Commissioned Artwork by Corey Ellis
Commissioned artwork means a piece is built for you - not pulled off a shelf. Corey Ellis takes a limited number of commissions each year, designed and welded by hand for a single space and a single buyer.
Two different decisions
Already built, ready to ship
Pieces that already exist in the studio or on marketplaces. You see the exact sculpture, you buy that sculpture, it ships. No design phase.
See Available WorkBuilt for your space
A new piece, shaped around dimensions, mood, and use. Takes longer, costs more, and only exists once. Right when the space asks for something specific.
How commissions workPeople who commission Corey's work
- Collectors building a body of original work over time.
- Interior designers and architects coordinating art with a renovation or new build.
- Hotels and hospitality groups specifying lobby and feature sculpture.
- Homeowners with a specific wall, stair, or great room in mind.
- Brand and commercial spaces commissioning a defining piece.
When a commission is the right call
A commission works best when the space has a real constraint - a wall size that nothing standard fits, a brand intent that off-the-shelf art won't carry, or a collection that needs a piece no one else owns.
Commissions are not the right call when the buyer wants something fast, generic, or interchangeable. Existing work covers that better and faster.
How Corey's voice scales into custom work
Corey's existing work is the reference. Custom pieces stay inside that visual language - mid-century silhouettes, brutalist surface, contemporary scale, pop-art accent - adapted to the room they're going into. Commissions sharpen the direction; they don't depart from it.
What commissioned work gives up and gains
- Speed - a commission takes months, not days.
- Predictability - you cannot see the finished piece before it is built.
- Lower price point - commissions cost more than comparable stock work because the studio time, material, and authorship are all one-of-one.
- A piece sized and finished for your specific space.
- Single-buyer authorship - no one else owns this sculpture, anywhere.
- Direct artist contact and progress visibility through the build.
- An original that can be authenticated, referenced, and valued as one-of-one art.
- A focal piece the room is built around rather than a piece the room tolerates.
How to decide if a commission is the right call
Commission when the wall, the room, or the program does not fit anything you can buy off the shelf. When the brand, collection, or interior has a specific voice and the piece needs to carry it. When you want a one-of-one original by a working artist with a real practice.
Buy available when the wall is forgiving, the timeline is short, the budget is sensitive, or you have already seen a piece in the studio gallery that does the job. Available work is a real path - not a fallback.
Frequently asked
- What is commissioned artwork?
- Commissioned artwork is original work an artist builds to a buyer's brief - space, scale, intent - rather than a piece pulled from existing inventory. Every commission is one of one.
- How is commissioned different from available work?
- Available work already exists and ships as is. Commissioned work is shaped to your space, your wall, and the feeling you want it to carry.
- Does Corey only commission metal sculpture?
- Corey's practice is centered on welded metal sculpture. Commissions usually live inside that medium, but related directions are discussed case by case.
- How much does a commissioned artwork cost?
- Pricing is quoted per project after the brief is reviewed. Scale, material mix, surface treatment, mounting, and freight all move the number. There is no fixed catalog and no two commissions arrive at the same price.
- Do I own full rights to the commissioned piece?
- Yes. The buyer owns the physical sculpture outright. Corey retains the right to photograph and reference the finished work in portfolio and press, which is standard for original art.
- Can a commissioned piece be authenticated and resold later?
- Yes. Every piece ships with documentation of authorship. Originals by working artists have a public record (gallery, marketplace, studio archive), which supports valuation if the piece is ever resold.
What a commission with Corey looks like
- Available work purchaseStarting:Listed per pieceBuyers who want an original now, with no design phase.
- Commissioned originalStarting:Quote requiredA one-of-one piece sized and finished for a specific space.
- Large / commercial commissionStarting:Quote requiredHospitality, corporate, and double-height residential walls.
Commissions are quoted per project. Sharing a budget range up front lets Corey design within it rather than around it.
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