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Sound and Vision: Bring Your Custom Guitar Dreams to Life

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 17, 2011

This African blackwood and sinker redwood guitar by Stehr Guitars is not for sale.

This is only an example of what you can expect from custom guitars.  Artisan Joel Stehr explains: “I build every guitar to meet the player’s aesthetic and tonal needs. Every guitar is one-of-a-kind with no other like it in the world.”

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Send a Message with a Custom Jewelry Box

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 16, 2011

Are you looking for somewhere to stash all your Valentine’s Day loot?  Fine custom jewelry deserves custom jewelry boxes.  The CustomMade family of artisans can create a chest, cabinet, or display case in any style you can imagine.  Perhaps you can follow up on a great gift (or cover for a bad one) with a [...]

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Tips for Designing Your Own Custom Reading Den

Posted by CustomMade in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 16, 2011

If you love to read, then you are already have an idea of what needs to be in comfortable reading room, but finding exactly the right reading room furniture that will make up your very own library can be daunting if you have to visit store after store to look for ready-made library furniture. [...]

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The “Siren of TI” Chopper Custom Metal Sculpture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 15, 2011

CustomMade artisan Scott Cawood has wrought a sea change on a motorcycle.

If you’ve visited Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas recently, you may have already seen the “Siren of TI” Chopper, an amazing custom sculpture by Scott Cawood Metal Artist and Metropolitan Choppers.

Commissioned by the casino to capture the essence of their “Sirens [...]

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Play that funky music, Batson Guitar Co.!

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on February 15, 2011

Today we visit the shop of Cory and Grant Batson of Batson Guitars – self-proclaimed luthiers, they’re a couple of brothers making sweet custom, handmade guitars and other stringed instruments. The Batson’s have been featured in Acoutic Guitar Daily and are known in the bizz as true custom rock stars.

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Terry Kelly Furniture and the Art of the Philly Comb Back Chair

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on February 15, 2011

Terry Kelly joins us today from Mapleton, Maine to tell/give a glimpse into the world of Windsor Chair building by getting to know a special Windsor – the Philly Comb Back chair.

This is the chair that really got me thinking that I wanted to build Windsors.  It is based squarely on one [...]

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Copper for Custom Jewelry

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 13, 2011

Copper’s warm earthy color and its ability to take on patinas make it a versatile metal for decorative uses around the home and in custom jewelry design.   You can see copper in a range of roles in these custom jewelry pieces by CustomMade artisans.

The varied patinas, colors, and textures copper can assume are the [...]

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A Custom Guitar Can Tell You a Story

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 12, 2011

At CustomMade, we like to share the stories of the one-of-a-kind items created by our community of artisans.  The guitar is a modern storyteller with few peers.  Think of all the songs and compositions we’ve heard through guitar music throughout our lives.

Custom guitars tell stories before a single note is played.

Unique combinations of [...]

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Independent Designer’s Market (IDM Boston): Opening Weekend this Saturday Feb. 12th!

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on February 11, 2011

Kimberly Benson of Independent Designer’s Market/ IDM tells us about how her organization seeks to carve out a space for Boston’s independent designers and artists in the community – starting this Saturday in Harvard Square!

Independent Designer’s Market/ IDM Boston is a new retail shopping experience where independent designers and artists come together to show [...]

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Custom Wood Jewelry

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 11, 2011

Custom jewelry design can feature a dazzling range of precious metals, gems, and beadwork.  At CustomMade, you can also add wood to the mix.   The examples below all showcase expert carving and turning skills that bring out the beauty of the grain in these small pieces of wearable woodworking and custom jewelry.

Inspired by bone [...]

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