The end of each calendar year brings the season of giving, and Portland Golf Club wanted to gift their Board of Directors with something unique and personalized this past December. In partnership with 2Hemispheres, we collaboratively came up with the idea to create and build a dimensionalized wooden map of their golf course.

To achieve a natural look akin to an outdoor course, we selected oak, walnut, and fir as our primary materials. Our engineers wanted the fairways, sand traps, and putting greens to be accurate in color and offset from the rough. To create the desired 3D effect, we routed out a portion of the walnut to create the depth of the sand traps and then printed the desired sand color on top. We then utilized raised printing to depict the fairways.

To further enhance the 3D effect, we offset the course from an additional piece of walnut. We built a custom frame to house each course and then engraved the board member’s name and Portland Golf Course logo into the wood. Despite using three different types of wood – each individual piece unique in color in grain – we were able to create one unified look for a cohesive unboxing experience by all recipients. With the addition of a hanging cleat and the necessary hardware, the personalized rustic wood-framed map became a statement decoration perfect for an office.

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Summary of Infinity Images Services

• Project Management – The project manager tracked each production stage of the 12 custom maps to ensure completion before the project deadline.
• Design – Once we had an idea of what the client was looking for, our design team ideated the original concept and layout.
• Engineering – Our in-house engineering team dimensionalized the art files with the multitude of layers needed to create the 3D effect.
• Prepress – Preproduction ensured that the art files were set up correctly to be digitally read and produced by our large-format printers and digital cutters.
• Printing – We used our swissQprint Nyala to achieve textured dimensional printing.
• Cutting – Our CNC router and Zund cutter enabled us to laser-etch the custom wood engraving and route out the sand traps.
• Fabrication – Hand fabrication was required to assemble and secure each map to its custom frame.
• Finishing – Our finishing team created custom boxes for the framed maps to facilitate an upscale unboxing experience.
• Fulfillment – We carefully packaged each gift to ensure safe shipping to the client.

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If you’re interested in learning more about custom design and fabrication projects in Portland or elsewhere, we’re eager to hear from you. Contact us to learn more!