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Environmentally Friendly Inside and Outside: Custom Furniture by Stick and Stone Studio

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on September 29, 2011

Need a table for a neighborhood gathering? This beautiful carved trestle table by Tom Sippel of Stick and Stone Studio can seat ten guests around a 3” thick live edge English elm slab tabletop.

That doesn’t include the neighbors carved into the base.

Woodworker and sculptor Tom Sippel creates unique custom furniture using traditional techniques in his studio [...]

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Howard Hatch’s Place in the World of Fine Billiard Tables

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on September 22, 2011

During his college years at The School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Howard Hatch was a dedicated student of furniture design… and playing pool. Howard had been building fine furniture for years but was held back from his desire to build billiard tables due to the lack of availability of slate. [...]

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Nature in Your Home: Custom Ceramics by Tile Goddess

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on September 15, 2011

Your kitchen backsplash, fireplace surround, and your bathroom tiles are highly visible focal points in the most popular rooms in your home.  These spaces are just waiting for a personal touch.  Custom ceramics can fit right into these spots, but what decorative motifs to choose?  Do you have a favorite animal? CustomMade artisan Joy Munshower [...]

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Clean, modern, eco-friendly furniture and cabinetry by Hudson Cabinetry & Design

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on September 9, 2011

Douglas Bialor started his own furniture and cabinetry business in 1999. His company was first “charmingly misnamed” the The Hat Factory and then renamed to Hudson Cabinetry & Design. They operate out of Peekskill, NY.

“…we provide a complete, design focused resource capable of producing the highest quality custom furniture & cabinetry.  Working directly with homeowners, as well [...]

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Artistic Vibrancy and Sophistication from Myrtle Grove Furniture

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on September 8, 2011

Beauty… sophistication… craftsmanship… so many words come to mind when looking at the furniture made by Sean Schieber of Myrtle Grove Furniture in  New Market, MD. But perhaps the most important word that comes to mind is diversity. Just when you think you have Sean’s furniture all figured out, you see another piece in vastly different [...]

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Robinson Custom Inlays: Piece by Piece

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on September 1, 2011

If you’ve browsed our custom guitars gallery or searched for inlay work through CustomMade, you’ve probably noticed the stunning projects by Robinson Custom Inlays that combine the two art forms.  We’ve previously blogged about two of artisan Larry Robinson’s exquisitely inlaid guitars, the China Guitar, which took 11 years to complete, and the Lindisfarne Guitar, [...]

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Custom fine furniture built for you by Earl Nesbitt

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on August 26, 2011

Originally drawn toward sculpture, Earl Nesbitt decided early on that he wanted to design and build fine furniture because of the sculptural aspect of the work, the intricate joinery involved and his love of wood. He chose an intensive one-year apprenticeship and soon after began his own business designing and building fine solid [...]

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This equine dentist builds wooden horses and furniture, too!

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on August 23, 2011

Meet Dr. Tom Allen of Horses of Wood in Patterson, MO. Unlike other woodworkers on CustomMade.com, Tom’ s expertise in craftsmanship comes from, all of places,veterinary school. Yes – you read that correctly. Tom is our first and only equine dentist to date; the dream began at age twelve, and he’s been practicing horse dentistry [...]

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Meet Your Maker: Mary Anderson of BonTon Tile Artistry

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on August 11, 2011

Meet Mary Anderson, owner and founder of BonTon designs. Her tile company, based in Golden Valley, MN, specializes in creating custom handmade tiles for residential and commercial spaces – no project is too big or too small.

The company name derives from the French “Bon Ton” (pronounced  bawn tawn), and means ‘good or elegant form [...]

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Jamison Sellers makes recycled furniture and teaches urban youth to do the same

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight, The Wide World of Custom Making on July 26, 2011

Jamison Sellers is driven by process and a near obsessive attention to precision and detail: “I am a firm believer in environmental and social responsibility, and design and build my work accordingly. My material use is primarily salvaged and reclaimed–wooden shipping pallets, old flooring, and industrial artifacts.”

Jamison studied sustainability and environmental & human ecology [...]

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