How it works
A simple, personal journey from your photo to a lasting legacy
Up to 7 days from approval. Most of that week is ours, not yours — the only thing we need from you is photographs and an approval.
Nothing is made unseen.
- 24hto assess your photographs
- 3design previews before printing
- 7 daysfrom approval, at most
Step by step
What happens, and who does it
Six steps. Two of them are yours.
From a photograph to a piece you can hold. It’s easier than you might think.
- 01
You
Send your photographs
Three to six photographs from different angles is ideal. One clear photograph is workable; more is better. We will tell you what we can see.
- 02
Us · within 24 hours
We assess them honestly
Reviewed within 24 hours. If the photographs will not produce a good likeness, we say so and refund you in full.
- 03
Us
We sculpt
A three-dimensional mesh is generated from the photographs and then corrected by hand. This is where the likeness is actually made.
- 04
You
You approve
You see up to three design previews (the first preview plus up to 2 revisions). Nothing is printed until you have signed it off.
- 05
Us · in our own workshop
We print and finish
Printed in-house on our own machines, then hand-finished. A metallic finish takes about an hour of hand work.
- 06
Us · insured and tracked
Checked, boxed and sent
Every piece is checked against your photographs, boxed with the care card (and the capsule instructions, if it has the optional chamber), then sent insured and tracked.
Choosing photographs
What makes a good likeness
This is the single thing that decides how the finished piece looks. It is worth five minutes going through what you have.
- 01Face on, well lit, no heavy shadow across the features.
- 02Three to six photographs from different angles if you have them.
- 03Eyes open and looking towards the camera in at least one.
- 04Nothing covering the face — no sunglasses, no hand under the chin.
- 05Higher resolution helps, but a good old photograph beats a poor new one.
If the photographs aren’t right
We will tell you before you pay. Sometimes the answer is a different photograph; sometimes it is a smaller size where less detail is expected; occasionally it is that we are not the right people for the piece. We would rather say so at the start than send you something that does not look like them.
Payment is taken before sculpting begins, and the approval gate is what protects you: nothing is manufactured until you have seen the design and said yes.
Every sculpture begins with a story. Our job is to make sure that story is seen, remembered and treasured for generations.
Ready when you are
There is no rush from us
Take the time you need, then send us what you have.
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