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Maker Spotlight on October 25, 2012
CustomMade artisan Matthew Spaeny of Spaeny Wood Studio has some handmade wooden gift ideas to help you spread some custom cheer this holiday season. The Oklahoma-based woodworker specializes in wonderful custom made writing instruments, outdoor accessories, home accessories, and even wood jewelry. Everything he creates is handmade one-at-a-time from carefully selected wood with a particular [...]
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Maker Spotlight on September 20, 2012
What’s behind the delicate grace of the origami inspired jewelry of Max Steiner Design? CustomMade artisan Max Steiner has been folding origami and drawing the intricate geometric crease patterns or “blueprints” of these pieces for most of his life. He captures both the figures and patterns in his origami inspired custom jewelry designs and jewelry [...]
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in Concepts & Buyer Guides,
For Customers on July 6, 2012
What is architectural jewelry? In the CustomMade jewelry galleries, you can find jewelry designs informed by architectural principles, pieces intended to represent structures (whether abstractly or realistically, wholly or in part), and works constructed from materials more commonly associated with buildings than wedding rings. Whatever your take on this fascinating genre, you can find CustomMade [...]
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in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on May 25, 2012
Need some Father’s Day gift ideas? The old man is sure to appreciate a little custom treatment, something unique that celebrates his hobbies or inimitable style or a small thank you for all he’s done. Our CustomMade artisans can make anything you can imagine, from classic gifts to one-of-a-kind items, with a personal dimension your [...]
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in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on May 9, 2012
Carry a reminder of your favorite animal close to you with custom made jewelry. Whether you’re a pet owner, outdoorsman, or just love amazing wild creatures, CustomMade artisans can create custom jewelry that depicts the fauna of your choice in abstract, stylized, or naturalistic forms. Check out these incredible animal jewelry designs from the CustomMade [...]
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in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on January 21, 2012
If steampunk chic takes re-imagined 19th century technology and turns it inside out (and is not just, well, stuff with gears glued on), what do we call a style that re-imagines and repurposes 20th/21st century technology and turns it inside out in custom jewelry?
In our blog post, “Tech Transformed – Custom Jewelry that Re-Imagines [...]
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in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on November 12, 2011
Don’t panic. You can still have the wedding rings of your dreams designed by one of our CustomMade jewelry artisans. While the custom jewelry spotlight may fall on the rings on your special day, the big stage is still shared with other jewelry pieces and accessories that can benefit from a little custom love. Looking [...]
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Maker Spotlight on October 25, 2011
The custom jewelry “miniature paintings” designed by artisan Julie Glassman are born on two canvases: the “human canvas” where they will be worn, and the canvas of raw materials – metal, stones, and powdered glass – where she first expresses and sketches her ideas, drawn from her emotions and experiences.
The union of artist and [...]
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