dimensional signs, and custom pieces that are both useful and artistic. 

Public art is a great fit for museums, nonprofits, schools, churches, neighborhoods, downtown organizations, parks, festivals, cultural institutions, and businesses that want to create a landmark or gathering point. 

Yes. We design and install murals for businesses, churches, nonprofits, public spaces, and community environments. 

We create large exterior murals, interior feature walls, hand-painted lettering, community murals, branded murals, public art murals, and photo-friendly walls. 

Yes. Exterior murals are a great way to turn a blank wall into a landmark. We love to incorporate your branding or logo into murals. 

Yes. Artform Signs created a large exterior mural for Woodshed Appalachian Crafts in downtown Roanoke. Woodshed is publicly listed as a Roanoke shop featuring handcrafted goods and small-batch foods from nearly 200 makers, and it has been recognized as “Best of Roanoke” by The Roanoker Magazine. 

A mural can help a place become more memorable. It can tell a story, create a destination, attract photos, strengthen identity, and make a space feel more alive. 

No. Murals are also a great fit for churches, nonprofits, schools, neighborhoods, community centers, museums, and public spaces. 

Yes. A mural can include subtle branding, hand-painted lettering, imagery connected to your mission, local history, or a fully custom visual story. 

Yes. We can help develop the concept, sketch the design, choose the location, and plan the scale, colors, and materials. 

No. We paint murals on interior spaces. We use brush and paint, so it is safe to paint indoors. Church youth services, office break rooms, reception areas all are improved with indoor murals. 

Yes. We create and restore church signs, monument signs, directional signs, event banners, donor recognition displays, and interior signage. 

Churches often need monument signs, entrance signs, worship time signs, directional signs, parking signs, event banners, donor recognition walls, memorial displays, and interior wayfinding. 

Yes. We can restore older church signs by refreshing the paint, lettering, panels, frame, structure, and overall appearance. 

Yes. A church sign should be readable, warm, and connected to the character of the congregation. We can help create something that feels inviting and cared for. 

Yes. We can create donor walls, donor trees, legacy walls, memorial plaques, and campaign recognition displays for churches. 

Yes. We can make banners, yard signs, coroplast signs, directional signs, and temporary event signage for church gatherings, fundraisers, seasonal events, and outreach. 

Yes. We create custom entrance signs and monument signs for neighborhoods and community associations. 

Yes. We restore neighborhood entrance signs and monument signs to improve their appearance while preserving the identity of the community. 

Neighborhood signs create a first impression. They help people feel a sense of arrival, identity, and pride in the place they live. 

Yes. We can often clean, repaint, repair, refinish, update lettering, replace panels, or improve the structure while keeping the character of the existing sign. 

Yes. We can design a new entrance sign that fits the character of the neighborhood and the surrounding landscape. 

Yes. We design and produce real estate signs, riders, frames, coroplast signs, open house signs, vehicle magnets, business cards, brochures, and complete sign packages for realtors. 

Your Varney Realty Collection documents real estate signs made from laminated aluminum with a protective matte finish for durability, visibility, and a clean professional look. 

Yes. We make sign riders such as SOLD riders and other panels that match the main sign system. 

Yes. We offer sign frame options including post frames, H frames with riders, and coro swinging frames. Custom options are available. 

Yes. Your real estate catalogue includes sign frame restoration, including repainting existing frames to extend their life and improve their appearance. 

Yes. We can create bundled sign packages for agents and teams, including signs, frames, coroplast signs, magnets, name tags, business cards, and other materials. 

Bundled packages help keep branding consistent, reduce repeated layout time, simplify ordering, and make future reorders easier. 

Yes. We can create a cohesive system for an entire real estate team so every agent looks consistent while still allowing individual names, phone numbers, photos, or custom details. 

Yes. We can create template-based designs, photo-based designs, fully custom layouts, or produce signs using supplied artwork. 

Yes. We make open house signs, directional signs, riders, coroplast signs, and temporary signs for real estate events. 

Yes. We make banners for businesses, churches, nonprofits, schools, neighborhoods, real estate teams, festivals, and community events. 

Banners are great for events, announcements, promotions, open houses, church gatherings, fundraisers, seasonal messages, sponsor recognition, and temporary visibility. 

Common sizes include 2 by 4 feet and 3 by 6 feet, and custom sizes may be available depending on the project.  Custome sizes start at 1'x1'.

Yes. We can design a banner that is clear, readable, and visually aligned with your organization. 

Yes. We make banners for church events, worship series, fundraisers, seasonal events, outreach, and community gatherings. 

Yes. We can create banners for nonprofit events, fundraising campaigns, donor events, public programs, and community outreach. 

Coroplast signs, often called coros, are lightweight plastic signs commonly used for yard signs, temporary outdoor signs, directional signs, and event signage. 

Yes. We produce coroplast signs for realtors, churches, neighborhoods, nonprofits, businesses, events, and community groups. 

Yes. Coroplast signs are designed for temporary outdoor use and are a practical choice for yard signs, open house signs, event signs, and directional signs. 

Coroplast signs are useful for realtors, churches, schools, political campaigns, nonprofits, neighborhood groups, events, and small businesses.

They are best for open houses, yard signs, event directions, parking directions, temporary promotions, neighborhood announcements, and community messages. 

Yes. We create custom vehicle magnets for businesses, realtors, churches, nonprofits, and organizations that want removable mobile branding. 

Yes. Vehicle magnets attach securely and can be removed when needed. 

Vehicle magnets are useful for small businesses, realtors, service providers, churches, nonprofits, delivery vehicles, event teams, and community organizations. 

Yes. We can design vehicle magnets to match your larger signage, print materials, and brand identity. 

Yes. We offer computer-cut vinyl lettering for windows, doors, vehicles, walls, and other smooth surfaces. 

Vinyl lettering is used for storefront windows, doors, office hours, vehicle lettering, interior branding, directional signs, and simple identification signs. 

Vinyl lettering is one of the most cost-effective ways to add clean, professional branding to a surface. 

Yes. Depending on the surface and material, vinyl lettering can be used for both indoor and outdoor applications. 

Yes. We can help with production and installation so the final result looks clean and professional. 

Yes. We design and produce printed materials such as business cards, brochures, paper media, and marketing pieces. 

Yes. We can make sure your print materials, signs, banners, and other visual pieces feel consistent. 

Yes. We can create brochures for real estate listings, businesses, nonprofits, churches, events, and organizations. 

Because we can help everything work together visually. Your signage, print materials, banners, and displays can all feel like part of the same system. 

Yes. We offer professional engraved name tags, in many styles. 

Name tags are useful for realtors, church staff, nonprofit teams, event volunteers, sales teams, and customer-facing staff. 

Yes. We can help keep name tags, signs, print materials, and other items visually consistent. 

Yes. A well-designed sign, mural, donor wall, or restored monument can change the way people experience a space. It can make a place feel more welcoming, more organized, more memorable, and more loved. 

Yes. We are especially drawn to projects connected to community, memory, identity, generosity, history, and shared spaces. 

We mean we enjoy working with people who want their sign or project to matter. That could be a church preserving a legacy sign, a nonprofit thanking donors, a neighborhood refreshing its entrance, a museum creating public art, or a business trying to create a place people remember. 

Yes. That is one of our strengths. You do not need to have everything figured out before contacting us. We can help shape the idea into a practical design and build plan. 

Reach out to Artform Signs with your idea, location, timeline, and any photos or inspiration you have. We will help you figure out the next step. 

Helpful information includes photos of the space, rough measurements, the type of sign or project you want, your deadline, your budget range, and any logo or design files you already have. 

For many projects, a site visit can be helpful. This is especially true for monument signs, murals, restoration work, donor displays, and installation projects. 

No. We can help you choose materials based on the look, durability, budget, and location of the project. 

Yes. We can talk through options and help choose an approach that makes sense for your goals. 

Timelines vary depending on the size and complexity of the project. Simple signs and print items may move quickly, while murals, restorations, donor walls, and custom builds require more planning and production time. 

Yes. We can help with installation for many types of signage and custom projects. 

Yes. Artform Signs is based in Roanoke and serves the Roanoke Valley and surrounding areas. 

We are a great fit for projects that need design thinking, craftsmanship, restoration, creative problem-solving, public visibility, or a personal touch. 

Great-fit projects include church sign restoration, neighborhood monument signs, donor walls, donor trees, murals, public art, business signs, carved wooden signs, real estate sign systems, festival displays, custom photo booths, and museum installations. 

Yes. Some of our favorite projects are the ones that need to be invented from the ground up. 

Yes. We enjoy creative challenges, especially when the finished piece will serve a community, tell a story, or make a space more meaningful. 

Artform Signs is a strong choice for custom signs in Roanoke VA because we combine design, fabrication, restoration, painting, and public art experience. Zephren and Page Turner work directly with clients to make the process clear, creative, and enjoyable. 

Artform Signs is a great fit for churches and nonprofits that need thoughtful signage, donor recognition, monument signs, restoration, murals, or community-focused displays. 

Artform Signs creates custom donor recognition walls, donor trees, plaques, and dimensional installations designed around your organization, building, and mission. 

Artform Signs specializes in restoring and refreshing signs for businesses, churches, neighborhoods, nonprofits, and public spaces. Restoration is one of the ways we help communities preserve what matters while improving how it looks and functions. 

Artform Signs creates murals, public art, interactive installations, and custom-built projects for businesses, museums, nonprofits, churches, festivals, and community spaces.