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Custom “Hands of Time” – Casting Your Hands In Lead Crystal – Part III

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 5, 2011

Earlier in the week we met Bernie and Lucie of Stone Ridge Glass and learned about the beginning of the lost-wax process used to create their gorgeous one-of-a-kind custom cast glass “Hands of Time” sculptures: commemorative pieces that capture the unique handprint of the owner.

Today, Bernie walks us through what happens once the molten [...]

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Frozen in Time – Portraits of Water in Custom Glassworks

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 27, 2011

“You cannot step twice into the same stream,” observed the Greek philosopher Heraclitus.

Whether in the form of a running river or a spring shower, water is a dynamic element.  With great skill, however, artisans can create representations of water in the medium of glass that seem to hold it fast while preserving its protean [...]

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A Wabi-sabi Approach to Using Reclaimed and Recycled Materials in Your Custom Projects

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 24, 2011

Finding beauty and inspiration in the imperfect and fleeting is one of the principles of the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi.  It’s an aesthetic approach that’s well-suited for developing a custom piece made from reclaimed resources.  CustomMade artisans can work with an amazing variety of recycled materials.  Some of these elements have been broken through their [...]

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A Little Something CustomMade in The Wall Street Journal

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on April 20, 2011

Furniture retailers are learning something that CustomMade has known all along: consumers are willing to invest their time and money on quality custom furniture.  Anjali Athavaley explores the conversion to custom and retail’s turn towards artisanal production and limited edition furniture in her article in The Wall Street Journal Online and in an accompanying video.  [...]

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Custom Made with Lasers

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

The laser is a versatile tool that CustomMade artisans can use to cut materials, create engravings, and produce photorealistic designs on a wide range of media, such as wood, metal, glass, and stone.  Here are just a few examples of the many things that can be custom made with lasers.

Lasers can cut materials in [...]

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Animal Motifs in Custom Made Jewelry

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

Are you an animal lover? Add a sense of play and the spark of nature to your custom jewelry with animal motifs.  Get your favorite creature great or small in an eye-catching piece that will show off your passion.  The incredible diversity of the animal kingdom can inspire almost limitless ideas.  Come see the fauna that [...]

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Go Team! Custom Made Items for the Sports Fan

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 10, 2011

Like sports?  Do you have everything that has your favorite team’s logo?

Here are a few items you may not have.  Yet.

Go custom with your passion for your favorite team.  The artisans of CustomMade can create unique custom jewelry and custom glassworks that will appeal to the true sports fan.

Custom Jewelry Design to [...]

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Fireworks in Stone and Metal: Custom Outdoor Fire Features

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on April 8, 2011

Even with warmer nights ahead, the darkness and the evening chill can cut short your leisure time on your patio or backyard.  Electrical lights are convenient, but sometimes they interfere with the mood you’d like for your after hour plans.  Since you’re outside, consider adding a custom stone or custom metal outdoor fire feature to [...]

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Plant Life Motifs and Custom Jewelry Design

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on March 10, 2011

Creating pieces that convey a sense of vitality and movement is a mark of mastery, no matter what media the artisans use or what they create.  Works that seem to have a life of their own command attention and extend their special aura to everything around them.  Representations of plant life can capture that vital [...]

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