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Meet Your Maker: David Sipos of Minka Woodworks

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on November 17, 2011

Meet David Sipos, owner of Minka Woodworks,  and known for his intricate furniture, interiors, and outdoor structures using the tried and true techniques of the Japanese. David has earned a reputation amongst design enthusiasts after many years spent mastering his trade, studying and apprenticing under different architects and carpenters. Using traditional techniques such as dovetails [...]

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GORGEOUS Light Sculpture by Luminessence

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on November 16, 2011

We have so many unique, creative makers on CustomMade using wood, metal and glass to form incredible, one-of-a-kind custom art. But artists who manipulate light in design can create an environment that can actually alter a mood or behavior and that’s powerful stuff!

For Stephen White, the designing and building of original handcrafted light sculptures began [...]

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Transforming Light: Stained Glass and More by Pompei & Company Stained Glass

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on November 10, 2011

What can you accomplish with custom decorative glass?  When CustomMade glass artisans Joseph and Ivy Pompei of Pompei & Company Stained Glass combine “color and texture with the purposeful, artful, and magical potentials of light” in their stained glass designs, they can achieve many effects.

Our windows may assume a vast range of [...]

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Found objects take on new life with J. Lasley Designs

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight on November 3, 2011

Until very recently, James Lasley was focused on his career as a photographer and film artist. However, long days in front of the computer left him longing for any time he could get out and make something; physically make something with his hands. He works in metal because of its performance, strength, and ‘instantaneous” quality, [...]

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Creative Custom Displays by FAB PDX

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on October 27, 2011

Do you have an idea that is so specific, so unusual, that you despair of ever finding anything like it?  A mountain.  An accounting theme tabletop mini-golf course.  A tailgating trailer for an Oregon Ducks fan.

Yes, the Oregon Ducks.

There is a custom solution.

CustomMade artisans FAB PDX specialize in “building unique pieces that [...]

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Evil Eyes: An Ancient Charm Meets Custom Jewelry Design by Julie Glassman Enamel Jewelry

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, 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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“I Know That My Quilts are Where They’re Supposed to Be.” Custom Memorials by Lori Mason Design

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on October 20, 2011

October turning colder can certainly make you appreciate the warmth of a well-made quilt.  Passed down from generation to generation, quilts were both heirlooms and necessities in the past.  Today, some quilts are still treated as heirlooms though their warmth is more often than not symbolic.  For that, they are no less important, because the [...]

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Echoes in Wood: Custom Carving by Woodworking Studio

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on October 13, 2011

What inspires an artisan to create a custom carved sculpture that is not just lifelike but has a sense of vitality in itself?  CustomMade woodworker Mark Yundt of Woodworking Studio has a special appreciation of wood’s capacity for life and transformation, which he shared in a story for The Morning Call newspaper by Kathy Lauer-Williams:

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Simple, Stately, Dr. Seussly: Custom Tables and More by Pat Megowan Designer/Maker

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on October 6, 2011

For artisan Pat Megowan of Pat Megowan Designer/Maker, custom tables are a passion: “Custom dining tables, coffee tables, end tables, hall tables, from simple to stately to Dr. Seussly, I like them all.” Take a close look at the following selections from the Pat Megowan Designer/Maker portfolio on CustomMade.com.  These tables (and one stool) embody [...]

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How Atlas Signs and Plaques Takes the “Boring” Out of House Numbers

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on October 5, 2011

Our guest blogger today is Jeff Herrmann, primary writer for Atlas Space and Place, the Atlas Signs and Plaques blog.

The beauty of a custom made sign is easily taken for granted.  Many homeowners miss the opportunity to differentiate their house by decorating it with simple and cheap metal numbers.  The sign-makers at Atlas Signs and [...]

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