Commissions

Start yours

Every commission is created with you — designed around your idea, your story, or a material that matters. You don't need a finished design. Give me the bare bones and I'll help shape it. From a club trophy to a keepsake made from your own material — if you can picture it, we can make it.

Battle of the Bridge trophy for Bowls Auckland — “Battle of the Bridge” — bespoke commission for Bowls Auckland: a layered 3D engraved skyline on an engraved base, flanked by the club's own bowls.

World Giant Jenga Championship trophy — A very different brief — the “World Giant Jenga Championship” trophy for a university department: a toppling kauri tower on an engraved pūriri base.

Sample team retirement tribute in a kauri frame — A team tribute (sample layout) — a whole workplace's handwritten farewells, captured and engraved around a portrait and framed in kauri — your names and messages in everyone's own hand, and your organisation's logo engraved into the frame if you like.

How it works

Tell me your idea

A picture, a rough thought, or just a feeling and who it's for. That's enough to start.

We design it together

And when you can't quite picture it, I use AI tools to capture the essence of your idea — so we can see it before anything is made.

Choose the material

Your own — a timber you've kept, an heirloom — or one we choose together.

I make it

By hand, one of a kind: woodwork, engraving, or both. I'll keep you posted as it comes together.

Culturally significant work

Some pieces carry cultural significance — tā moko and Māori portraiture in particular. I take those on by commission only, created with and for the people they belong to.

Let's start

Tell me what you're thinking

The best pieces begin as a conversation. Send the bare bones — an occasion, a person, a material, or just a feeling — and I'll come back to you personally. Prefer to talk? mark@customisedartworks.co.nz · 021 204 0720.