Bespoke statement map of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, in a black frame on a concrete mantelpiece in a contemporary home. Layered bamboo shows Christchurch and Akaroa Harbour against turquoise sea, beside a bronze bust and a row of silver candleholders.

Fully bespoke commission

A bespoke statement map is our most ambitious work: a large, layered artwork of a place of real significance, developed with you from the first conversation to the finished piece.

Our standard bespoke map measures 60 × 80cm and is built from up to twenty layers of bamboo, set in a solid frame 7cm deep. At this scale the landscape takes on real presence, from the rise of every hill and the fall of the seabed to the boundaries, landmarks and names that give the place its meaning. We can also make larger pieces and other shapes, round included.

What sets these maps apart is the data behind them. We source the raw survey information for your place and shape our own contours from it, interpreting the landscape so that it captures the character of the place, not just its outline.

Each map is quoted individually, for places in Ireland and anywhere in the world.

What's included?

Black and white portrait of Outcrop founders Aran and Maeve Pudney, standing together and laughing against the dark timber wall of their Sligo workshop.

Design Consultation

A meeting with us, in person or by video, to talk through the place, why it matters, and the features and names it should hold.

Custom contour drawing for a bespoke map of Lake Wanaka, New Zealand: black line work on white showing lake depth contours and soundings around Mou Tapu island, The Peninsula and Dublin Bay, with the streets of Wanaka town.

Bespoke Data

Survey data sourced and interpreted for your place, with custom contours drawn to capture its character.

Extreme close-up of a handmade layered wooden map, with stacked bamboo layers rising as steep coastal cliffs and hills above stepped turquoise layers of sea representing the Slieve Liag in Donegal

Layer By Layer Design

Up to twenty layers, each designed by hand, with your custom details built into the piece.

Full design render of a bespoke wooden map of Clew Bay, Co. Mayo, in a black frame. Layered land shows Achill Island, Clare Island and Croagh Patrick around turquoise water scattered with drumlin islands, titled “Clew Bay · Cuan Mó”.

Full render and review

A complete render of the finished map, with the chance to add or remove details and place names before anything is cut.

Close-up of hands in the Outcrop workshop in Sligo using fine tweezers to place a tiny cut piece into a layered bamboo map, with stepped turquoise layers of water and pale land engraved with roads.

Handmade in Sligo

Laser cut from FSC bamboo, hand sanded and stained in our Atlantic Blue, then assembled layer by layer in our workshop.

The frame

Solid poplar, 7cm deep custom frame made by us, fitted with a concealed aluminium French cleat so it hangs securely and sits flush to the wall.

Bespoke wooden map of South Donegal in a black frame, packed in an open wooden shipping crate with black tissue and cardboard corner protectors. Layered bamboo shows the Donegal mountains and coast down to Mullaghmore, Bundoran and Lough Melvin, with turquoise layers of Donegal Bay.

Delivered By Crate

Couriered in a returnable wooden crate, so it arrives exactly as it left the workshop.

Large round wooden map of Sligo in a black round frame, hanging on a white living room wall above a blue armchair, beside a floor lamp, a piano and an acoustic guitar.

Ready To Hang

Fitted with a concealed aluminium French cleat, so it hangs securely and sits flush to the wall from the day it arrives.

Commissioning a map

Each commission begins with an email from you. Tell us about the place you have in mind, why it matters, where the finished piece will hang, and any date you’re working towards. Get in touch through our contact form or directly through hello@outcrop.ie .

Get in touch

A Few Bespoke Commissions

Large layered wooden map of County Meath and the east coast in a deep black frame, leaning against a brick wall, with the Cooley Mountains and Dublin Bay beside turquoise layers of the Irish Sea, titled “County Meath · An Mhí”.
Wooden map of Ireland and the North Atlantic seabed in a white frame on a dark timber wall, with deep turquoise layers tracing the Porcupine Bank and Rockall Trough off the west coast, titled “Ireland · Éire”.
Layered wooden map of Sligo Bay in a black frame on a timber-clad wall, showing Rosses Point, Coney Island, Strandhill, Knocknarea and Ballysadare Bay against turquoise water, titled “Sligo Bay · Sligeach
Wooden map of Australia and its surrounding seabed in a black frame, hanging on a dark charred-timber wall beside a light switch.
Close-up of Mou Waho island in a layered wooden map of Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, with an engraved walking track across the island and turquoise depth layers around it.
Large round wooden map of Sligo in a black round frame on a white living room wall, above a blue armchair and an acoustic guitar.
Outcrop founders Aran and Maeve Pudney holding a large framed wooden map of North Sligo outside their stone workshop in Sligo, with yellow doors and the Outcrop sign above.
Layered wooden map of Lake Taupō, New Zealand, in a black frame on a wooden sideboard against a pale block wall, with turquoise lake depths surrounded by pale bamboo land.
Tall, narrow wooden map of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, in a white frame on a pale block wall, with the peninsula and offshore islands set in turquoise sea.
Two framed wooden maps, Wellington Harbour and New Zealand, leaning on a wooden bench beside a window and a floor lamp.
Low-angle close-up of a handmade wooden map, with stacked bamboo layers rising as hills and glimpses of turquoise lake beyond.
Layered wooden map of South Donegal in a black frame on a dark timber wall, with the mountains of the Donegal coast rising above turquoise layers of Donegal Bay, down to Mullaghmore and Bundoran.
Layered wooden map of Lake Garda, Italy, in a white frame on a wooden shelf between a blue jug and a striped ceramic vase, with deep blue lake layers between the mountains.
Large round wooden map of Antarctica in a white round frame on a timber-clad wall, with the pale layered ice sheet surrounded by turquoise layers of the Southern Ocean seabed.