The Custom Arts and Crafts Referral Network This is a place in cyberspace where people who want artistic work of various types made especially to fit their needs can contact highly skilled artists and artisans capable of creating it. We have associated ourselves by the linkage of our separate sites only, and are not responsible for each other's business practices. But I will say that each has work displayed that, in my opinion, was worth the downloading time to see. -Andrew Werby
		MANY DIFFERENT THINGS: UNITED ARTWORKS We can design and build sculpture, hardware, furniture, jewelry, and other things to order, using many different materials and techniques. Although the forms and textures of natural objects are something of an obsession, we make art in various styles and media, depending on what's called for by the individual project. Pipsqueak Production's Many Faces If you need anything from a web presence for your company , to animated gifs to dress your site up, content for your network or educational software for children, you should check out these computer/art wizards. While you're there, take a look at The Company Therapist , their internet hyperdrama which lets you discover the innermost secrets of a series of characters by different authors, as disclosed to their psychoanalyst. Art of Enchanted Creek From his studio in California's beautiful Santa Cruz mountains, where he "lives like a hobbit", Michael Dunn creates carved wooden panels, sculpture in bronze, jewelry, fractal graphics, and web pages. He is willing to collaborate with other artists or function as the artistic equivalent of a one man band. Artwork by Cole Sonafrank in stained glass, paint, wood, stone, & metals From Alaska, Mr. Sonafrank has done some very thorough technical research into such things as lead-free soldering of glass and the formulation of super-strong concrete, the results are evident in such things as his stained-glass "Raven" windows and mosaic stepping-stones. Brant Kingman, contemporary artist, painter, and sculptor Brant is best known for his loose evocative figural studies in bronze, but he's got a lot of other tricks up his sleeve. WOOD Carved Graphics In Benicia California, Fred Schlatter carves wooden signs that are works of art in themselves. Highly detailed and colorful, they give a distinct visual identity to businesses and other clients. An accomplished metalsmith as well as a sign carver, Fred often mounts his work using hand- wrought steel for a unified effect. In the "Process" portion of the site, he shows the steps required to create a hand-carved redwood sign, from layout and assembly through painting and embellishing with gold leaf. John Hein, Studio Furnituremaker In New Jersey, Mr. Hein designs and builds deceptively simple furniture, aiming to reveal the natural beauty of the exotic and domestic woods he combines and contrasts. Although he makes other items, freestanding cabinets seem to be a specialty. Heitzman Studios: Custom Furniture in San Francisco Bay Area From his studio in the Santa Cruz mountains, Mr. Heitzman produces a wide range of curvaceous and highly detailed furniture in styles ranging from Art Deco to Art Nouveau, with an original interpretation of the Regency style thrown into the mix. Romeu ~ Richard Furniture. Designers and makers of contemporary studio furniture. Lighting fixtures and furniture with an urban industrial edge to it. Todd Fillingham: Art - Furniture - Design Furniture in a range of historical styles, exquisitely crafted to your specifications by this Midwestern artistan. Carved by Ramsey Ron Ramsey carves birds, fish, and other flora and fauna to embellish homes and gardens from his studio in scenic Lake Tahoe, California. Doors and mantelpieces are particular specialties. Twink's Custom WalkingSticks From his cave in the UK, Twink makes wands for wizards and fantasy-inspired staffs and canes for the odd ambulatory mage among us RJ Fine Woodworking -Handcrafted Custom Wood Furniture RJ Spomer in Memphis Tennessee makes a wide variety of furniture to his customers' specifications, from chairs and tables to armoires and entertainment centers, producing simple but nicely realized designs. Brad Jenkins-Custom Furniture Brad Jenkins makes space-frame tables in an elegant futuristic style CERAMICS: Piastrelle Tile In Seattle, Laura Brodax can put any sort of images on permanent ceramic tile. From public art pieces which feature historical photographs silk-screened onto frost-proof tile and set into natural rocks, to geometrical abstractions for the facade of an art-deco building, or airbrushed depictions of seaweeds for a residential bath, she can do it all- and even make the tiles on site, if necessary. Welcome to Cristina Acosta Design Cristina paints on tile in a loose and colorful style. She can make mosaic lamps to go with her tile installations, even hand-painting the shades. Deer Creek Pottery If you like the colorful impressed tiles used in the 'twenties and 'thirties by such architects as Julia Morgan, you should definitely visit this site, which gives visitors the opportunity to choose their own colors from a range of available glazes, and also honors requests for custom designs. They also feature illustrated information on their mold-making process, and links to the world of tile online. StoneHaus Specializing in architectural ceramic installations, Stonehaus has made a series of fireplaces perfect for a fantasy castle- and they could make one for yours too. Wiltjer Pottery In Maine, these folks make a wide range of items from furniture knobs and birdbaths to vases and toothbrush holders, and are willing to customize their designs to your specifications. A specialty are bathroom sinks, which come with an animal of your choice decorating the overflow. Art on Tiles Texan artist Lucia Fort will hand-paint whatever you want -from fruit to airplanes- on permanent ceramic tiles for installation in kitchens, bathrooms, pools or wherever. She can match pre-existing colors and patterns, or create something entirely new - it's up to you. CONCRETE Bo Atkinson-Sculpture in Concrete Bo is a sculptor in Maine who can render a concept for a statue, garden furniture, or a tilt-up gazebo with computer-graphics; then realize it in concrete. BOXES: Andrew Crawford's Custom Boxes and Cases If you have a special posession, doesn't it deserve a special container? In the UK, Andrew Crawford makes art boxes with interior compartments to exactly fit your precious objects, whether they are instruments, game pieces, coins, carvings, jewelry, or other sorts of treasure. Hutch's Hardwood Boxes In Homestead Florida, Raymond Hutchinson makes custom boxes in exotic hardwoods that can hold cards, jewelry, cigars or you name it. GLASS: Tony E. Lynott Tony specializes in sandblast-carved glass, and seems willing to do small jobs. His online portfolio is mostly carvings into flat glass which are used architecturally. Hollywood Art Glass Rebecca Marvel carves and colors glass, making functional as well as sculptural pieces with a technique that involves abrasive blasting and hot slumping, after which pieces may be colored by her proprietary process. JohnBeirs Studio: Stained Glass An artist who doesn't just put together pieces of glass, but enriches his work by firing pigments onto the glass surfaces. He produces a wide range of work for clients ranging from corporations to residences. Gemstone Sculpting: Gem carvings Although large gemstones are commonly cut up and turned into jewelry, take a look at these gemstone sculptures by Michael M. Dyber to see what else can be done with them. He carves smaller stones which are suitable for jewelry as well. Signets, seals and heraldic engravings Carl Lemke of El Paso Texas specializes in the ancient art of signet and seal making. A creative anachronist to the bone, he's just the fellow to fit you out in your own crown jewels. KNIVES Bladesmith Don Fogg's handmade knives and swords range from fancy to fantasy. He gives detailed instructions on building a forge suitable for bladesmithing. He uses a hydraulic stamping press to great effect, and offers a book on its construction as well. Magnus Design Studio Index John Jensen has an interesting take on edged weapons. Click the "Sculpture" button to see his Sword Series, which resemble trophies from a future apocalypse. METALWORK: Andrus Design Rick Andrus is an accomplished ironworker who incorporates intricate laser-cut steel elements designed on computers into balustrades, screens, furniture, or whatever you need. Custom Made Doodads In Montana, Jesse Wagner makes signs and other items from steel, including light-switch plates, trivets, yard ornaments- you name it. Poetry Rings 14K, 18K & Sterling Silver Jewelry by Roy Goodell Utah jeweler Roy Godell makes rings from customers' texts- through-cut, raised, or engraved. Tom Justus, SCA armourer extraordinaire This is the man to contact if you need to get fitted for that steel suit you always wanted. The Virtual Shop Tour alone is worth the price of admission... PAINTING AND GRAPHICS: ArtRampage Design The multi-talented Chui does graphic design in traditional and digital styles. Website and interface design is a new specialty, offering preferential rates to fellow artists. He's a master of Shockwave animation too, for surprisingly efficient multimedia effects. Flicker Light Studio (The Repasky Homepage) Tom Repasky does other-worldly graphics of a kind that didn't exist before the invention of computers. Rich in colors and textures, they are abstract without being boring. There is a whole lot of art here, and he keeps adding more. MOTTASIA Fine Arts & Design Studio Gwenn does portraits with a fantasy twist, makes slick graphics for advertisements, designs icons, and puts together webpages too. Rebecca Alzofon's Studio Entrance Custom portraits in oil by an artist who learned to paint by studying nature and the masters. Also see some landscapes and allegorical works in a style that is based in traditional representation yet infused with vitality. Mike Roberts - Cartoon Gallery Mike is a prolific UK-based cartoonist/illustrator, who creates images, or "silly pictures" as he calls them, in a variety of styles and techniques from traditional pen and ink to computer-mediated. He has also assembled on his site a flock of fellow-travellers under the name "Illustrators Direct", who offer to create custom cartoons for clients free of the usual agent's commission. The Gallery In Turin, Italy, Signore Orlandi carries on the Renaissance tradition in oil-paintings and etchings that show some mastery of the media. He could also apply his talents to a subject of your choice. The Art of Kenneth A. Huff Amazing scenes created on the SGI-Alias platform which show what can happen when these tools get into the hands of a real artist. STONE: Walter S. Arnold / Sculptor - Virtual Sculpture Gallery Walter is a master stonecarver versed in several traditional styles ranging from gargoyles and grotesques to the sort of decorative carving that was used to adorn buildings in the days of Louis Sullivan. He is also something of a web pioneer, offering one of the earliest and strongest pages put out by an individual sculptor. A good collection of Art links as well. Townsend Gallery: custom stone lamps and interior-lit sculptures These complex architecturally-inspired constructions fashioned from soft volcanic stone can function as lamps when lit from the inside. It looks like mysterious things are going on in there... EGGSHELL CARVING Magicalweb It's amazing what can be carved using these fragile forms- check it out! LIVING TREES Arborsmith In Oregon, Richard Reames has rediscovered the lost art of of sculpting the forms of live trees, bending, twisting, and grafting them into abstract shapes as well as chairs, tables with living umbrellas , or you name it... RETURN TO UNITED ARTWORKS HOME PAGE